True Grit is a story of reveng father’s death. The story is Mattie Ross, who is a young lady that has a plan to revenge for her father and is written by Charles Portis. The faithfulness scene, which Mattie tries to bargain with an auctioneer, of Joel and Ethan Coen’s adaptations is presented in their use of film styles such as mise-en-scène, editing, and sound.
The sound of the scene that she enters a Stonehill’s office shows Coen brothers’ faithfulness to Mattie’s feeling in the original play. The score, at the beginning of the scene, is lyrical and starts before she goes in the office. The music suggests the immature girl’s feeling that the deal will not be easy, an idea faithful to play, as in the description of the auctioneer…show more content… With regard to her voice, the tone is not shaking and indicates she is surely convinced that she will make the agreement with the guy during the film, in keeping with the original play (through the conversation, she does not back down). However, he becomes emotional, and his voice is cracking as time goes by. It implies he will lose against her eventually since he said, “My patience is wearing thin” (Portis 38). Besides, the way she is dressed unlike other kinds indicates boldness in the film, at the same time, he describes her as “an unnatural child” in the play (Portis 38). In addition to voice and costuming, Mattie’s action is a key point to have ascendancy over. She suddenly rises from her chair because she knows that he will stop her, and he actually did. By looking down on him throughout the film, she half succeeds in dispute regarding money, an idea faithful to the play, she does not need to low dealing price because he is the one who keeps increasing the money to settle (finally they settle at total three hundred ten dollars with ten dollars additional in the
