Saturday, 10 October 2015

Conventions and Themes

Musicals
Conventions
  • High Key lighting, to express a happy emotion.
  • Diegetic sound of music backing tracks.
  • Close-ups as the camera conceals to make someone seem isolated to emphasise emotion.
  • Parallel editing with a dissolving transaction when the same song is being sung in two different places.
  • Eyeline match to forebode emotion and meaning.
Themes
  • Love
  • History
  • Anger
  • Conflict
  • United


 
War
Conventions
  • Mix of high and low key lighting.
  • Diegetic sounds of gun shots.
  • High and low camera angles to show superiority and inferiority.
  • Extreme long shot to reveal the mise-en-scene.
  • Hand held camera to express realism.
Themes
  • Sacrifice
  • Revenge
  • Death
  • Heroism
  • Cowardice

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