GENRE: GANGSTER
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Mise En Scene:
Costume - suave suits and business-oriented clothing.
Props - A gun, alcohol, card games. These all have connotations of a genre based around illegal activity and violence.
GENRE: WILD WEST
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Mise En Scene:
Costume - Typical of the western genre, with a cowboy hat and patterned poncho.
Genre Tropes: Horse, constantly seen as a mode of transport in western films.
Setting/Location: In the desert, South America
GENRE: ACTION
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Mise En Scene:
Props - Cars, associated with fast-paced action and speed.
Tank, connotes war, action and conflict.
Shot Type - Low angle shot, typical of action movies to enforce a positive image of the protagonist.
GENRE: ROMANTIC COMEDY
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Mise En Scene:
Facial Expressions - Eyebrows raised is a suggestive expression and highlights the romantic bond between the characters.
Characters - A heterosexual representation of a relationship, the most common and represented in romance films.
Actors - Recognisable Amy Shcumer means the audience will apply what they know about her as an actress (a comedy actress), to the film.
GENRE: WAR
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Mise En Scene:
Location - Clearly set in a war zone, rubble and debris in the back of the mid shot.
Costume - Military uniforms show the soldiers are at war, or in a war zone
Props - Tank, a vehicle usually only seen in war-zones.
GENRE: TEEN/TEEN DRAMA
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Mise En Scene:
Proxemics - Positioning of the protagonists highlight the different 'cliques' in the shot, emphasising the teen genre and appealing to teen audiences.
Costume - All pink clothing highlights the differences between characters and their neurotypical qualities. Represents the characters as an archetype of teenage girls.
GENRE: ANIMATION
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Mise En Scene:
Graphics and visuals - animated characters and setting
Colour schemes - Primary colours to relate and appeal to younger audiences
GENRE: ACTION/SCI-FI/ADVENTURE
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Mise En Scene:
Costume - Spacesuit, clearly establishes the characters and basic setting of the film
Shot Type - Birds-eye view shot quickly establishes the outer-space setting, clearly then establishing the genre as sci-fi.
GENRE: ROMANCE/PERIOD DRAMA
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Mise En Scene:
Proxemics - Closeness of the characters highlights romantic themes in the film
Facial Expressions - Serious expressions have a dramatic connotative effect
Costume - The clothing highlights the time period the film is set and therefore establishes the drama genre.
GENRE: COMEDY
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Mise En Scene:
Costume - The inappropriate and unorthodox clothing in the still (child's clothing, sleepwear/pyjamas) shows the comedic nature of the scene as the characters are obviously performing acts out of the ordinary
Actor - Jim Carey is a famous and well renowned comedy actor, so the audience will apply what they know about him to the film
GENRE: THRILLER/MYSTERY
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Mise En Scene:
Lighting - Clear contrast between the left side of the shot and the right side, shadows cast on, and engulfing the actor, emphasising the idea of 'mystery'
Trope - shot of the blinds is a genre trope in thrillers due to its suggestive lighting effects and how it manipulates the audiences line of vision, keeping them on edge and tense.
GENRE: HORROR
HOW DO WE KNOW?
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Mise En Scene:
Lighting - Overcast setting, despite it being a clear day, foreshadows sinister events yet to come in the film.
Setting - Derelict and abandoned house is typical of the horror genre and adds an air of mystery and unease.
Character actions - The character looking back towards the camera suggests common themes of 'surveillance', and 'stalking' in horror films that add intensity and tension to the scene.
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