Genre Research (Sicario)

CAMS

• A-  Angles commonly found throughout the movie are wide and long shots, in order to really show the action effectively throughout the movie.
• M- The movement in the movie are usually tracking shots that show them following cars, and other fast moving objects and people.
• S- A lot of diegetic sound, such as gun shooting, cars moving, and people walking.

CLAMPS

• C-  Militaristic and federal agent attire, as the people in the movie are constantly in gun fights, and are part of the FBI
• L- A large part of the movie takes place outside, and in open areas, therefore the lighting is mainly natural, and bright.
• A- The actors in the movie give a great performance, therefore the acting is quite serious, and they have to do a lot of action as well.
• M- The only makeup seen in the movie additional from that of everyday people is that of blood, or cuts that the characters suffer throughout the movie.
• P- A lot of props are used that are commonly used by people in the FBI, so guns, bulletproof vests, and other things that they would have in real life as well.
• S- The movie takes place in Mexico, so there are a lot of different areas shown, such as deserts, cities and buildings.

SOUND

• A lot of diegetic sound, such as gun shooting, cars moving, and people walking. The score is also very intense and action heavy, providing an extra amount of adrenaline in the feeling of the movie.

EDITING

• The movie is very action based, so the editing is very fast paced to fit in into that. There are plenty of jump cuts and cutaways, adding more to the pace of the movie.

ELEMENTS OF GENRE IN IT

• The movie relies more heavily than any of the others on the action part of the crime genre. And they are made from the perspective of the people who are not the criminals. They contain most of the Mis en scene found in crime movies, and fit well into the category.

WHAT I LIKED

• A very entertaining, fast pace movie that makes it very good to watch. The acting is fantastic, as is the story.

WHAT I DIDN'T LIKE

• The story is great, as are the actors, so I did not really have any major problems with the movie and found it a very great film to watch and study.