War Of The Worlds Film Analysis
War of the Worlds
War of the Worlds' is a Sci-Fi Thriller. Extra-terrestrials have launched a global crusade on our planet and they wish to exterminate the human race and use the planet for their own sinister reasons. The director Steven Spielberg incorporates many film techniques in order to portray the drama of the story. Some of these techniques include costumes, lighting, and sound. All of these techniques add to the drama and help convey the story and the characters' identity to the viewer.
Costumes are used effectively to portray the different characters' identities and their development throughout the movie. Robbie is a typical teenager who wears dark clothes. This helps emphasise the aggressive nature towards Ray. His baseball cap is a major point that helps display the conflict between he and Ray, as Robbie has got a Boston team hat which is the rival team to New York, Ray's team. The cap also shows his fluctuating maturity at times. At one moment Robbie was being quite stupid and rebellious and his hat was turned backwards. But then in the next scene he is driving and helping Ray and at this moment he had his hat turned the right way. Having the hat turned different ways shows his development from a teenager to …show more content…
Lighting is used often throughout the film to add a sense of mood to some scenes. In one certain scene Ray, Rachael and Robbie are cowering in Maryanne's basement. There is an intense battle outside and a blinding blue light bathes the actors. Using the blue light in this scene adds to the great tension that they must be feeling in the basement. Another scene where the director uses blue is when the tripod first emerges from the ground. The whole set and air seemed to be tinged blue to add a very surreal feeling to the viewer, like this isn't Earth anymore. By using all this blue colour lighting it both adds mood to the scenes but it also impacts on how surreal the scene
War of the Worlds' is a Sci-Fi Thriller. Extra-terrestrials have launched a global crusade on our planet and they wish to exterminate the human race and use the planet for their own sinister reasons. The director Steven Spielberg incorporates many film techniques in order to portray the drama of the story. Some of these techniques include costumes, lighting, and sound. All of these techniques add to the drama and help convey the story and the characters' identity to the viewer.
Costumes are used effectively to portray the different characters' identities and their development throughout the movie. Robbie is a typical teenager who wears dark clothes. This helps emphasise the aggressive nature towards Ray. His baseball cap is a major point that helps display the conflict between he and Ray, as Robbie has got a Boston team hat which is the rival team to New York, Ray's team. The cap also shows his fluctuating maturity at times. At one moment Robbie was being quite stupid and rebellious and his hat was turned backwards. But then in the next scene he is driving and helping Ray and at this moment he had his hat turned the right way. Having the hat turned different ways shows his development from a teenager to …show more content…
Lighting is used often throughout the film to add a sense of mood to some scenes. In one certain scene Ray, Rachael and Robbie are cowering in Maryanne's basement. There is an intense battle outside and a blinding blue light bathes the actors. Using the blue light in this scene adds to the great tension that they must be feeling in the basement. Another scene where the director uses blue is when the tripod first emerges from the ground. The whole set and air seemed to be tinged blue to add a very surreal feeling to the viewer, like this isn't Earth anymore. By using all this blue colour lighting it both adds mood to the scenes but it also impacts on how surreal the scene