This is the opening 10 minutes to Amazing Spider-Man 2. This movie is an action movie and there are many conventions to show it is a action movie for example we see a chase scene which is mainly scene in action movies. Its also a police chase which is a strong indicator to it being an action movie. Another convention to it being an action movie is the guns towards the end. We see the villain shooting at the hero this is a convention to a action movie as we always see a fight between the hero and the villain. Another convention to an action movie we see is a foreign villain this is a big indicator to it being an action movie because when the villain is foreign some audiences would hate the villain more. Camera usage adds effect to all these scenes as while the chase is happening were always following the hero and how he is swinging the camera swings with him. The camera also adds effect while the chase is happening as it goes behind all the police cars and the villains car showing how many police there are and the camera movies with them showing how fast the chase is. The movie is also a comedy this is also shown in the first 10 minutes when the final scene happens and the hero embarrasses the villain making the viewers laugh. This is a big indicator to comedy/action movies as there is usually and hero and villain confrontation and the hero usually does or says something funny.
Some key questions were left asking are who is this villain? Why was the person who got saved so important? Who will be the main villain? As he got arrested at the end. We ask these questions to watch the rest of the movie and answer these questions. These questions link to the conventions of an action movie as were are usually left asking who the villain actually is because he/she won't be revealed till towards the end of the movie. We also find out some information for example its the heroes graduation, the villain steals a bad chemical and the hero is a hero to everyone as we see him swing in and everyone cheering. The mise-en-scene is used well as we see a news helicopter this is effective as it makes it feel more realistic as this would be real reported news. We also see the use of cop cars and a massive truck for the villain this is effective because cops connote action and violence, the big truck for the villain shows he/she is hard to take down and is a tank.
The sound is used because at first we hear the Spider-Man theme tune this is an effective non diegetic sound as we know the hero being Spider-Man will be in the next scene. It also indicates to something happening in this case we see a chase scene. Another effective diegetic sound is when the truck is running through all the other cars this makes it more effective as it makes it more realistic and shows destruction which also connotes to an action movie.
This is an effective camera shot from the opening scene. It is effective because it shows how big and superior the villain truck is and how vulnerable the police cars are. They try and show the police as vulnerable so they can make the hero seem better and stronger because then he/she looks more like the hero. It also shows destruction which connotes to action as destruction is usually in action movies.
This is an effective aerial shot showing the hero being higher than everyone else showing superiority for the hero. It also shows the cop chase and how the hero is on the way to save the day. This connotes to action as the hero will always be better then police and will always save the day.
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