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La La Land essay I believe that cinematography is important in establishing strong responses towards the key characters, however I don't believe that it is the only important factor. The opening shot of the final scene in "La La Land" is a long shot from Mia's perspective, it zooms in as the lighting gradually fades into darkness before a spotlight appears shining on Seb. This is lacking in verisimilitude and so allows for the audience to be swept into passive as they can associate with Mia who is focussing only on Seb. This puts a spotlight on her feelings for him, showing the audience that he means so much to her. To me, after spending an hour and a half following their blooming romance, this alternate ending and her look of pure adoration, implied from the super focusing, which ends up in a medium long shot with the spotlight creating an almost silhouette, will spark a huge reaction making it easier for the audience to align with Mia. This is in addition to hav...

How far does “Winter’s Bone” rely upon an understanding of its social context? The establishing shot is a long shot of the Ozark landscape, it is pretty desolate mise-en-scene with a scattering of cars and trailers, highlighting the extreme poverty of the area, in the foreground the bare dark brown tree, which looks quite spikey giving connotations of a harsh environment which reflects that of the characters in the film. The mise-en-scene of the forest symbolizes a distance between the Ozark community and that of the rest of the American society. This is a piece of social context that is pretty vital to understand before commencing the watching of the film, otherwise many of the elements surrounding the plot will seem weird to an active audience, for example: Ree is only allowed to talk to the women of the town who do all the work while the men laze around and do mainly nothing, with some exception to Teardrop. The dark and grey colour scheme shown by the sky show...