In the 2015 Australian action film Mad Max: Fury Road, directed by George Miller, the film is set in a dystopian world where all civilization has failed which led to it becoming a wasteland, Max Rockatansky, Imperator Furiosa along with five wives and a war boy called Nux get chased by the evil Immortan Joe and his army as they try to escape from his captivity. Since Mad Max is an action film, it consists of so many different elements that made the movie so appealing to watch. The film segment that will be analyzed in this essay is the first chase scene where Max is tied up on Nux’s vehicle.
The film escalates quite quickly as the first car chase scene has a lot going on in terms of mise-en-scene. The setting of the desert clearly depicts a desolate atmosphere after civilization has fallen on earth, all there is shown in the segment is merely dust and sand. Some props used in this segment for instance, are costumes, vehicles, and weapons. They all make up the War Boys' chaotic and barbaric nature. Their black and white face painting makes them look creepy and dangerous, their half-naked bodies without any armour to protect themselves show that they are wild, the “Valhalla spray” they put on their mouths before they die during the battle, shows that they are always willing to die for the sake of
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As it is cutting to different camera angles and shots, it introduces different characters and their role in the process, Max being the “blood bag", Immortan Joe being the indestructible leader, and the War Boys being the relentless soldiers in the wasteland.
There are only diegetic sounds used in this segment, those including the battle cries of the War Boys, the explosions during battle, the loud yet monstrous engine noises coming from the war vehicles, and the tribal beats and riffs coming from the guitarist and the
Finally, both “Turbo Time” and “Road Blaster” are moved out from the arcade. When arcade workers move the two game machines out, the editor using a high angle to film this scene. The high angle shot gives the audiences a clear vision of the division between the arcade world and the outside world and it separates Turbo and other game characters who are following the rules. In another way, the shot makes Turbo seem small and powerless. It puts the audiences standing in an impartial position to fairly judge Turbo’s actions. The non-diegetic sound in the scene reveals the mood of the scene. It shows the audience a serious and severe situation when Turbo tries to escaping from his game. The arcade eliminates Turbo because he does not follow the rules that he supposes to. The workers in the arcade are the controller, who manage game characters’ actions and behaviors. In the arcade, every game character should follow the rule equally and no one can escape from it. This scene pulling our attention to the importance of these unwritten rules and how they limit our
Humans are funny creatures. We judge and classify others and ourselves into groups. We tear apart others esteem to feel stronger. And we put limits on ourselves, whether they are thought up by our imagination or other’s. The truth is, we aren’t perfect, but we can become better, that is, if we choose to. Benchwarmers captures that thought perfectly. Though it is a comedy, and a very hilarious one at that, it provides some very true points to consider. Benchwarmers is a great movie to watch because within this side-splittingly funny movie, there are important messages such as: bullying is a double edged sword, stereotypes can be overcome, and that diversity is what makes life exciting.
The only real way to truly understand a story is to understand all aspects of a story and their meanings. The same goes for movies, as they are all just stories being acted out. In Thomas Foster's book, “How to Read Literature Like a Professor”, Foster explains in detail the numerous ingredients of a story. He discusses almost everything that can be found in any given piece of literature. The devices discussed in Foster's book can be found in most movies as well, including in Quentin Tarantino’s cult classic, “Pulp Fiction”. This movie is a complicated tale that follows numerous characters involved in intertwining stories. Tarantino utilizes many devices to make “Pulp Fiction” into an excellent film. In this essay, I will demonstrate how several literary devices described in Foster's book are put to use in Tarantino’s film, “Pulp Fiction”, including quests, archetypes, food, and violence.
...olours of the opening scenes combines with the horrid lifestyle of Vaughn and Lena, whilst the greens and clouded with droplets of rain as they drive over the range brings in the ideas of hope and a future for both of the characters. The vital role the changing images that surrounds the pair gives insight into the influence of settings on plot and character development.
