Man on Fire is an Thriller/Drama/Action film released in the year 2004. The story Is about a man name John Casey (The protagonist) who use to be apart of CIA. He accepts a job being a bodyguard for a young sweet girl name lupita is nine years of age. Her father is a very wealthy business man by the name of Samuel. John Casey begins to bond with Lupita and they soon develop a bond when suddenly she is kidnapped by a gunman. John Casey goes on a mission to find her and goes through crooked cops and successful criminals. In the last scene of Man on fire called the “Forgiveness Scene”. There were a lot of close ups, with a mix up of long shots, Deep Focus, and most importantly a Establishing Shot to give the audience the wear about of the scene taking place. The close up is where the camera …show more content…
There were a lot of running and walking from throughout the entire movie, because of the main character being on a rescue mission, such as the “Rave Scene”. There were a lot of sound effects such as explosive noises and gun shots. These sound effects were high-pitched for the explosives and cross-cut. Which is normal because of the film having being under the genre:action. The placement of the characters were inside of buildings and outside. The character will transition from inside the building to outside in the city running towards a vehicle (“Forgiveness Scene”). Furthermore the music was ambient mixed with drums to add a serious aura to the scenes. Music is an important part of a movie, mostly because It shows how important a scene is depending on the scene and what the scene is about. For this film the music was very fast-paced when there were action scenes. In the final scene of “Man on Fire” the music playing is sad music was also reuniting music because the protagonist reunited with the Pita. The flash backs effect of the movie played an important role in the music choice
Act 1 of Mr. Burns was the only act in the play that places it characters in a casual setting. It was easy to decipher the type of characters the actors were portraying in the scene. For example, the actor who played a meek character ported this by taking up as little space as she could and crouching behind objects. Also, two characters were pretty intimate with each other. They cuddled around the fire when discussing the probability of a power plant shutting down and shared soft smiles with each other. I felt that the characters were allowed to be themselves in this scene compared to the other acts. In Act 2, the characters were at work that called for them to have a professional mindset, even though they were familiar with each other. The
music to analyse—in fact, the music runs almost constantly throughout the film without very little
The film elects to use a soundtrack comprised of only popular music from the 1970s. Frith writes, “The sociologist of contemporary popular music is faced with a body of songs, records, stars and styles which exists because of a series of decisions, made by both producers and consumers, about what is a successful sound” (Frith, 134). I reference this quote because it is important to note that this film was released in 1993. The people who are responsible for choosing the soundtrack have the luxury of knowing what music is able to ...
In the start of Fahrenheit 451, Montag’s thoughts are that fire is good for society. He burns books for a living, and never thought twice about doing his job. That is until he meets characters such as Clarisse, Beatty, and the academics. Montag’s understanding of the nature of fire changes as he becomes enlightened through his relationships.
In most present day films, the use of music tends to be a lot more significant than it appears to be. One specific example that can be used to illustrate this is with musicals. Musicals, like Meet Me in St. Louis, typically use song placement strategically so that the audience has no difficulty realizing emotions or where the plot is headed. Another major aspect of the use of sound is during the opening scene where everyone is outside and whistling with each other to showcase how perfect life in St. Louis is. Along with whistling, Minnelli chose to add in up-beat background music until the characters got into the house.
While they just enter the cave, it is violins plucking make that background music. I have to say this scene really scares me because I am very afraid of spiders and the music at here plays in synch-point when they find out there are spiders on their bodies. When Jones turns back, the audience finally sees the spiders and there is a sudden sound made by the percussion and then followed by scratching strings’ sound play in a fast tempo. This creates the tensions of seeing those huge spiders and how Jones will overcome this problem. The music is kind of exotic since it is out of the normal music that we will hear from the orchestra, and it captures the dangerous and adventure unpredictable feelings since they are at the cave of the rainforest. Another example is the scene that happens around (00:36:23), which is when Jones and Marion arrived at Cairo. The music is different from what it was before since there was some western orchestra music before this. It adds more local instrument in the underscoring music, and I feel like it maybe some kind of instruments that are similar to flute or piccolo. Also, I hear some traditional percussion’s sound as well. Back into the releasing time of this film, many people may not have a comprehensive understanding of music from those cultures, and the composer basically helps us be more focused on the storyline
The immense power of a text is gained through the distinctive ideas portrayed within. Through his poetry John Foulcher, Australian poet and teacher, outlines his observations of the environment surrounding him and the conflict within it. These poems include ideas such as the brutality of nature trumping its beauty, as represented in the poems For the Fire and Loch Ard Gorge. As well as how observing nature's savagery can give insight into human mortality, as prominently expressed in Loch Ard Gorge, and lastly the complexity of society compared to the divinity of the natural world, demonstrated in Summer Rain. The distinctive ideas portrayed in these texts create powerful meaning and affect those reading them, allowing others to learn more about
The sound effects and music for the play was recorded to go with the actions of the character’s and whatever was taking place on stage; for example, when Ian and Chuck would play a game since there was no television they needed sound effects to better depict them playing a game. The music used in the play was relevant to today’s period and fit in well with the scenes, like when Ian says he’s going to get a job the song “I’m going to win” fit in perfectly, because it showed his determination. They also used music to help...
