In the scene where Deckard is trying to find Pris, the director uses many different techniques to create a different atmosphere. Deckard enters a chaotic and unorganised messy room. The room is lighted by dull low essential yellow lighting. The room is filled with ‘child-like’ toys and feminine things like dolls and pink flowers. Deckard struggles to find Pris as she wears heavy makeup and has dyed and cut her hair differently. Once Deckard starts to look sceptically at her, she kicks him in the stomach, and a fight scene begins where the camera moves to a different part of the house into a darker and emptier hallway.
This scene alone uses many different Mise-en-scene devices, including lighting, props, costume, hair and makeup. With the use of all of these devices put together, it created an intriguing and frightening scene.
The director used low-key yellow-tinted lights at the beginning of the scene. This was used to add the sense of a warm and welcoming environment. The warm hues give a sense of reassurance that the room is a safe place. However, as the scene progresses and Pris kicks Deckard into the hallway, the lighting changes to a dark, cold, low-key hallway. This creates an immediate atmospheric change. This shows the audience a clear contrast in mood and action. It also creates an unnaturalistic feeling as a home should feel safe and not a hostile location.
The use of props also conveyed different emotions to the audience. I believe the director chose to have a chaotic and messy room. One of them could be so that the audience is constantly looking around since there are so many things. This creates a sense of uncertainty and adds to the chaotic and unorganised scene. I think that the director also could have included this to make it so that the audience has to try and find Pris and make it so that the audience can interact with the scene. It can also create emotion and competition between Deckard and the audience to find Pris the quickest. However, as Pris kicks Deckard into the empty hallway, this removes all of the excess distractions, guarantees that the audience is not distracted by the background, and focuses on the action scene.
Lastly, makeup was primarily utilised. Pris is covered in a white base. This already gives the audience a very unnatural and abnormal feeling as it is a skin colour you would not normally associate with humans. This could be a reason that the director desired to do this since the colour of her skin can help persuade the audience that she is not a human and, in fact, a replicant. On top of the white base, the director covered Pris’s eyes and the bridge of her nose in black face paint. Pris also had a very prominent circle of green blush on her cheeks. I believe that this look was used for her to look more animate, just like a doll, as that is what she was feigning to be. However, it could also signify how she looks like a clown. Clowns are typically represented by children and have altered personalities. This could justify how Pris acts identical to a child since she is only four years old. This doll look could also connect her to her lost childhood, which is how she plays with toys.
In conclusion, the director used Mise-en-scene to accentuate his vision for the scene in a very vivid and intriguing way for the audience.
Cinematography is the art of visual storytelling. Cinematography consists of everything that we see on the screen. Some of these visual elements consist of lighting, framing, angles, camera motion, genre, lenses, depth of field, colour, exposure and filtration.
All of these elements used together is what creates the films and series that we see everyday. Without careful planning of what camera angles and shot types you’re going to use you won’t be able to fully convey your story.
Diegetic: This is how the audience is being asked to view content or subjects on the screen. Many times this is shown through close ups. This technique is very commonly used in films. This is because close up shots ensure that the audience can see all of the emotions that the character is feeling. By doing this it can cause the viewers to feel more connected to the characters and continue watching.
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Intra-Diegetic: This is when the audience are put into the characters place. An example shot of this would be a POV shot. This is a very effective technique used in film in order to entice the audience and make them feel as though they are in the film. They are also used to show us what the characters are witnessing and helps convey the feelings and emotional state of the characters.
Extra-Diegetic: This is when someone on screen directly addressing the audience by either talking to them or looking straight into the lens (Breaking the fourth wall). Many directors break the fourth wall because it is an effective way to create intimacy between the actors and the audience, and it helps strengthen their relationship. This can make the audience feel more attached to the characters and become more intrigued to finding out more about the story.
One memorable scene from the film was when Deckard entered the changing room while waiting for Zahra to finish her performance. He then began speaking to her in a disguise with a higher pitched voice and different body language. This was quite an entertaining scene as we get to meet a different character (Zahra) and it’s quite amusing to see how Deckard’s tough and scary personality completely changes to a happy and feminine one.
There is a clear repetition of some features that make it onto the most popular films. Some of these consist of the genre, the distributor and what the film is about.
As we can plainly see, 9/15 of the top films in 2022 cinemas were sequels of either series like the Marvel Universe or independent films like Sonic the Hedgehog. Not only that but 2/15 of the films were based on other things, such as Uncharted (based on a videogame) and Elvis (Based on a person). This shows that the majority of the top films are not original or solo ideas.
Moving on to the Distributor, we can see that they are all big household names and that there are no independent film companies on the list. The largest distributor to make it onto the top 15 movies was Universal, with Disney and Paramount falling shortly behind.
Lastly, genre plays one of the biggest roles in the films that make it on the most popular list. As we can distinctly see, Action is in the majority with 6 in the top 7 movies. This shows that this is the most viewed genre in cinema.
All of these things play a big role in what makes the top 50 list of movies which made the biggest income.
Mise-En-Scene is what is placed in a scene. This may include setting, lighting, spatial relationships between actors, casting, costume, make-up and props.
