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... Shooting the Shoot-Out In my essay I will be comparing the generic conventions in the films 'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly' and 'The Matrix' during their shoot-outs. There are many different modern films today which use certain conventions to make great shoot-outs. These ideas have been originally adapted from the Western genre. Even in some spoof films they rely on the Western genre for intertextuality so we can recognise the out comes. Some typical conventions carried on through films are soundtracks, how people are dressed; and different shots types, especially close-ups, extreme close-ups and over the shoulder shots. The shoot-out scene from 'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly' is set in a grave yard where Clint Eastwood, the goodie, Lee Van Cleef, the baddie and a third man who is confusing to know whether he is on either side all meet up. They stand on a large round platform
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