iconography & Conventions

                           Drama                                 

                     Pulp Fiction                                            

Pulp fiction is a non canon about 5 Different stories with different main characters happening in the same area , however all these characters are incorporated into the other story lines. 

you can tell the mise-en-scene from this is drama. It seems to focus on this characters facial expression which seems to be a negative one. The shadows on his face adds to this as it gives it more of a darker feeling as if he is about to doing something bad. The location is placed inside of a bar as if he's waiting for someone.

In this shot the character seems to be relaxed showing that throughout the film there isn't constant hostility, backing up that its drama.

The use of camera shot in this back up that it is a drama because of how the character on the left is forward and close to camera, however the character on the right is far back and is holding a bat and looking into the back of the character on the left and seems to ready to assault him.

                        City Of God                                  

 

City of God is based around true story filled with Crime & Drama produced in 2002, showing the growth of organized crime in the suburbs of Rio de Janeiro. Most was actual residents from the favelas in the film.

This scene takes place in a shanty house in the favelas, As it is a Brazilian shanty household, you can tell this from the background with the picture of jesus and lots of items scattered around the small place. showing a romantic scene between 2 young characters, slightly showing how fast they live their lives in  a lace they are bound to die. this incorporates drama because they're age and what they are planning to do.

this shot is in the streets in the favela, this character is trying to get away from other characters however gets stuck between the police and a gang, you can tell this from the shanty streets and the crowd that is unfocused in front of the character however his face shows more distress at behind him. This shows drama because of situations opposed at this moment of time to this character which he wants nothing to do with.

These two shots are from a scene which take place down back alleys of the favelas where a child must kill a younger child to join a gang, In the first screenshot you can see a very young child experiencing alot of pain from being shot, his clothing shows that he is just another child that grew in the favela filled with poverty and depravation.

In this shot there is a boy surrounded by older boys that seem to be being pushed into killing this child and joining the gang. you can tell by there clothing they all come this poverty filled favela and are ready to do whatever to survive but, this young boy doesn't seem ready for that. The emotions on the older boys face is saying something like 'Do it' however this boys face has a harsh uncertainty about going through with being the first he's actually held a gun. This reflects the drama happening in the film and what these go through and have to do to survive.

                psychological                         

Fight Club 

Fight is a film made in 1999 about 2 men, one a soap maker and the other being man who works in a white collar job, who form a fight club and joined by various men who want to recreationally.

This scene shows a man that seems to be going insane due to the effect of the antagonist, mise en scene in this scene shows he is currently in a work place bending to conformity however his mind seems to be going mad. This backs up the film as a psychological  as it focuses on the mind and what is happening around the character and how it affects him.  

  This scene is where the protagonist and the antagonist are on the phone and the antagonist (right) is saying things to the protagonist and also being the alter ego to the protagonist they both have entirely different however the antagonist is corrupting the protagonist somehow being able to change him. The angle on how the antagonist is by the protagonist is speaking to his straight and hes taking everything in.

In This shot the protagonist seems to be messed from fighting and is very weak from how he's sitting he seems to be dazed, this shows the change in the character during the course of the film from a straight edged man to a crazy messed up man. 

The conventions in the film back up the psychological change in the film as in the beginning he seems to be bending to conformity but after some time he changes into a culprit who does what he wants how he wants when he wants.