Saving Private Ryan
The girl has just been rescued from the soldiers by her father and she is crying, representing her innocence and vulnerability and how close she was to being taken, adding to the tension. she is the victim in this scene since she was nearly taken a soldier without her will and she seems to be expressing this by slapping her father. The girl needs help and protecting and this is one reason why she can be identified as a victim in this scene.
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Reign of Fire, Lord of the Rings, I Robot-mise en scene
Out of these three films, I think that I Robot has the better location. It is set in the future where technological advances have made life-like robots possible and this enhances the setting by making it extravagant since robots are something that people are not likely to see in their everyday lives. The robots also allows the film to also have the best props out of the three. The sea of robots not only overwhelms the viewer with excitement but it also makes the performance better when the hero has to find one robot within a multitude of robots, emphasising the tension. However, LoTR has the best costumes since it fits in with the setting and it effectively reflects the character. For example, the wraith on the horse was wearing a dark, black cloak and his face was completely hidden, raising questions about his identity and the cloak reflects his evil, and inhumane nature. Reign of fire had interesting props since they where form the future. The 'net gun' would have intrigued viewers since it is a weapon that goes outside the typical weapons of guns and swords and its originality not only excites the audience but it also sets the time that the film is set in, reinforcing the fact that the film is set in the future.
World War Z-camerawork
The establishing shot at the beginning of the scene exhibits a city filled with traffic and it highlights the fact that if any trouble breaks out, it would affect everyone in the congested city, making the city seems vulnerable. The scene in the car where the family are having a conversation uses medium shots to get the audience to get to know the family and to show their intimacy. However, when a strange helicopter appears, a contrast is shown between the peacefulness of the family's lives and the danger, violence and difficulty of the outside world. When the father gets out of the car to explore, a very high angle shot is used to make him seem vulnerable and exposed to the harsh issues that exist and this emphasises the fact that there might not be peace between the family after this moment. This is the made evident when later on in the film the family is forced to separate. A hand-held camera is used when the father is walking through the traffic and this shows the apprehension that he is feeling and it emphasises that everything isn't as it should be, foreshadowing the dire events that are to follow.
Iron Man 3-editing
Slow motion is used in the extract when the room explodes to accentuate the danger and give the audience enough time to comprehend what is happening. It also allows the audience to see the extent of the damage. The audience can then sympathise and identify with the characters and this is reinforced by the close-up of Stark's face that manifests his facial expressions, forcing the audience to feel sorry for the characters' situation. The cross-cut from the interior to the exterior shows three more helicopters, foreshadowing the impending doom, implying that more danger is yet to come. Our feeling of sympathy is further amplified. Through fast-paced editing, the scene's action and tension is conveyed and time is compressed to overwhelm the audience with the amount of action that is happening in a very short time period . The explosions in the scene were exhibited with the help of CGI and pyrotechnics and this made the audience constantly engaged in the action since the exaggerated explosion added greatly to excitement of the scene. The lack of jump cuts allowed the audience to immerse themselves fully in the moment and to experience the danger in real time, further engaging the audience in the scene.