Genre Research (Gone Girl)

CAMS

• A- There are a lot of dutch angles used in this movie, mostly to create confusion, especially since this is a mystery movie. And there are also a lot of long shots and close ups that focus on distance and character dialogue.
• M- There were commonly a lot of tilts and zooms that focus on evidence found in the movie and further along the solving of the mystery in the movie.
• S- The sound in Gone Girl is very dramatic and sad, but it also fades into the background, making it dissolve into the back and not adding more than it had to to the movie.

CLAMPS

• C- Costumes of everyday people in current day Missouri
• L- The movie is quite dark and gray, it being a very dark movie, this lighting is very fitting and helps to create a depressing and sad atmosphere.
• A- The acting in the movie is quite sad and melancholic, but also very nuanced and intense as well.
• M- Makeup of people in current day Missouri.
• P- Things one would find in an ordinary household in the U.S. (i.e. phones, books, etc.)
• S- The setting in the movie is Carthage, Missouri in current day, and mostly inside buildings and things of the such.

SOUND

• The sound in Gone Girl is very dramatic and sad, but it also fades into the background, making it dissolve into the back and not adding more than it had to to the movie.

EDITING

• The movie feature long running shots with little cutting that contribute to the movies plot, as well as little cuts during conversations.

ELEMENTS OF GENRE IN IT

• The movie uses crime in a very different way, in a more political, or tactical way instead of action. The crime are the actions themselves and not really things commonly found in these types of movies such as murder or gun violence.

WHAT I LIKED

• The very methodical and intriguing way that the plot reveals itself, and the way that the crime genre presents itself in this movie is very interesting. The lighting is very good in the movie and very consistent, providing very great theme and mood throughout it as well.

WHAT I DIDN'T LIKE

• Due to the films nature, it could get a little bit boring at times, but other than that it was very interesting and a very good watch.