Short film research: The Basics of Love.

 Welcome.

Today we will be breaking down the short film title, Moving Takahashi.

Conventions in the romance genre, included in the short film, are comedic characters, life or death scene, emotional tension, and friends to lovers.

Within the film: 

CAMS: 

Two-shots: mostly with the main characters/love interest.

Three-shot

Establishing Shots

Close up's

Eye-Level shot 

Long shot

Zoom

Medium long shot

Over the shoulder

SOUND:

Soft music

Diegetic sounds

Laughter

MIS-EN-SCENE:

Props: garbage truck, bandage, jacket, and guns

Soft lighting

Low lighting

Costumes: Work clothes

Dialogue

EDITING:

Cutaways

Match cut 

Fade in/out

dissolve 

EXAMPLE FILMS in the romance genre: 20th century girl, to all the boy I loved before.

ELEMENTS I LIKE: Cinematography, complex characters, themes & symbolism.

ELEMENTS I DISLIKE: Overuse of tropes & clichés, poor pacing, uninteresting Characters.

That's it.

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