La La Land Question
LA LA LAND QUESTION Discuss how important cinematography is in establishing strong responses from spectators to a key character in 'La La Land'. Your answer must refer to 1 scene in detail. In the end scene of La La Land the cinematography is used to create meaning towards Mia, and emotion within the audience, to build up a sympathetic view of the life she could of lived and the feelings she could of had with Sebastian and doing this in a way to force the audience connected with Mia to feel what she's feeling. For example, the beginning shot of 'what could have been', were shown an eye level medium close-up of Mia centred in frame lasting exactly six seconds, surrounded by a pitch black background to draw the audience's attention onto Mias facial expressions of brokenness and curiosity. This is to create a bond between characters using cinematography, linking Mia and Sebastian as lovers and relating Mia to her passive audience who identified with her char