Comparing the best & the worst

Below are two fight scenes from different productions. Comparing like scene of different quality highlights the technical and creative aspects of the scene and allows you to identify what makes a good scene more easily.

Watch the scenes below and identify how they and used the various criteria for film language to create scenes which although have simular content actually have very different results.

Pay attention to:

• Camera shot
• Camera movement
• Mise-en-scene
• Location
• Setting
• Framing
• Editing
• Character
• costume
• Props
• Dialogue
• Lighting
• Treatment