This is a still image which has been taken from the movie 'If a Tree Falls'. I have chosen this picture because it shows a lot of different objects and is quite detailed, in terms of the setting and colour. First of all, this image shows a person who is standing all by himself in a deserted area, which completely looks destroyed. Behind him, are trees which gives away that this setting must be some sort of forest. The man himself looks to be very abnormal; He seems as if he isn't apart of this world as he is the only one in this deserted area. The weather in this still image seems to be very cold and cloudy which is relating to his body language as he seems to be very cold, hence why he has his hands in pocket and is also wearing a jacket. Behind the trees that are shown in the middle of the image, looks to be a mountain on the right and another one further on the left. Since he is in a deserted place, he could be from another planet (as said previously above) or it can suggest that he has nothing left of what was his. Once upon a time, he could've been a rich and wealthy person but now everything just went downhill for him which could link to the title of this movie/image 'If a tree falls'.
2) Find three film extracts on YouTube from films of different genres (e.g. horror, sci-fi, costume drama) and write a comparison of the mise-en-scene in each.
OBLIVION
In this clip, it shows the protagonist escaping and searching something. As you can see, the main character was wearing some sort of armour which gave him some protection as he got caught by something in the middle of the clip. This gave me the impression that he is some sort of spy/agent. One of the main reasons I believe this is because firstly, he was carrying a gun (prop) which is what anyone, e.g. a soldier or spy would carry as some sort of protection. Another reason I came across as him being a soldier is because of his body language; he looked as if he was ready to go into war even if he was by himself. Also, he was all alone which straight away tells me that he is a spy because if you had watched movies, e.g. James Bond you would realise that he works independently. The protagonist was in a dark room and all of a sudden he saw this small device on the ground which is what you would normally see in a space movie.
Fast & Furious 2009
This is a clip from the movie Fast and Furious from 2009. All you can see in the clip is three vehicles driving on a dead end road. There was one oil truck, a van and a regular car. This road looked quite dangerous at first because everywhere there were cracks in them and later on in the clip, you would see the road would've stopped and would've gone down the mountain if you continued going. The people from the car and van first gave me the impression that they were hi-jacking the oil truck so they can sell it and make money out of it. This is because the lady was on the oil truck and trying to release one of the oil tanks. The black car, that the main protagonist was driving, also showed that he was the villain. This is because the black car emphasises something bad was going on since the windows were also tinted which meant that no one would be able to tell who the people in the car were.
TOMB RAIDER
This is from the adventure movie Tomb Raider. In the beginning of the clip, you see a group of people with guns and also a stoned sculpture coming to life in this ancient Greek museum. This just shows that the whole movie is abnormal because no stone sculpture would ever come to life. Fast forwarding a little further, you would see the some stone sculpture picking up these gigantic swords to stop the main protagonist from shooting it. For some reason, the swords just went to him without him even picking it up which just shows how abnormal it is. All, at the end of the clip you see the protagonist jumping over another stone and jumping out of the building and then the other stone sculpture followed it out until it when into pieces.
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