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Saoirse Ronan, Timothée Chalamet, Laura Dern & Greta Gerwig Break Down a Scene from ‘Little Women’

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5 years ago

December 17, 2019

On this episode of ‘Notes on a Scene,’ stars of ‘Little Women’ Saoirse Ronan, Timothée Chalamet, Laura Dern, and director Greta Gerwig break down the scene where all of the March women are introduced to the Laurence family. With strong emphasis placed on subtle detail, Gerwig compares the complexity of shooting such a dynamic scene with the value of each actor’s timing.

‘Little Women’ is in theaters everywhere December 25th!

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Saoirse Ronan, Timothée Chalamet, Laura Dern & Greta Gerwig Break Down a Scene from ‘Little Women’

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26 Comments

Kelly Blandón

December 17, 2019 at 5:51 pm

“Also, I make movies that I want- I hope some nerd lady would watch it twenty times and pick up on all this stuff and I want them to have lots of goodies” thank you Greta, you get us 😭

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Panterlo Art

December 17, 2019 at 5:53 pm

Greta is my favourite director

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empty sky

December 17, 2019 at 5:54 pm

The colour is so GORGEOUS!! GOD!!!! The aesthetic of this movie is off. the. charts.

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Wm. M

December 17, 2019 at 5:59 pm

I love James Norton.

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SAV✌🏼

December 17, 2019 at 6:00 pm

You can tell Greta is so passionate about this film, And that so much detail went into it! I’m so excited to see it!

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Will Becker

December 17, 2019 at 6:06 pm

Digging Timothée’s Yellow Submarine jacket

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Beatle Juice

December 17, 2019 at 6:08 pm

CAN’T WAIT TO SEE THE MOVIE I AM SO EXCITED (it’s gonna be out in my country only in january imagine how tired we are)

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Niina's Fairychamber

December 17, 2019 at 6:11 pm

The best thing about this version. It is very anti JoxLaurie and it is going to have a superior Amy https://www.fairychamber.com/blog/evolution-of-laurie

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Tayler Hall

December 17, 2019 at 6:11 pm

where’s florence? 😭

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Anna Beck

December 17, 2019 at 6:19 pm

I’m even more excited for the movie now, I didn’t think that was possible

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Grayce

December 17, 2019 at 6:24 pm

9:12 Timmy & Saoirse STOPP they’re baby

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Cecilia Wang

December 17, 2019 at 6:56 pm

This movie sounds like _perfection_😍😍😍 im dying to see it but it comes out in January in my country 🙁

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Ashutosh Bawne

December 17, 2019 at 7:04 pm

How many of you have crush on timothee like me🤗🤗🤗🤗

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Kindness

December 17, 2019 at 7:10 pm

Takes so much thought to create a scene !!! We need more of these videos..

Somebody explain what ‘blocking’ means??

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- JovialSunBro
  
  December 17, 2019 at 7:53 pm
  
  Blocking is when they map out the scene before they shoot it. Like where people are going to stand, move, where the camera will move, etc. It is term used in theatre a lot
  
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Sophia Boukari

December 17, 2019 at 7:15 pm

OMG THANK YOU FOR THIS

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Raleighburner15 Hynes

December 17, 2019 at 7:18 pm

I love that saorise Ronan

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fruitoson

December 17, 2019 at 7:19 pm

timothées signature tho

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Saurabh Singh

December 17, 2019 at 7:26 pm

First Ad Astra, now Little Women — Two films I was most excited to see, not releasing in this third-world country called India.
What makes it even worse? Seeing some utter BS bollywood movies getting showcased on cinemas’ ticket-booking websites. Kill me, please?
(Various websites say that Little Women will release here on Feb 7, but I’m highly skeptical.)

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Ashley Kauschinger

December 17, 2019 at 7:26 pm

This was so good!

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Lilly T

December 17, 2019 at 7:29 pm

YESSSSSSS EXACTLY WHAT WE WANTED.

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Truman white

December 17, 2019 at 7:30 pm

I deadass could watch 20 more hours of this

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GetReadyWithMeMamma

December 17, 2019 at 7:30 pm

I am the nerdy lady who watched the nineties version growing up twenty times and beyond… I promise that I will do the same with this version… I’m also just as heart broken that Saoirse and Timothee are not going to be together in real life just as much as I weeped for Laurie and Jo in the Christian and Winona version…

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Riti Shrestha

December 17, 2019 at 7:30 pm

8:56 TYPICAL TIMMY

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Oren Peleg

December 17, 2019 at 7:42 pm

Can anyone find that Richard Burton clip Greta is referencing?

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mashreka mahmood

December 17, 2019 at 7:55 pm

Greta Gerwig is truly incredible

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