Riding Like Lightning: Derek Cianfrance Breaks Down a Key Scene from THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES

Derek Cianfrance talks about the power of music in this particular scene of the film, there is a POV shot from another man watching Ryan Gosling's character, the music goes from diegetic to a soundtrack from Mike Patton to get a feeling of how it is to be one of those characters. The music gives an instant sense of this, no dialogue is exchanged until the end where the mic is set back as Robin shouts up to Ryan Gosling, an outsider entering into forgone space. This use of music to suggest a certain atmosphere or mood is something I plan to use in the sex scene whee by no dialogue will be used just a montage of two characters interacting in a close and harrowingly intimate sexual encounter.