Epic Research
Common Lighting: One common progression of light in epics is from dark and brooding at the beginning to happy and bright near the end. Another being the dimming of lights as the movie progresses
Common Camera Angles: Wide shots, Establishing shots,and Bird eye views.
Common Movement: Zooms into wide shots are commonly used, and lots of tracking shots during fights.
Mis en Scene: Location: Somewhere historic or far in the past. Costume: lavish and elaborate costumes. Set Design: Usually high budget and quality.
Color Design: Tends to have a tinted or sun-kissed look
Elements of Genre: Large Scale historical movies that use a lot of costumes and mix in drama.
Common Sound: Tend to be extremely dramatic in order to emphasize intense scenes using loud booming sounds or fast-paced music. When there is a scene where it's supposed to be happy the music lightens up. And in scenes showing villains they use low pitch sounds.
Examples of Epics: Gladiator, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Spartacus.
Appeals: Usually very grand and the ability to bring a viewer into the world is unparalleled. This would be really good if I want to really make a specific setting for a film.
Dislike: This will be hard to pull off because of the nature of Epics. I also dislike how unflexible they are. I feel like many epics are similar because of the rules they follow.
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