Impressive Phrases:

-“The deliberate and stylised use of…”

Diegetic: Something which is occurring within the context of a scene – the characters are aware of it.

Cathartic Effect: Involving the release of strong emotions through a particular activity or experience. In film, this is when the audience has a strong – sometimes personal – reaction towards the film.

Reframing: The general change of a persons mindset (spectator).

synonyms for ‘connote’: imply, suggest, indicate, signify, hint at.

Throughout Joker, cinematography is used effectively to create sense of chaos within the film’s diegetic world. This is particularly evident in the scene towards the end of the film where Arthur is shown using a   low- angle, close-up looking out of the police car window and reacting with glee at the riots taking place around him. Here, the camera is used to position  the spectator as not only connecting with Arthur, but now looking up to him. This suggests to the spectator that the tables have turned and Arthur who was earlier depicted as pathetic and sad, is now depicted as powerful and heroic. This “reframing” of  the central character” has a potentially cathartic effect on the spectator who has, up until this point, been encouraged to sympathise with Arthur’s point of view as a victim of circumstance. The deliberate and stylised use of this slow-motion reaction shot, enables the spectator to get a sense of poetic justice being served.

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