Monday, 28 February 2011

Conventions

David Fincher's Seven

Conventions met...

- Eerie tension filled music
- Fast cut montage
- Extreme close ups
- Hidden identity
- Dark lighting
- Dark shadowy atmosphere
- Creation of fear/ apprehension
- Flashbacks

Conventions subverted...

- Realistic setting not used
- Red herrings

The Kooks - She Moves In Her Own Way

Conventions met...

- Music to visuals
- Lip syncing
- Lyrics to videos
- Performance based
- Genre characteristics
- Close-ups
- Images of instruments
- 'Notion of looking'

Conventions subverted...

- Intertextual references
- Star image motifs
- Voyeurism
- Tempo changed to match

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