Breaking Bad Film Techniques

Vince Gilligan’s American crime drama television series called Breaking Bad can be categorized as an addiction for many viewers. Walter H. White can be considered as a genius chemist, but instead of working as a scientist and earning his well deserved fame and money, he works as a chemistry teacher in an Albuquerque, New Mexico High School. His already pathetic life is turned upside down after being diagnosed with stage three terminal lung cancer, and given a short amount of time left to live. In order to help out his family, Walt uses uses his chemistry background to chemically produce the world’s finest crystal meth. Gilligan’s use of archetypes establishes the emblematic setting of a crime, through frequent use of dark tone, different methods of lighting resulting in different types of imagery, whereas his adoption of an antihero, irony regarding the purpose of Walt’s crime, and pushing the limits of an epicurean view …show more content…
Throughout the five seasons strong imagery is involved, enhancing the viewer’s emotional response, resulting in diverse POV shots. The first shot in season one really exemplifies the point of view shot, shooting from the bottom of the pool or the blade of a shovel. Just like other current tv series such as Flash, directed by David Nutter, extreme spacial relationships between characters, and unusual uses of color saturation, such as opening season three in a “sepia tone that was carefully matched with the hues of the New Mexico desert where the series is shot”(slovis). Another archetype that conforms to almost all TV series relating to crime is providing a dark and edgy setting, which should provide the audience with visual depth.

Contrary, the character of Walter White is the central character of the series. But, the lack of conventional heroic attributes portrays him as an