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Surround sound increases the feeling you’re right in the middle of what’s happening on-screen, and the increasingly real-looking CGI can be make anything look real, nowadays. Such high levels of realisticness are achieved by placing yourself in front of a bright screen in a dark room, so that you’re sucked in. However, the level of realisticness is convincing and compelling enough for us to subliminally believe what we see is real. Realisticnessįilms can seem very realistic – note, however, that it’s always a seeming realisticness. This is why you saw actors playing role after similar role in the past, whereas today, stars can appear in films in multiple genres, given that they’re skilled enough to do it.

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In movie history, stars were actually contracted to bind them to one studio and genre, though that’s no longer the case today. Moreover, they can be quite powerful representations of masculinity and femininity. Stars can be signifiers of meaning as much as other symbols and codes, as they manage the audience’s expectations regarding the genre and the character they’re playing. The Terminator 2: Judgment Day – source: TriStar Pictures Admittedly, he’s played in a few comedies, but that’s about how far he’s strayed from the action genre. For instance, you would never expect Arnold Schwarzenegger to appear in a romance, he’s the quintessential action movie star. There are some stars that are typecast in certain roles. Think of other genres and list some of their iconography, too! The Stars as Part of Iconography These are the genre indicators, the iconography. When we watch a superhero movie, we expect super powers, muscular and slick superheroes, a female romantic interest, lots of CGI, et cetera. For instance, when we watch a Western, we expect tumbleweeds, desert, horses, saloon bars, et cetera. When we watch a movie in a certain genre, we expect to see certain elements: the icons.

Iconography, in essence, is an aspect of genre and mise-en-scène.

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OR, buy Film Analysis For Beginners: How To Analyse Movies on Amazon for $4.99.įilm Analysis For Beginners: How To Analyse Movies Please subscribe to unlock our fantastic HOW TO ANALYSE MOVIES series, and thousands of other terrific articles! Go here to become a member. Sorry! This article is part of our Premium Content. Discussing realism would open a can of film theory worms, and is very different to what I want to discuss here, which is simply how realistic a film is. I’m using the term realisticness over “realism” here, even if that would be grammatically correct, but I don’t want to confuse you. In this final chapter, we’ll discuss iconography and realisticness.

In previous chapters, we’ve discussed film language, signs, codes and conventions, mise-en-scène and editing, the camera, lighting, sound and score, and finally, story and genre.

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