Genre: Action

 Camera Angle, Shots, and Movements. 

-action focus on portraying the feeling of excitement and suspense, they do this by using various camera angles, movements, and shots 

These are: 

-High angle and Low angle- to enhance power imbalance between hero and bad guy 

-Close-up shots- to show reactions and dramatic details in fights that move the audience 

-Tracking shots/Panning- build  suspense; could show a character about to take the final blow  

-far angle- adds dramatic excitement and builds apprehension  

-Over the shoulder shots- suspense and excitement 

Common Mis-En-Scene 

-Action films often strive for Excitement and suspense to increase audience adrenaline . This is achieved through Mis-En-Scene 

These are: 

-Props/Setting- often very bright and both spacious and closed spaces that give an under pressure feeling  

-Lighting- enhances darkness (batman) and brightness (spiderman); low level lighting to create suspense and tension high level lighting for excitement  

-Clothing- everyday, common clothing to promote realism or costumes to initiate imagination  

-Make-up- limited amounts of makeup that could be worn every day to show realism; smudged/messed/blood up makeup is also commonly used to show distress of hero or villains in fights  

Common Editing 

-The key to action editing is focusing on increasing suspense and excitement, to do these directors often hold back when something big is about to happen from either the audience or the characters. 

-Common ways to do this are with flashbacks and strategic placement and order of shots. As well as blunt/dramatic changes to portray being skiddsh 

They also use techniques like:  

-Cut-aways- to provide vital context only when it is necessary 

-Eye-line match- to show characters view and feelings of confidence or uncertainty 

-Fade out- can be used with things like a character throwing a punch or dodging a bullet 

-Shot/reverse shot- to show contrast between hero and the flying punch or bullet 

Common Sound 

-Sound is a crucial factor in creating an excitement and suspenseful Action 

-This is done with both diegetic sounds 

-It is common that directors use percussion or intense, dramatic sounding instruments like slowed whistling and bass to increase suspense and tension. These are non-diegetic 

-They also utilize diegetic sounds like creaky helicopter propeller hinges, footsteps when running, or simply just crashes to amplify excitement  

Likes 

-I like how there are so many methods and specific ways to create excitement and suspense, while still being unique to every movie. 

-Not all Action is the same and utilizes the same techniques so it would be fun to explore how we could achieve the exciting feeling. 

-The Mis-En-Scene being imaginative is smart and achievable for us as students with limited resources. 

Dislikes 

-They often require advanced editing and sound design that could be hard to achieve. 

-They also often take place in unique settings which, without the correct equipment, can be hard to film in. 

-Can be hard to produce original ideas and new, unique ways of portraying a story or timeline.