Camera Angles, Shots & Movements:
Angles: Since most of comedies are driven by the dialogue, this movie was filmed at eye-line.
Shots: There are a variety use of shots to either captures the characters' emotions or use it to put the character into perspective with their location. For instance, when the main protagonists Audrey and Morgan are burning Audrey's ex-boyfriend's things, it switches from medium -close ups to long shots to capture the actually burning. Other shots in this movie were close ups, medium long shots, long-shots, wide-shots, and a few establishing and scenery shots.
Movements: The main camera movements were tracking shots and tilts. The tracking shots were used during an action-packed chase scene or in walking scenes. A minor camera movement that was used was handheld because the shakiness produced allowed the audience to experience the adrenaline rush and anxiety of a chase scene.
Mis-En-Scene:
Costumes: In this movie, the costumes consists of ordinary clothes, fancy outfits , and costumes. In the beginning and middle of the movie, Audrey and Morgan wore normal clothes. However, in the end , Audrey is wearing a fancy purple dress as her undercover outfits while Morgan wore a circus costumes because that was her undercover outfit.
Lighting: at first duller/ grey tones in the fight spy scenes but, in the bar scenes or public areas warmer tones/ less shadows.
Acting: In this movie, Mila Kunis and Kate McKinnon had to act a range of emotions. Towards the middle of the movie, their emotions change from determined, to frightened, to anxiety, and to cheerful. Since Kate McKinnon and Mila Kunis has experience in comedies, there were casted as the main characters because they could deliver a joke and emotions were not artificial.
Make-Up: Since makeup and costumes are coordinated, makeup varied from natural to fancy. This is demonstrated in beginning and the end. In the beginning scenes, Audrey and Morgan wore natural makeup while in their undercover outfits, Audrey's makeup was more formal and Morgan's was more performer. Other makeup included injuries and special effects. In the kidnapping scenes, both Audrey and Morgan had evidence of dirt and sweat. This illustrates one of two things. First, it shows their adventure was non-stop and took place over a course of days. Second, it illustrates the different experiences they have went through. Also, in the shooting scenes, makeup is required to make the victims look like they were recently shot.
Props: Props depend on the setting of the scene. For instance, in the Russian market place, there are props of money, guns, and mirrors to demonstrate how the fighting scene started and continued. In the second scene, there props change to fit a bar setting. In the bar scene, there are props of drinks, stools, food in etc to make the scene more realistic.
Set Design: The set design is based public places. In beginning of the movie, the first two scenes were a Russian market and bar place. In the middle of the movie, the set design would be in a French public library or in a subway.
Editing:
There was a variety of editing techniques in this movie. The most common techniques are shot-reverse-shot, and reaction shots because it is used to film conversations between the characters. Other common editing techniques used in this movie is parallel editing. In the end scene, the scene would cut between Audrey and Morgan because they are both handling external conflicts. Audrey would be arresting the antagonists while Morgan is fighting a hit-woman. Minor editing techniques that were used were cutaways, action match and eye-line match. An example of cutaway is during the bar scene. When Morgan grab's Audrey's phone, it cuts to the messages. An example of an action match occurred in the beginning where the antagonists is shooting people and the action is replicated where Audrey is playing a shooting game.
Sound:
Since it is a comedy, most of the sound was dialogue between the characters. There were a few incidental sounds and scores. During the chasing and shooting scenes, the sounds would gradually increase until it becomes really loud to emphasize the action within the five minutes. There was more diegetic sounds than non-diegetic sounds. For instance, in the bar scenes, you would hear someone breaking in pool, background music, talking, and chewing. This is done to make the audience feel like they are in the movie.
Elements We Like:
The main elements we like in this movie was the unnecessary/ random bits and the snarky comments. For instance, during the high-packed action scene, it transitions to a Muppet-like TV show where the inhabitants are unaware someone is breaking into their apartments.
Elements We Do Not Like:
The elements we do not like are the repetitive cussing and sex related jokes because we felt the jokes are juvenile.
This is one of the movie posters for " The Spy Who Dumped Me".
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