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Is it the ‘film’ aesthetic? The sound design? Or is it the colour grading? All these elements play a huge role in the transformation of a normal video to cinematic. But there are other great factors too. Let’s talk about symbolisms first. And for that there ain’t a better example than Bong Joon Ho’s ‘Parasite’ (2019). Parasite is not a real-life story but it does include South Korea’s real world socioeconomic issues. Now let’s consider a movie based on a true story.