
In this scene of L.A. Confidential it depicts an intimate moment for Lynn and Bud. Hence, why there is little in the background except for a hallway exampling the rules of thirds. The mis-en-scene in this shot is pretty bare, with the exception of a piece of art on the right side of this narrow hallway and light from outside on the left side. The two actors are dressed in white or creams, much like the walls on either side of them. The coloring is warmer from the light and makes it seem soft and intimate. Yet the character's actions in this still say otherwise, Bud looking away from Lynn. The positioning of these two individuals is very interesting - its such a narrow hallway, yet, they seem to have a distance between them, with Lynn looking at Bud from farther back and him simply looking forward. This shot makes it seem like a tense, yet vulnerable, moment.
What made me connect these two shots from these two movies together is that I felt like they both said something about the characters' relationships with one another. Phyllis and Walter, where Phyllis seduces and uses Walter to kill off her husband and how Lynn tries to help Bud out of his shell and open up to her. These two stills, with their own respective mis-en-scenes really capture each of their relationships.