Film studies

Trainspotting scene analysis:  Mise-en-scene and Cinematography: The scene opens with a high angle shot of the crowd in the lower floor of the bar, showing the insignificance of the characters and their inferiority within the scene. This is later amplified by Begbie's actions when he throws the pint glass into the crowd, causing injury. The mise-en-scene of many of the people in the crowd show the variety of different professions within society and heighten the idea of realism and therefore juxtaposes the lives of the main characters who are going through a much more dramatic and chaotic life.  The scene then follows to a medium shot of the group at the bar. The mise-en-scene of the characters positions show their individual importance to the scene. Begbie being in the middle of the shot highlights that he has the power within the scene at this time, as he's in the most visible position. The power Begbie has, although, isn't higher social power -seen throug...

Movie genres: Science Fiction (sci-fi) Science fiction, majorly known as Sci-Fi, is a genre that mainly incorporates hypothetical scientific ideas in its plots. This includes features such as aliens, space, advanced futuristic technology, questionable outcomes of the future etc. It's main plot purposes raises issues to audiences of things such as the danger of knowledge in society and what it can lead to, ie Frankenstein. It may also raise awareness to things such as society's anxiety to technology and the idea that it may seem good and useful when its working but what happens when it starts to turn against people, and things such as robots start to turn dangerous, an example would be The Terminator for instance, with its evil robots and advanced AI.  However, the movie The Terminator also includes another feature of Sci-Fi; the idea of time. This is a major focus in many Sci-Fi films as it can be explored in many different ways, the common one being the future. The futu...

                     The Great Gatsby film sequence analysis The sequence starts off with a medium close up of the character Nick, disheveled and looking through a window longingly. This camera angle used shows Nick's character, in the start of the sequence, to look rugged and unkept in an attempt to make the audience question what has put him in this situation, as well as to highlight that he is the sole narrator of the montage that is about to begin, as he is the only character presented at the start of the scene. The sequence then moves on to focus on the city of New York where it features an extreme long shot of the city and its skyscrapers to show the audience one of the main settings of the film and to get them familiarised with the environment that is going to be featured. As well as this, the high angle view of the shot also indicates that perhaps although this is going to be a main setting in the film, its per...