Fantasy Genre Research

 Conventions Used  

Camera angles, Movement, and Shots:  

- Wide angles – showing vastness of space  

- Birds eye view angle  

- Tracking shots – following a magic creature or person  

Mis-En-Scene:  

-Fairytale-like costumes  

-Ancient and unique styled costumes  

-Typically, extreme colored makeup on eyes  

-Fake elf ears  

-Props: swords, magical wands, bows, daggers, axes, books, masks, anything unique to modern day  

-Miniature figures in close-up shots known as ‘bigatures’  

-Cinematic lighting: majestical, bright  

Sound:  

-Celtic and Viking music  

-Magical sound effects  

-Peaceful and beautiful music (soft)  

-Heroic  

Editing:  

-Dissolve effect 

-Mystical special effects  

-Cross Cutting  

Film examples:  

Elements we like in this genre :We like the unique characteristics that come with this style of film. It is different from the world we live in, and the Mis-En-Scene is our favorite part. We really like how the costumes are ancient and relate back to different cultures like Vikings. The heroic and peaceful music throughout adds such a nice, calm feel to all fantasy style films.  However, some fantasy movies have scary looking creatures like giants which add some uneasiness into the films. Also, they are kind of hard to replicate due to the different styles of costumes and props that are used to create such a fantasy world.


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