Analysis of Fight Club
Denotation: In the final scene Jack has a gun in his hand and is at
the top of a building, waiting for the great explosion that has been
set to take place. He puts the gun in his mouth, and is about to shoot
the side of his face.
Connotation: In the final scene Jack takes the only action possible in
his own mind.
The irony is that Jack is now able to see more clearly after he has
shot himself and killed Tyler. Jack now seems not to require his
father or Tyler or anyone else so much;
1. What is the point of the three-minute scene?
This scene changes the whole affect of how you felt on the whole
movie. Jack is ridding himself of that aspect of his personality. He
finds confidence to destroy his own split personality and one part of
his life.
2. How does the scene make you feel emotionally? Is this deliberate?
As the opening titles begin by pulling out from inside Jack’s brain
and ending up along the barrel of Tyler’s gun, which is in Jack’s
mouth- instantly gets your attention, represents that all Jack’s
trouble started from inside his head.
SOUND: Music 1 – Non diagetic music= calm/relaxing
*Character showing confidence and knows
what he is doing.
Creating a juxta-position effect towards the
scene. This type of music being played to
the scene of him attempting to shoot
himself.
*When gunshot – music stops, only ambient
sound after the gunshot.
Why?