extract essay - game of thrones

The extract of ‘game of thrones’ creates a tone of suspense and action. The use of shots, mis en scene and sound is done so in order to resemble a film shot in the medieval times. These tools were also done to make the audience feel that sense of suspension which could also imply the genre to be action. 

  In the first scene, it starts off with an aerial shot to give the audience an understanding of what is occuring. An old style boat is shown, depicting the old theme of the film. The next clip is a mid shot of two characters, this close up allows a clear shot of the facial expressions of the characters. Their faces expose a sense of confusion, sweat, anger and stress. This emotion plays into the idea that there is something suspenseful going on or foreshadowing a suspenseful situation. Based on sound, there is use of diegetic sound like the waves and the birds, this is done to give the audience a realistic feel of the scene. It engages the audience deeper into the film, which allows the director to amplify any feelings. The ambient sound that the film uses is the chatter of the men while the boat is sailing, as well as intensifying music, this in itself gives the scene a suspenseful feeling of what is going to come next. 

The next scene starts off in a dark hall where three more characters join and an intense conversation arises. There is a jump cut from the boat scene to the building scene as the time where the boat arrived is not filmed. This is done to show how the scene is being rushed and there could be a situation crucial to the characters. Here lighting and costumes is important to proving the theme. The lighting is dark and mysterious which prompts suspension and questions for the scene. The audience tends to wonder what bad thing may occur due to the lighting and shots. The costumes are dark, black, and include armors and robes. This supports the idea that the film is trying to replicate the medieval times. The reverse shot reverse was shot to film the dialogue scene. The intensity of the characters' conversation really created tension and suspension. The close ups and the attitude of the dialogue revealed the tension between the characters.  Lastly, point of view was a good set of evidence to show the tension in the situation. The shot where the audience gets the point of view of the  three characters sitting in a chair is powerful. It shows that those three men hold power over the other two, this raises tensions which leads to a rise in suspension and confusion. 

Overall, the director does a great job of creating a tense and suspenseful situation. He does this while creating a film to resemble the time era he wanted. With these tones and evidence to support them, it's inferred that the genre to the film is action. Action includes tense conversations, sweat, dark lighted scenes, dialogue about war, etc. Although within these themes there is no violence it can be inferred that violence will be shown in following scenes.