Thursday, 5 December 2013
Drive question
The film Drive uses a mix of conventions from both the film noir genre and the action genre. In the first scene there is low key lighting, this is a common convention of a film noir because it suggests danger is ahead and also suggests themes of horror. The mise en scene in the film also suggests themes from film noir. The film is set in an urban environment and on the wall of a building we see neon lighting. Neon lighting and built up, urban environments are both common conventions of Noir films and these themes are shared in Sin City. In the first scene of Sin City we see a long shot of a city, showing the setting of the film and the surrounding buildings. There is also a scene in Drive where 2 people are killed with a gun. The gun is regular iconography from the film noir genre and is common in Sin City as well as drive, it suggests crime and violence, both of which are common in Noir films.
Tuesday, 3 December 2013
District 9 question
Most texts today mix genres. How is this true of District 9?
In the film District 9, the first few scenes are filmed in a documentary style, there are close up shots of people being interviewed and the shots are recorded in a handheld style. There are also clips where the film is shot in the style of a news report, there are tracking shots following people on the ground from the view of a helicopter. These styles of filming combined make the film seem realistic and show elements of a documentary genre.
In the scene where they are in the hospital, there are conventions from both the sci-fi genre and the horror genre. There is a close up of Wikus' arm after he has started to go through his transformation. Transformation is a common convention of sci-fi and this is combined with the use of CGI to make his arm look like an alien. This convention is common and can also be seen in films such as The Fly when he transforms in to a fly, he undergoes transformation from a human and starts to see changes in his appearance that are constructed using CGI.
When people are shot in the film, there are conventions of realism, horror and sci-fi. An example of this is in the scene where the alien is told to stand by the wall and is shot. The alien is shot using a futuristic alien weapon, alien technology and weapons are a convention from the sci-fi genre.
In the film District 9, the first few scenes are filmed in a documentary style, there are close up shots of people being interviewed and the shots are recorded in a handheld style. There are also clips where the film is shot in the style of a news report, there are tracking shots following people on the ground from the view of a helicopter. These styles of filming combined make the film seem realistic and show elements of a documentary genre.
In the scene where they are in the hospital, there are conventions from both the sci-fi genre and the horror genre. There is a close up of Wikus' arm after he has started to go through his transformation. Transformation is a common convention of sci-fi and this is combined with the use of CGI to make his arm look like an alien. This convention is common and can also be seen in films such as The Fly when he transforms in to a fly, he undergoes transformation from a human and starts to see changes in his appearance that are constructed using CGI.
When people are shot in the film, there are conventions of realism, horror and sci-fi. An example of this is in the scene where the alien is told to stand by the wall and is shot. The alien is shot using a futuristic alien weapon, alien technology and weapons are a convention from the sci-fi genre.
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