Dissertation Research - Week 1/2 Finding A Question & Ideas

Question:
How Do Stylistic Cinematography Conventions create tension in True Crime dramas? And to what extent it is more important than the use of sound.

Bibliography

http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/american-crime-story/review/a790560/the-people-v-oj-simpson-finale-was-a-masterful-gut-punch/

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2016/04/18/the-people-v-oj-simpson-american-crime-story-the-verdict-episode/


http://screenprism.com/insights/article/how-does-12-angry-men-use-cinematography-to-build-tension-during-the-film

http://masteringfilm.com/using-canted-shots-to-convey-tension/


https://thefilmstage.com/features/roger-deakins-talks-creating-tension-and-finding-realism-in-sicario/

Important things to remember

1. Framing
2. Composition
3. Frame rate
4. Narration
5. Story and plot
6. Characterisation

Ideas To Take Forward

• Is cinematography the main way tension is built?
• Which directors like to use cinematography to build tension
• Why are true crime dramas reliant on good cinematography
• Could also be a sound related question, not cinematography

Case Studies

• Making a murderer
• The people vs OJ Simpson
• Manhunt: UNABOMBER
• The assassination of Gianni Versace

Example of creating Tension

The People vs OJ Simpson Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52bbOIscCYE