Lucifer Clips - Use of camera angles and music

These clips are from the TV show 'Lucifer'. They are good clips as the angles and music / sound effects are chosen carefully to make the reader fully understand the scene, or in particular, Lucifer's underlying rage. When not allowed to retrieve something that is his, (his own wings), or when he feels betrayed, (by the detective); we see the hidden pain which resides in him and that he wants to be free of it all, through knowledge, and eventually sinking to wishing to return to Hell.

Genre picture task

For the Horror genre, many connotations to horror were made. In the center of the image, the main character stands alone, head tilted, watching from afar and wielding a saw menacingly. The image itself highlights him as the focus of attention, by gradually changing to be lighter and more focused than the rest of the shot. A dark outline appears around the outline restricting view to the killer. People in the background are distant from him, suggesting he acts alone and disassociates himself from regular society. 

The genre for this image is Family. The sense of family is created from the closely gathered group, going about their own routine. The light around the edges evokes images of purity and happiness, as a family should be such. The conversation going on in the image is also affected by stance. On the right, he is standing, looking down onto the girl on the left, which suggests he is superior to her, like a father figure or such. Whereas in the front, the person is listening to music, distant from the group, suggesting rebellion, or teenage attitude, wanting to be away from the family and left alone.

Wonder Woman Comic-con trailer analysis



The use of music in the trailer

 In the beginning, the music picks up slowly with choir singing, suggesting divinity, such as a God, which is reminiscent of the use of Greek mythology throughout Wonder Woman. Similarly, whenever the camera pans to the soldier, who is a man, the note the choir is singing goes lower, while it goes higher when ever the scene pans to Diana. This suggests that, as an oppositional view for the typical sexist views of the time, that the woman is higher than the subservient man, who is also physically below her.

On top of this, the introduction of percussion instruments and harsher, metallic sounds as Diana begins to introduce herself into regular life, evokes images of industrial work and regimented army lines, and suggests that 'regular' life is worse off than simpler life on the island where Diana is from.

Trailer Mash-up Project (Mass Effect 2 + Suicide Squad)

This clip is good as it takes various clips from the game Mass Effect 2 and morphs them into a would-be trailer like Suicide Squad's. The music and the linking to the clips make it extra interesting, as it is timed well and makes you want to watch more.