Short film research: Moving Takahashi.

  Welcome.

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

Conventions in the romance genre, included in the short film, are emotional tension, hero is the man, love at first sight, lying, and opposites attract.

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

POV

SOUND:

Old school music in another language

Diegetic sounds

Laughter

MIS-EN-SCENE:

Props: cigarettes, pills, and old music player

Soft lighting: for comfort

Low-lighting: for dramatic scenes

Costumes: girl is dressed more fancy while the male is dressed more poorly.

Dialogue

EDITING:

Cutaways

Match cut 

Fade 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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