Film studies

Discuss how important cinematography is in establishing strong responses from spectators to a key character in 'La La Land'. Mia's Character Cinematography is important in establishing strong responses from spectators to a key character as it helps to set up personal opinions and ideas towards a particular person. This is key to understanding the film as it enables spectators to relate to particular characters and find alignment with them. This can be found through the main character of Mia and how the cinematography is used to make her seem relatable and likeable to the audience.  There are many different themes in which Mia's character can be analysed from, such as personal and emotional scenes to comedic and lively scenes. For instance, the scene with Mia singing to herself in the mirror of a house party helps to connect the audience to the character of Mia through the cinematography. This scene highlights a personal and emotional tone to Mia's c

Winter's Bone: Social context Winter's Bone relies on the understanding of its social context as much of the narrative and aesthetics of the film rely on the ideals and themes of the social context themselves.  The main, and most prominent theme of the social context involved would be the poverty seen and the lack of opportunity and education in rural America. This plays a huge part in the cinematic ideas involved in the film and its attributes. The main representation of this would be the setting included in the film and the dull and bland colours of its aesthetic. Set in the Ozarks of Missouri, the film has an extremely rural theme, with an environment of forests and fields, creating an almost isolated feeling that is felt through the presentation of the film. This amplifies the poverty in the film as everyone in the setting is facing the same level of rural poverty to an extent. This is first seen through the opening sequence of the film in which the setting is introd