Genre conventions: Shutter island

- For the thriller genre option, Shutter Island uses extremely wide shots to show where the film is taking place. They use wide shots to show multiple people walking at a certain time. The mid shot shows the character looking directly at you. The high angle shows them walking through the rain. The low level shows the contrast between the colors. Leonardo DiCaprio dresses in a detective outfit containing a trench coat and a tie. In this movie, Scorsese uses the dark lighting in the scene to symbolize the characters. The makeup in the film shutter island is mainly used to emphasize the expressions on their face. Major props to films that still use miniature models like this rather than purely CGI it up. It's noticeably in higher quality most of the time. The setting for shutter Island is mainly set in building ward C. There are three main blocks of the hospital. building 1 which is for the men, 2 which is for the women, and C which is for the very important patients who need to be kept locked away. When you first see Ward C in the opening it's all dark and gloomy. The effects of the sounds, especially within Shutter Island, catalyze the visual and narrative suspense created through Scorsese's own direction. The editing is fast and fragmented, conveying an intrusive thought as he remembers his wife. elements of genre include, Narrator and Point of View. Third-party narrator telling the story from Teddy Daniels' point of view, Tone and Mood, and Setting and Context. In the early 1950s, Shutter Island was a tropical island off the American coast. -I enjoyed the close-up camera angle because it was able to show the expression on the character's face when there was a plot twist. -one thing I did not enjoy would have to be the use of makeup it was boring and there wasn't a lot involved.

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