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Movie Conventions: Murder Mystery

 Genre Research: Murder Mystery

  • What conventions of the genre that you chose to base your final task on does this movie have?
Conventions of the genre that I chose to base my final task on are over-shoulder shots, low-angle shots, high-angle shots, point-of-view shots, Dutch angles/Tilted shots, close-ups, and wide shots. In the movie Murder Mystery, it uses all of these shots that I mentioned. I decided to incorporate all these shots in the final task because these shots helped make the audience know that the movie "Murder Mystery" the genre is a mystery. Therefore, I would like to use these angles in my opening sequence to help build my story and develop the genre.
  • What conventions of the genre did the movie have that you liked?

Conventions of the genre in the movie that I liked is the lightning. In the movie, it had low-key lightning which helped set the mysterious tone. Another was the camera angles such as point-of-view shots and close-ups which helped build the suspense in the movie. There was also a lot of cross-editing used in this movie which I liked a lot because it helped with building the tension in between the scenes. Which is another convention that I would like to use in my final task.

  • What conventions of the genre did the movie have that did not appeal to you and you are thinking of not filming for your final task?
Conventions of the genre the movie had was dialogue. It didn't appeal to me because, since I'm working by myself it would be hard for me to have another person to do this with. Even though in the genre mystery there is a lot of dialogue between the characters. I don't think I will incorporate this in my opening sequence because it would need a lot of planning beforehand to do it.


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