Game of Thrones Essay

Game of Thrones Essay Practice 

   I feel the other’s vision was to create a hierarchy of power and to establish that power is what all the characters seek. I believe in the hierarchy of power because in the scenes it is clear one group of characters are more powerful than the other while both still being powers. I believe power is the main theme and what all the characters seek because it is the only topic being established in both scenes. 

   Scene one, opens with the more main character on a ship. It goes straight into a Bird’s Eye Shot of a huge statue of an island and the said ship of the character, which shows hierarchy of power being that the island they are entering is clearly more powerful than one ship. There is also use of a Foley artist that gives sounds to the animals and ocean of the environment which also establishes the environment of power driving home the idea. However, before both shots there is a medium close-up of both the characters for this group showing they are well groomed and serious inferring they are powers themselves.  

   Scene two, opens with a Jumpcut showing the meeting area also giving the idea of power hierarchy since the media hall is big and the characters are there waiting instead of being greeted immediately. There is a two-shot showing the two characters of one side and how they seem powerful. Then a three-shot of three characters of the other more powerful showing even in the number of leaderships the other is stronger. This is followed by dialogue explaining why they are there and giving attuite of how the characters treat another again giving the idea of power hierarchy. The dialogue also developed the idea of power. There is a shot/ reverse shot in the scene during the dialogue and it shows the expressions of the characters giving a heated debate on one’s entitlement of power. There is also the use of a prop being a glove it’s used to prove a point of the original group’s leader’s power and this shows that power is respected. Lastly the main thing I think that drives the idea home is the costume, they were cloaks and kind of mediaeval clothing which explains the time period and the world of the show, it makes the idea of power and hierarchy of it understandable because of the world it takes place in. 

   To conclude, the idea that the other’s vision was to create a scene/ show based around power and the hierarchy of said power is clear to be true. There are various examples in all aspects of film it shows in shot and angles, sound, editing, and mis en scene.