Internal Sunshine

The main components displayed throughout the movie, "Internal Sunshine", are the sound and editing, cinematography and mise-en-scene.

The sound within Eternal Sunshine of the spotless mind consists of vocals that appear realistic and surreal and sound effects that emphasize the deformation of the film. Before Joel begins to destroy his memories, the dialogue appears perfect, clear and normal. However as he is under the procedure, it begins to warp and become surreal. Some words are slowed down, made so they are repeated and their tone changed. By doing this it creates the alternate universe where he searches for Clementine and tries to escape from his memory being whipped. This is really affected in making the movie appear strange. The sound effects used in the movie consist of ones that built suspense and exudate certain parts of the movies, for example the times when he is lost within his memories. It adds effect for the audience; they are drawn further into the movie and immersed in what will come next.

Cinematography is a large component in the film, “Internal Sunshine”, as it displays the speed, camera movement and angle position contained within the movie. The speed varies throughout the whole film to display different emotions that accompany the different occasions held in the clip. When the speed increases, such as when Joel is travelling through his memories, the mood intensifies to make the audience feel tension and suspense. This makes the whole message of the film seem clearer and more effective. Contrasting this, the mood decreases when a romantic scene between Joel and Clementine is apparent. This makes the mood seem slow and relaxed, which conveys that the time with Clementine has been the best memories of Joel’s life. The speed overall contributes widely to the mood and tension displayed throughout the movie.

The camera position also changes within the film to show emotions and happenings in the movie. In one point in the movie the position of the camera was a headshot of Joel, where he is in the doctor office during the erasing of his memory. The camera pans around to the different characters with a lighting to show that it were surreal. Altogether, both the speed and camera position displayed throughout the movie play a important part in conveying the messages to the audiences.

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Genre Examples

Action Films
Action films usually include high energy, big-budget physical stunts and chases, possibly with rescues, battles, fights, escapes, destructive crises (floods, explosions, natural disasters, fires, etc.), non-stop motion, spectacular rhythm and pacing, and adventurous, often two-dimensional 'good-guy' heroes (or recently, heroines) battling 'bad guys'

Drama Films

Dramas are serious, plot-driven presentations, portraying realistic characters, settings, life situations, and stories involving intense character development and interaction. Usually, they are not focused on special effects, comedy, or action. Dramatic films are probably the largest film genre, with many subsets.

Musical Dance Films

Musical/dance films are cinematic forms that emphasize full-scale scores or song and dance routines in a significant way. This is usually with a musical or dance performance integrated as part of the film narrative. Or, they are films that are centered on combinations of music, dance, song or choreography.

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Moulin Rouge - Three Paragraphs

The scene of “Moulin Rouge” seems to be played as a very intense and makes the genre clear of being a dramatic film. This is mainly due to their choices in creating the movies mise-en-scene characteristics. Most dramatic films are usually classified as being serious, having plot-driven presentations and also portraying realistic characters and settings. All these sections can be related to the movie, “Moulin Rouge” and prove it to be a dramatic film. The main reasons for depicting this movie as being the genre of drama, is due to the lighting and style of acting within the scene.

The mise-en-scene within this movie clip is important in classifying the genre of the film, especially the lighting and style of acting. The lighting throughout this clip seem to intensify the meaning of the film, and “dramatic-ness” of the scene. The lighting in the beginning of the film clip is dark to show the mood of the scene. As the scene continues, the light becomes blue when seeing the man typing at his typewriter. This displays sadness, as it is accompanied by sad and intense music. Then, when the scene begins to end, the lighting becomes normal and no signs of darkness are displayed, as it is a flashback. This produces a dramatic effect, as their are many different emotions exposed throughout the clip. It also displays the realistic setting, due to these lighting effects, and makes the whole clip seem relatively realistic. Secondly, the style of acting within this scene persuades the audience to think of the movie as being the genre of “drama”. The acting begins off as being crazy, due to the many over-exaggerated faces and motions of movement, but this increases the amount of over-exaggerated drama portrayed within the scene. When the man is using the type-writer there is a significant sad style of acting. This is a very common emotion, and contributes widely to making the characters seem realistic. Lastly, as the scene ends the people begin to act crazy again, or mad in some case. But this could be due to the images of them within the mans mind. Overall, the sections of lighting and style of acting, contained within the mise-en-scene unit, makes the move clip of “Moulin Rouge” seem like a very dramatic movie.

Through the previous examples, it should be now clear that the film clip of “Moulin Rouge” has a genre of being a dramatic movie. This was shown through the use of both lighting and style of acting, which was over-all the mise-en-scene within the movie. The lighting made the film seem like it portrayed very realistic settings and moods. Whereas the style of acting depicted the characters to appear realistic. Both these elements contribute to make the movie seem dramatic, although their are many more examples to be found.