Genre Research Divergent

  As the end of the school year comes to a closing, so does all the classes and assignments. For Aicemedia, the final assignment has been started as of the new year. The AICE students have been instructed to do an opening of an original movie that we have created to be submitted to Cambridge for grading. Before we can get to that part, everything has to be planned out and done step by step to ensure the final project is done accurately. There will around 30 or more blogs to help groups or individuals plan and look back on when necessary. This blog will focus on a selected movie from the genre my group members and I choose. Moreover, the movie chosen is Divergent. This is a science fiction movie released in 2014. The movie depicts a society with people separated into groups based on who they believe themselves to be. However, one girl discovers that she can't be subjected to one group because she is made up of all of them and this causes a war. Below is a photo of the movie:

In addition, the movie consists of different things that make it what it is. Camera shots and angles in this film are close-ups, medium shots, long shots, over the shoulder shot, high angles, low, and even point of view. The angles keep the audience watching, for example, the CU of the head of Beatrice (the leading actress) hooked up to the machine in the room makes viewers anticipate the thought of something bad happening to the hero. The low angle where Beatrice is repeatedly punching the punching bag with force is purposeful because it gives the idea that she is preparing to fight the war that's coming and she's doing so by training hard. Several movements in the 2014 released sci-fi are tilt, pan, zoom, bird's view, and tracking shot. The bird's view showed the large auditorium of people ready to choose the faction they believed they belonged to in society. The tracking shot allowed spectators to feel as if they were escaping with the group of fearless adolescents who didn't want to be controlled for the rest of their life. The pan movement that takes place in the gym within the film, shows people training to improve before the leaders trying to force people into groups form an army to stop any interventions that might prevent this. Besides these angles, shots, and movements, Divergent has other components such as the mise en scene.      First, the costumes within the show vary. Everyone is dressed based on who they are and what they must represent in society. The Abnegation who were selfless wore gray outfits that were somewhat oversized and very plain. This showed that they didn't care for much and were fine with being bland because they were self-denying. The Dauntless was fearless and represented this with blacking clothing that showed skin or was tight. The fact that black is often associated with bad made this easy to understand what they were trying to portray. The lighting in the show was sometimes a dark setting or one that was luminous. The dark setting in the scene of Beatrice and her lover, Tobias(a.k.a. Four), embracing each other is significant as it brings the audience to believe that the duo might be separated because of the fight among individuals in society. The well-lit scene of Tris being tested based on what she might fear is important because during the movie, I discovered she truly doesn't fear anything making it a good thing for her. It was a good thing for the leading actor because it gave her the boost of knowledge that people controlling society couldn't do as much as they thought they could.       In addition, the actors play do an important part in this film making. Leading actress, Shailene Woodley, constantly shows why she's divergent(being of all groups in society) whether she's defying the scientists who force her into being of one personality or helping selfish individuals like her brother. Her mother in the movie does a great job of being selfless which is the trait of the faction she belongs to. She fights alongside her brave daughter, but eventually takes several bullets and dies for the greater good. The makeup in the film is kept at a minimum, but there are realistic looking scars when the characters get hurt or tattoos to enhance the rebel trait of the Dauntless. The props used were guns for fighting and needles often used to inject truth serums or initiate mental testing for possible divergents. The sound in the movie mainly consists of dialogue, score, or incidental. Dialogue is plenteous because it is a movie and the characters are constantly thinking of different plans. The score in this is mainly for action scenes like when Beatrice is put to test in her mind and has to perform a numerous amount of wild tasks to survive. The incidental music identifies that thing such as fighting is going to take place or death and even bring one's heart to rapid beatings because of anxiousness. Furthermore, the editing in this film help piece together the film.  There are fade-ins, shot revere shots, and eyeline matches. In the film’s genre, common elements associated with science fiction are speculation on the future of mankind, the affect of new technology, and fictional places and societies. In conclusion, what I didn't like most about the film was that there wasn't any recognizable songs because they were mainly instrumental. However, I liked the costumes such as the Dauntless faction outfits because I love the color black and the mischievous side it brought out of the individuals.