The 1980’s brought about a change to movies after Americas’ loss in the Vietnam War. In the light of this, America felt that their masculinity was in question. In result, Hollywood responded to these feelings by making movies that had strong male characters, known as “hard bodies” (Sklar 346). Furthermore, according to Movie Made America, the characteristics of a hard body are “heroic, aggressive, and determined” (Sklar 346). One such movie that exhibits this is the Terminator, directed by James Cameron and released in 1984. The movie is about Sarah Conner, a teenager, who is being hunted by the Terminator, a robot sent from the future to kill her. In the first and the last scene featuring the Terminator, two hard body characteristics, aggression
However the manner of how women in Mad Max are portrayed visually is still somewhat evocative, given their initial circumstance being that of sex objects for the tyrannical Immortan Joe and the touching upon Laura Mulvay’s writings on the male gaze. Again, this contrasts to the prim and proper tie and suit attire of Anastasia. However the manner in which director Miller depicts these females towards the end of the film being key players in large action set pieces wherein they are actively fighting for their liberation is the film’s redemption. To conclude, it is ultimately a film not of objectification, but of the struggle and fight against it, where as Fifty Shades is a narrative of a woman’s curiosity in an S&M life-style. As put forth by Gallagher in Old Hands, New Breed,
Feminism, as defined in the dictionary, is “the advocacy of women's rights on the grounds of political, social, and economic equality to men.” This doesn’t mean that women are just a bit tired of earning 75% that a man does for the same job. This means that women are standing up for themselves and are trying to achieve rights that they should already have. We were all brought into this world by a woman, but they are still not a man’s equal. Why is that? Is it too much to ask for to not be raped or killed or cast aside simply because of gender? Why is it that there are men out there that believe feminism is a scourge upon this earth that must be wiped out? They feel that their power over women is being threatened.
...te when it comes to emotions and each of the female characters are the product of male influences and much of their rage is intermixed with occasional feelings of love due to their lack of self-recognition.
As a fan of cinema, I was excited to do this project on what I had remembered as a touching portrait on racism in our modern society. Writer/Director Paul Haggis deliberately depicts his characters in Crash within the context of many typical ethnic stereotypes that exist in our world today -- a "gangbanger" Latino with a shaved head and tattoos, an upper-class white woman who is discomforted by the sight of two young Black kids, and so on -- and causes them to rethink their own prejudices during their "crash moment" when they realize the racism that exists within themselves.
In the Oscar award winning movie Crash, directed by Paul Haggis, a network of characters portray the lifestyles of different races in Los Angeles. In the movie, characters “crash” into one another, similar to pinballs, to spur new emotions and explain their actions. A main character Anthony, an African American male, steadily tries to prove why he does not and will not fall into the black male thug stereotype. He was slightly close minded and repeatedly had a negative outlook towards his environment. Anthony created contradictions between what he said and what his actual intentions were. His actions were guided by his environment and further analysis of them will prove his motivation.
In the opening scenes of the trailer, already the audience is exposed to the dystopian atmosphere of chaos, social anarchy and oppression. This is promoted by short fast paced montages and high angle shots of the swarmed streets, close angle shots of people in terror and military forces. This also conveys the magnitude of chaos this “dilemma” has caused. A short scene of the main protagonist Robert struggling through the crowd has also been visually constructed to enforce to the audience that he is the main character of this movie. The visual construction of this scene is utilised by a close up slow motion focused shot on Will Smith with the background blurred to completely draw the audience onto him. What is more unique is that this combination of effects acts as an inference that Will Smith is the solution or only hope in settling this anarchy as he swiftly makes his way through the congested street. The explosion of the bridge also informs the audience the narrative is set in New York implied by being a landmark of the city. Already in the exposition, the visual conventions have provided an engaging and well informed construction of dystopian qualities and information about the plot itself.
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini is a novel based in Afghanistan that shows the betrayal between two boys with two different social backgrounds. Four years later “The Kite Runner” was filmed by David Benioff, which shows the meaningful message that the book delivers in a movie. Throughout the book and movie, Amir the protagonist must live the rest of his life with guilt from his childhood. Although the movie gave the same meaningful message that the book delivered, the book was further developed, which had more detail and kept the readers wanting more. Ultimately these details that were present in the novel gave the readers a better understanding of the characters, which led to the relationships
When American Sniper opened in theaters January 2015, the world was shocked and excited that a film about a war has finally shown the emotional and psychological pain a soldier goes through. To many this was a new concept but, what the public did not realize, was in 2014, a World War II film, Fury was released. Fury is an insightful film about a tank crew surviving through World War II through the emotional and psychological hardships. The film takes place in April 1945, five months before WWII ends (Fury, IMDb). There are many key points to which makes Fury a modern war film from the extent of backstory each character has, to the prescreening prep and training, to the research of the props. Though American Sniper and Fury differ in wars and
... movie. During the chase scenes dramatic and heart pumping music makes the audience feel as if they were involved in the actual chase.
In the first three episodes of the series Mad Men the main character Don Draper works for a company that creates ads, in the 1960’s, his boss at this company is Rodger Sterling. In the first episode the company that Draper works for is trying to come up with an ad that convinces people that cigarettes are not bad for people’s health. Don Drapper is a high up executive ad man at the company he works for and is trying to find new clients to create ads for. Peggy Olsen, another main character is just starting at the company as Don Drapper’s new secretary. Betty Draper is Don Draper’s wife, they have two kids together. Peter Campbell is a 26 year old up and coming sales man for the same company and works alongside Don Draper. In episode two the company is trying to come up with an ad for right guard spray deodorant. Also Betty Draper is having problems with maintaining control of her