Mise-en-scene
I chose to write about the movie "Spotlight". I chose this movie primarily because I had not seen it before and I had heard it was a very good movie. "Spotlight" is a movie detailing the investigation and story of the spotlight team at the Boston Globe and their reporting of the systemic abuse of children and cover-ups by the Catholic Church.
There are multiple locations that movie takes place in, however, in primarily is set within the office of the Boston Globe, the homes of the journalists, a Boston high school, and courthouses. These settings most key feature is their proximity. Throughout the movie, as the journalists slowly unwind the scandal and the cover-up they begin to realize how far-reaching the influence if the church and how widespread the issue of the abuse is. This is most evident when the high school right across from the Globe is revealed to have multiple cases of rape perpetrated by a priest there and when one of the journalists discovers one of the priest treatment centers located in the area. This creates a feeling of claustrophobia surrounding the main characters in the influence of the church.
Another key feature of mise-en-scene within the movie is acting. Specifically the acting of the victims of the abuse. These people nail the mannerism and speech patterns of a person recalling a traumatic event. They usually have closed off body language and are holding a defensive stance, they exude nervousness and are clearly struggling to relive their traumatic event. These performances truly sell the whole movie as they demonstrate not only the horrors of the abuse these people have faced but also serve to demonstrate the long-lasting psychological trauma these people received from the aforementioned abuse.
The movie mostly utilizes three-point lighting allowing the viewers to focus on the main action of each shot. However, in key scenes where another clue or insight is being uncovered the light usually focuses in on the character illuminating them almost representing the lightbulb clicking on in their head.
There are multiple locations that movie takes place in, however, in primarily is set within the office of the Boston Globe, the homes of the journalists, a Boston high school, and courthouses. These settings most key feature is their proximity. Throughout the movie, as the journalists slowly unwind the scandal and the cover-up they begin to realize how far-reaching the influence if the church and how widespread the issue of the abuse is. This is most evident when the high school right across from the Globe is revealed to have multiple cases of rape perpetrated by a priest there and when one of the journalists discovers one of the priest treatment centers located in the area. This creates a feeling of claustrophobia surrounding the main characters in the influence of the church.
Another key feature of mise-en-scene within the movie is acting. Specifically the acting of the victims of the abuse. These people nail the mannerism and speech patterns of a person recalling a traumatic event. They usually have closed off body language and are holding a defensive stance, they exude nervousness and are clearly struggling to relive their traumatic event. These performances truly sell the whole movie as they demonstrate not only the horrors of the abuse these people have faced but also serve to demonstrate the long-lasting psychological trauma these people received from the aforementioned abuse.
The movie mostly utilizes three-point lighting allowing the viewers to focus on the main action of each shot. However, in key scenes where another clue or insight is being uncovered the light usually focuses in on the character illuminating them almost representing the lightbulb clicking on in their head.
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