La La Land
In La La Land, cinematography is important in establishing strong responses from spectators to a key character. In the "Mia and Sebastian" scene cinematography is used in this way for example the tracking shot of Mia walking down the street past a wall of famous Hollywood actors/actresses who "made it" in Hollywood this shows that Mia will never live up to them and fulfill her ambitions. Also the paintings of the actors/actresses are bigger than Mia this further emphases her living in their shadows as they as they literally tower over her. This would make a active audience empathize with Mia as her dream is crushed. Also at this point the audience would not know about Sebastian's dream of a jazz club so they are even more likely to side with Mia as they believe she's been through harder times. There is then a mid shot of Mia back lit by a red light this leads to connotations of anger and love which could be due to either Sebastian or her dead ended acting