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In \u201cAnatomy of a Scene,\u201d we ask directors to reveal the secrets that go into making key scenes in their movies. See new episodes in the series on Fridays. You can also <\/em>watch our collection of more than 150 videos on YouTube<\/em><\/a> and <\/em>subscribe to our YouTube channel<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n A miracle drug starts to create some side effects in this scene from \u201cThe Substance.\u201d<\/p>\n Elisabeth Sparkle (Demi Moore) has been taking a black-market drug that has created a younger version of herself, Sue (Margaret Qualley). Her time must be divided between the younger and older versions on a strict schedule, but in this sequence, Elisabeth finds out what happens if she doesn\u2019t respect the balance of that time.<\/p>\n She wakes up after Sue\u2019s wild evening to a disheveled apartment and one aged appendage, the result of Sue taking more fluid from Elisabeth\u2019s body to buy more time in her young body. Elisabeth notices that one of her fingers now looks dramatically older than the others.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n As she runs to the sink to try to wash the age away, the pace become faster and closer. Narrating the scene, the director Coralie Fargeat said, \u201cThe idea was all those close-ups that go more and more macro on the finger is to project Elisabeth\u2019s fears and Elisabeth\u2019s thoughts about what\u2019s happening to her.\u201d<\/p>\n As Elisabeth calls the Substance company to discuss her \u201calteration,\u201d she is taunted by a giant billboard out her window that shows her younger self. Fargeat said that she included a shot from above on Elisabeth to \u201cfilm her discomfort, the fact that she\u2019s now threatened.\u201d This point of view is almost \u201ca face-off with her double, and above her as if she was tiny and oppressed by the situation.\u201d<\/p>\n Read the \u201cSubstance\u201d review<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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