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escenas reposadas

English translation: unhurried scenes

19:55 Sep 15, 2020
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Cinema, Film, TV, Drama
Spanish term or phrase: escenas reposadas
THis is an Argentine filmmaker describing the look and feel he is after in an upcoming project:

Imagino una pelicula de escenas reposadas, que se sostienen por la tensión dramatica que recorre a sus personajes y que estan compuestas de pocos planos cada una.
Imagino escenas con planos abiertos, generales y medianos , que contengan a los personajes en su entorno, pero sin utilizar primeros planos cerrados.

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Wendy Gosselin
Argentina
Local time: 06:04
English translation:unhurried scenes
Explanation:
Planos largos, pocas escenas...



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Note added at 2 hrs (2020-09-15 22:03:00 GMT)
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Perdón; pocos planos largos que componen escenas reposadas, entiendo que referido al ritmo que confieren (unhurried).
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Chema Nieto Castañón
Spain
Local time: 11:04
Grading comment
THanks
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1quiet, suspenseful scenes
William Bowley
3 +2unhurried scenes
Chema Nieto Castañón
4staid scenes
Anouk B. Bello-Burkart
4restful scenes
Muriel Vasconcellos
3calm scenes
Lisa Rosengard
3placid scenes
Antonella Perazzoni
3quiet and intriguing scenes
Natasha Besoky


  

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33 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
staid scenes


Explanation:
Tal y como lo entiendo por el contexto, podría referirse a staid, si bien podría valer también calm o quiet.

Example sentence(s):
  • https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/staid
Anouk B. Bello-Burkart
Spain
Local time: 10:04
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  William Bowley: This usage seems out of place. I cannot find any such usages of a 'staid scene'
1 hr
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
quiet, suspenseful scenes


Explanation:
I'm not aware of one term for this, so it seems reasonable to translate as above, contrasting well with the description of 'escenas con planos abiertos'.

William Bowley
United Kingdom
Local time: 10:04
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Marian Vieyra
1 day 14 hrs
  -> Thanks Marian
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
unhurried scenes


Explanation:
Planos largos, pocas escenas...



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Note added at 2 hrs (2020-09-15 22:03:00 GMT)
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Perdón; pocos planos largos que componen escenas reposadas, entiendo que referido al ritmo que confieren (unhurried).

Chema Nieto Castañón
Spain
Local time: 11:04
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
THanks

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  neilmac
9 hrs
  -> Thanks, neilmac!
agree  Marian Vieyra
1 day 14 hrs
  -> Gracias, Marian
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
restful scenes


Explanation:
Another suggestion.

From Linguee:
reposado adjetivo, masculino (reposada f sing, reposados m pl, reposadas f pl)
rested
reposeful adj · restful adj

Many examples on the Internet:

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Favorite Hymns and Restful Scenes. 107 views. 4. 0. Share. Save. Report. Laura Young. 27 subscribers. Subscribe. 10:22


Muriel Vasconcellos
United States
Local time: 02:04
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 52
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
calm scenes


Explanation:
Open plan scenes are compared with closed plan scenes. Protagonists with few planned parts are mentioned, possibly suggesting improvisation.

Example sentence(s):
  • Imagino una película de escenas reposadas, que se sostienen por la tensión dramática que recorre a sus personajes que están compuestas de pocos planes cada una.
  • I imagine a film with calm scenes supported (sustained) by recurring dramatic tension among protagonists with few plans.
Lisa Rosengard
United Kingdom
Local time: 10:04
Native speaker of: English
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1 day 18 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
placid scenes


Explanation:
serenely free of interruption or disturbance


    https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/placid
Antonella Perazzoni
Argentina
Local time: 06:04
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4
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5 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
quiet and intriguing scenes


Explanation:
"Intriguing" puede ser otro adjetivo para lo que está describiendo: "tensión dramática que recorre a sus personajes".

Se me ocurre que esa tensión provoca cierta fascinación en el espectador y eso hace que sea interesante. "Suspenseful" también es otra buena opción



Natasha Besoky
Argentina
Local time: 06:04
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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