Realism –

Verisimilitude is what I have chosen as the aesthetic for realism as Bonnie and Clyde is based on the real stories from the people of the past, this can exampled through information on the 2 people at the start of the film almost as just a refresher to who they were.

Tone –

Throughout Bonnie and Clyde, a mixture of Tones are used. The tones suspense and comedy are used frequently with occasional scenes of pathos for characters such as the farmer who had his home taken by the bank, the people who cared for Bonnie and Clyde when they where injured and Bucks wife when she was being integrated by the Texas ranger.

Visual style –

During the films release in the 60s, many young film makers implemented the visual style of the “French New Wave”. This consisted of techniques such as jump cuts, hand held camera work, use of natural lighting.

Another example of this new visual style was the use of more violence, compared to other films, this was unconventional in American films at the time.