For people to add music and sound to the movie allows the viewers to be more involved. When you listen to tunes that move you, your brain releases dopamine which is a chemical involved in both motivation and addiction, a feel-good chemical. Also the lights and sound during a movie catches the viewer's attention weather it is a horror movie, or a comedy movie. There is also the idea
A key aspect that was used in this scene was the way that the director builds and releases tension when required using the sound track. This is used as Tim gets up to put his clothes in his draws. The slow, high pitch music in the background started to become more high pitch and louder as the light falls and breaks, the door then opens revealing a shadowing figure as the music comes to its climax. This non-Diegetic music serves the purpose of amplifying the emotion and tension of the atmosphere in this scene in the way that diegetic sounds are restricted from. The use of the monotonous, string based, music served as a way of emitting a
Sound plays a significant part in all movies and one of the most interesting of all the sound techniques would be the use of nondiegetic music. In the movie Apocalypse Now, there is a double disc soundtrack with thirty tracks on it. The one song on there that has the most meaning would The Doors song “The End”. This song not only set the mood for the scene waiting in Saigon and the move as a whole but is also used to foreshadow the death of Coronal Kurtis. Mr. Coppola, the director of the film, was a genius for picking this song to represent the movie. It not only fits the movie with the sounds of helicopter but the words alone have significant meaning to the movie. Along with it serving as a premise for the movie, Mr. Coppola plays with the viewer’s perception of diegetic sounds and nondiegetic music.
The opening of the movie began with the famous “Indiana Jones” theme that is easily recognizable almost as soon as it begins. This particular piece has to be one of the most famous theme songs in movie history right behind the “Star Wars” theme song. There is something about this one piece that can take you back to your childhood when you wanted to be just like Indiana Jones and go on your own adventures. It was really amazing to hear just how powerful and overwhelming it was in person. The orchestra did an incredible job at bringing this song to life and setting the standards for the remainder of the
When I think of an American Hero I immediately think of someone who is strong, intelligent, handsome, and daring. Upon closer examination, many different qualities than these become apparent. Courage, honesty, bravery, selflessness, and the will to try are just a few of the overlooked qualities of an American Hero. The definition of heroism changes with the context and time. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines heroism as "heroic conduct especially as exhibited in fulfilling a high purpose or attaining a noble end; the qualities of a hero". Heroes of the past are not necessarily heroes of present time and vise versa.
A: The film begins with a fire. It narrates the story of men running from a fire when, suddenly, one of the men stop and sets fire to the ground in front of him and the steps into the new safety zone he had just created. The term for his discovery became known as an escape fire. The directors used the idea of an escape fire as a metaphor for our health care system. Currently, our health care system is like a raging fire. The consuming flames of rising costs and a “disease maintenance” mind-set are about to consume our country and we must find a way out, an escape fire, before we perish. Like the men running away from the eminent death by the flames, we as a nation are sprinting towards
Different from other types of films, the music in Phantom of the Opera was used by all the characters, as a way to tell their part of the story. The music created a convincing surrounding for the film, guided the audiences. The music was constantly a signifier of emotion, as the characters expressed their feelings through the songs. The music score was an emotional and scary score that tied into their diegetic/non-diegetic singing, giving the main characters an identity, specifying situations and places to help connect certain points. When we hear the dark music play throughout the movie, it plays a certain theme, that theme gives the viewers a clear hint of who or what the music is talking about. Another example of signifier of emotion was in The Devil Wears Prada, where the film used either fast upbeat songs for when Andy walks all around the city, running errands for Miranda, or romantic alternative music when Andy is with her boyfriend and true friends (The Phantom of the Opera/The Devil Wears