Eduqas GCSE Film Studies · C670
Component 1, Component 2
An approach to film style that transforms or exaggerates the appearance of the world to convey subjective feelings or experiences.
Revise: Aesthetics and film styleExpressionism transforms the appearance of the world to communicate feelings or subjective experience. In Blinded by the Light (Gurinder Chadha, 2019), Springsteen’s lyrics appear on walls alongside images of Javid’s life and world as he listens on his Walkman. Rather than simply showing a teenager listening to music, the sequence makes the music’s emotional significance visible.
- Revise: The Babadook: contexts and key sequences
A visual style that makes a character’s inner emotions or mental state visible through features such as distorted imagery, strong contrasts and expressive design.