aesthetics definition – The overall style of a film and the visual appearance. This can include the costumes and the set design throughout the movie
Aesthetics term 1-realism
definitions
Realism – a way to represent real life issues / characters through film
verisimilitude – The appearance of being true or real; believability
Example– Selma is an example of verisimilitude since its based on real events that happens (the fight to pass the voting act right)
social realism – Effects on the environment and the factors of the development of characters throughout
Example – This is England is an example of social realism since in the movie represents real life England and its issues, including the racist development of Shaun.
magic realism – a literary or artistic genre in which realistic narrative and naturalistic technique are combined with surreal elements of dream or fantasy
example – Encanto (2021) is a magic realist film since the movie has surreal elementals like magical powers the a realistic feal from the community and village
hyperreality definition – over dramatic version of reality or reality that is emphasized / too real to be real
Example – The Barbie (2023) movie is over emphasized and a dramatic look of reality
aesthetic term 2 – Visual style
Visual style – the look and the feel of a film / language
iconography – the visual images and symbols used in a work of art or the study or interpretation of these
example – The boy in the stripped pajamas (2008). The reoccurring pajamas symbolize the holocaust and the people who suffered throughout
intertextual referencing – when films and other arts/literatures collide in a movie
Example – In Monsters inc other Disney movies are referenced like in the scene where they are trading plushies of nemo
visual / sound motifs – a recurring sound element that is associated with a particular character, theme, or idea within a film or audio-visual work
Example – The movie jaws has the memorable sound track whenever the shark is nearby
colour grading – digital tools used to make videos or films look better or change the colour tone and mood
Example – In the movie corpse bride, the colour grading waw a cool toned blue throughout adding the the eerie feeling
auteur trademark – something used by directors to make sure no one else steals their work
Example – Stanly Kubrick has a signature style of symmetry throughout all of his movies e.g. the shining
Aesthetics terms 3 – Tone
Tone – The overall mood/ atmosphere
Pathos – capture audience through emotion
Example – In the movie Frozen when Anna freezes , the emotion displayed on Elsa can be captured to the audience
bathos – an anti-climax, when the audience is expecting bigger and better and the outcome is not what expected
Example – Spiderman across the spider verse. This movie ends on a part 2 right before the action part is about to begin
suspense – holding something back form the audience and increasingly adding to the tension building
Example – Zodiac is a great example of suspense especially since we never find out who is the zodiac killer in the end
comedy – a humor themed movie with jokes and the aim is to make the audience laugh, sometimes comedy is mixed with other dark genres to create a more textured movie theme
Example – A great comedy movie was sherk 2 since the main characters were alraedy established making more room for jokes
dramatic irony – when the audience understands more of the situation than the characters
Example – In Romeo and Juliet the audience is aware that Juliet is only pretending to be dead when Romeo finds her
distancing effect – a sense of distance between the characters and the audience