Extract essay, Game of Thrones

For this component I got to play with an extract from the series Game of Thrones. After viewing the extract, I concluded that the theme the director wanted viewers to convey was the use of power and authority. How when you demand a better title, it is not simply given to you, you must earn it and justify your right to it. And once you have it, to try not to abuse it. 

The Theme starts off in the first scene by using a bird view shot and wide shots, to introduce the  location and scenery in which the actors are going into. For example this was on a boat in the middle of the ocean entering into a kingdom which was evidently not their own. During the scene the lighting is very low and dim, the scenery is kind of muddy looking, this gives the impression that the men are going on a long journey or coming home from something that may have been harsh. A crane shot of the statue also allows the viewers to know that they are definitely entering into someone else's territory. Several camera shots and angles are used, those of which once they get inside the bank, there is a long shot of the hall to demonstrate the static in the hall.  Lastly, closeups were being used to catch the reactions of the actors' faces in their very heated conversation. For example when the guy from the bank questions the lord of the 7 kingdoms ability to handle the valuable gold. 

While there wasn’t much music, mostly dialogue, which was vital in setting tone to the theme also gave the viewers what the main purpose of the extract was. The use of echoes in the bank is a good example. The uses of these in the first scene contribute to the theme of asserting your title for example some ambient sound of the seagulls as well as the men on the boat. This contributed to the facts that both of the men on the boat were in charge. 

The editing aspect also contributed greatly, for example the shot reverse shot of all the men talking showed us the quarrel between them was real. Also again the use of close ups highlighting emotion. The establishing shot of the opening scene when the men were entering under the statue shows they have reached their destination and are now entering into somewhere they seem as if they do not want to be. Moving along into costumes, contributed to the time era and maybe even location of the story line. The way the men were dressed versus the men on the boat shows the power difference in them. 

All in all these different shots and editing techniques allow us to draw the conclusion theme of power and who in the end will be the ultimate victor of it.