Extract Essay

Practice essay, game of thrones 

The theme of the extract is the meeting of the rulers of the Kingdom giving the argument over who is going to be the recognized as leader over Kings Island. The overall extract was the argument presented by Sir Davos on the qualities and why Stannous should be the rightful heir and the best choice, but the rulers on Bravos deny the request he presented and refused to discuss who will be their choice to back. Sir Davos re-enforced his argument with the voiced faults of the other choices. The dialogue in the extract was important in the extract to be able to determine an opinion as to what the theme involved. In the beginning of the extract the visual is a capture of the establishing shot as the ship sails into the Kingdom and a long shot that gives the wide view of them slowly entering under the statue and into the harbor using a long take as they pan the entrance view. A sound bridge is used adding new music when the scene changes to inside the castle that gives a different ambience in the tone of the mood of the scene and characters. The audience gets drawn in as the characters enter in the chamber to present their request and visibly seeing the characters mental state and mood of worry and concern over what they are about to present. This is when the dialogue becomes most important to understand what the theme is about with the words, tone, and emphasis of what is being said.  Jump cuts and shot/reverse shots are used to show the conversations going back and forth between the characters making it easier to follow the conversation from each character in different scenes. Stannous is captured in a close up shot to emphasis his shock, surprise, anger and discontent with the way he is being received by the rulers in Bravos given his position in the Kingdom as the rightful heir to the throne. The costumes worn by the characters are necessary to show reference to the era of the extract and to some extent the positions of the characters, and the gloves worn by Sir Davos showed the effect of shock as he removed them showing his chopped off fingers from a crime of thievery he had been punished for. There was also the effective use of props to give the visual display of who was more in authority with the use of the high back wooden chairs with a long table separating them from Sir Davos and Stannous  placed on cement benches, but Sir Davos displays his opinion in a strong opposition dialogue after being rudely dismissed stating that his choice for heir is the best as they then turn and leave the chamber ending the extract.