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.