This is the opening 3 minutes to the Expendables 2. The movie Expendables 2 is an action movie, there are many conventions to it being an action movie for example the guns. The guns connote action movies as the good guys and bad guys would usually have guns to fight each other, the bad guys usually miss the shots against the good guy as its suppose to make him/her/look better and they would not die as there suppose to have a boss fight at the end of the movie. Another convention to show that it is an action movie is the explosions, the explosions connote to action movie as we usually see explosions in action movies to add to the excitement. At the end we see the bike go into the helicopter this connotes to the action genre as we usually see big vehicles and some explode. Another convention to the action genre is big vehicles. The Expendables enter with guns blazing and massive vehicles to protect them. The massive vehicles add to the excitement and it thrills the target audience. The target audience for this movie would mainly be male aged 16 to mid 20s. The reason for these ages is because it is a movie with violence and the female gender do not seem to enjoy violence in movies the age is mainly because younger people it is not suitable and older prefer action movies with not a lot of violence and more of a story.
From these opening 3 minutes we are left asking a few key questions for example who are they attacking? Who is the main hero? Who is the villain? Were left asking these questions to get us caught into the film and continue watching till the end and find out the answer to these questions. Some of these questions connote to the action genre for example the who is the villain question is mainly asked in action movies because we don't find out the villain till the middle of the movie for example in action movies like Spy, James Bond and Captain America. The camera shots are effective because when they crash into the enemy base the camera is at a low angle and shakes when they come in. This makes the scene more effective because it is shows the powerful destruction more clearly. Other camera angles include the establishing shot when the massive cars are turning up showing where they are heading and how much destruction there could be. Another is the camera panning round the car and up and down the driver to the gunner showing how powerful this car is, it also shows how they are going to be used and it should be a thrilling next through scenes.
The music is used well in the opening 3 minutes for example the non-diegetic music playing makes these scenes louder and more thrilling and keeps the target audience entertained throughout the scenes. A diegetic sound is the guns blazing this is an effective sound as we know how many bad guys there are shooting at them and the bigger guns coming into play are effective as well as we can hear how powerful they are. We don't find out much in the first 3 minutes but there is some information for example the characters a gang of heroes, army men defeating an enemy base for some unkown reason. We also find out it must be important as they have brought big guns and a helicopter turns up to defend to base. The representation of this movie conforms to the general stereotype of action movies as it has everything that is expected for example the guns, the explosions, the massive vehicles and the unknown villain.
From these opening 3 minutes we are left asking a few key questions for example who are they attacking? Who is the main hero? Who is the villain? Were left asking these questions to get us caught into the film and continue watching till the end and find out the answer to these questions. Some of these questions connote to the action genre for example the who is the villain question is mainly asked in action movies because we don't find out the villain till the middle of the movie for example in action movies like Spy, James Bond and Captain America. The camera shots are effective because when they crash into the enemy base the camera is at a low angle and shakes when they come in. This makes the scene more effective because it is shows the powerful destruction more clearly. Other camera angles include the establishing shot when the massive cars are turning up showing where they are heading and how much destruction there could be. Another is the camera panning round the car and up and down the driver to the gunner showing how powerful this car is, it also shows how they are going to be used and it should be a thrilling next through scenes.
The music is used well in the opening 3 minutes for example the non-diegetic music playing makes these scenes louder and more thrilling and keeps the target audience entertained throughout the scenes. A diegetic sound is the guns blazing this is an effective sound as we know how many bad guys there are shooting at them and the bigger guns coming into play are effective as well as we can hear how powerful they are. We don't find out much in the first 3 minutes but there is some information for example the characters a gang of heroes, army men defeating an enemy base for some unkown reason. We also find out it must be important as they have brought big guns and a helicopter turns up to defend to base. The representation of this movie conforms to the general stereotype of action movies as it has everything that is expected for example the guns, the explosions, the massive vehicles and the unknown villain.
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