Pre-ALevel Task
Movies have been a cornerstone of entertainment for the public for generations, evolving as each generation has gone through time. It has been the most visual form of narrative since the dawn of storytelling, therefore film creators have been able to use their craft to portray representations as subjective or as direct as willingly, or in some cases unwillingly, intended.
Mise-en-scene is the colour on the canvas. It is vital for the Mise-en-scene to mirror the intent the narrative describes, as it visualises for the viewer instances and detail that a book would be able to portray with a few sentences, whereas a movie is a frame by frame visual narration. Therefore, in perspective of a worker behind the camera, the mise-en-scene is what will bring out the descriptive adjectives and linguistics the script, or novel, possesses.
Cinematography also plays an important role when making a film. When reading prose, we rarely think of the angle we are involving ourselves in the story from. However, when directing a movie, it could make or break the scene, especially when making decisions like zoom, quality,stability etc. However, in some cases there can be decisions whether not to include cinematography to further signify a moment in a film. For an example, if in a scene a murder was to occur, and the camera panned to the shadows of the characters when it occurs, it leaves more to the imagination to the audience, which may be more appropriate for a drama genre movie, whereas you may want to signify this scene in full detail if the film is meant to be particularly violent.
Genre is a key element in the production of a movie. It immediately gives you a narrative template, a specific target audience and how reliant as a film maker you are in your themes and messages, factoring the seriousness of the film. However, I believe intertwining genres in movies will grant a better chance of a good film. Intertwining genres will widen the audience for your movie, gives it more opportunities for marketing strategy and a higher chance of pleasing possible investors or producers. Examples of good intertwining genres are: Marvel (Action-Comedy) It Remastered (Horror-Drama-Comedy) and Titanic (Drama-Romance-Tragedy).
In conclusion, I believe all these elements are key in producing a good film. However, for there to be a great film to be produced anytime soon, the formula has to be changed. The cinema industry is bleeding in our era of online access and streaming, therefore producers and investors are less and less interested in originality and more interested in revenue regardless of content, which is ultimately a struggle to oppose in instance of convenience.