Conventions to take note of
- Shot sizes
- Shot angles
- Shot duration
- Transitions and overall pace
- Sound effects
- Use of music
- Title fonts and colour
- Colour palette and lighting
- Setting
- Types of characters and their context
- Story line/ plot development
- Overall the mood/atmosphere
THE JUDGE:
- Ambient sound
- Close up on glasses
- Slow fade outs
- Depth of field - Flowers
- Title - clear, white, all caps, traditional
- Extreme long shot of city and high angle looking down at city
- Music gets faster - busy scene with people walking quickly
- Dialogue starts - over the shoulder shots
- Cool lighting - bright
- Colours - blue and bright
FORREST GUMP:
- CGI - feather
- continuous shot at the beginning
- Old clothing and props
- Slow music following feather sets a slow pace
- Simple piano melody
- Title - stands out
- Warm pure colours
- Setting in the city
- Dialogue at the bus stop
- Sets a happy tone overall
THE TIME TRAVELLERS WIFE:
- Violin played over production title
- Opera music
- Set in the Christmas season with snow
- Low key lighting
- Sharp sounds - car crash
- Yellow title represents warmth
- Quick transitions
- No extreme long shots
- Camera focus - blurs into focus on the rain on the window
- Shot sizes become longer after the crash and changes the mood quickly
THE DESCENDATS:
- Medium close up of women
- Sound - up beat musical instrument
- Voice over narration of character speaking directly to audience
- Title set in a beach scene in Hawaii
- Setting is in Hawaii
- Context is set in voice over
- Overall tone is grim and dull
THE AGE OF ADEALINE:
- extreme long shot - birds eye view
- 3rd person narrative giving us an introduction to the character
- title - thin, handwritten - not intrusive
- character is intelligent and observant
- tone is mysterious , calm and serious
- plot is not shown
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