Research task

 Following our preliminary task, our teacher asked us to research and analyze the mis en scene and camera elements of any 2 movie scenes of our choosing. I believe this task may aid our abilities to identify how mis en scene and camera shots, angles and movements can contribute and affect overall storytelling and narrative progression in films, so that we may apply our new knowledge to our final film opening task. 


The two films I have chosen are:


 
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)

The genre of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire is a Dystopian science fiction. The premise of the movie contains many allegories for Capitalism, the exploitation of the working class as well as other social and economic commentary that can be analyzed using the theories learnt in Media Studies AS level.


                                   The substance (2024) 



The genre of The Substance is body horror, with its key focus being on Hollywood and society’s unreasonable beauty standards and objectification of women, as well as themes of ageism. These themes can be studied by utilizing the audience theories learnt in class.


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