Tv and Film Text Analysis Blog post (Jacob n8725594)

commentary 1:

In the beginning of the Iron Man (2008), it gave an introduction to Tony Stark’s status and personality. Tony Stark was given a sense of wealthy that built on the back of war. He also had given an impression of a bad person with arrogant, self-absorbed and rude stereotype.  However, Stark changed himself entirely.

In the photo, this was a scene that Tony Stark was a prisoner. In this scene, it was about a terroristic rebel group kidnapped Stark and stark had to strap an old car battery to keep tiny shards of his own company’s shrapnel from entering his heart. It was the main scene that develops the main character ’iron man’. Stark built his first ‘iron man’ suit with the doctor-‘Yinsen’. The ‘iron man’ suit saved Stark’s life but also created a breakthrough within the storyline. This breakthrough changed Stark’s character into a justice and caring figure. In the photo, the scene of Stark in the ‘iron man’ suit presented an idea of humanity within the technology. Stark was given responsibility as a hero and started to help people later on. It also created contrast of technology uses between terroristic and himself. This scene is the most entertaining part in the movie as creating a hero but also exploring a new storyline for Tony Stark.

commentary 2:

In the film Titanic (1997), the characters can be categorized into two groups, which are first class passengers and the third class passengers. In the photo, the status of characters can be shown clearly in terms of dressing. For example, first class passengers such as Rose had well made up clothing. Her clothing was a royal outfit with luxury jewelry that gives a sense of wealthy. In contrast, third class passengers such as Jack are often seen the same set of clothes and not have many outfits to change. The difference of clothing had presented their differences in terms of status in the story. 

Lighting and camera shots range both also stand a significant role as creating romantic moods in this film. In the photo, it was the scene that Jack and Rose were standing at the railing of the ship, a soft and yellow golden lighting was created. The lighting was created in purpose as a natural light come from sunset in the evening as a romantic mood that related to the storyline. In the photo, a mid-shot was applied. From this mid-shot, the facial expression of the main characters can be easily showed without missing the background of romantic atmosphere. This can enlarge the romantic mood and their love along the storyline.

commentary 3:

500 days of summer (2009) is a romantic comedies film directed by Marc Webb. In the film, different lighting is used to present the main character’s emotions and feelings for each other.

 

The lighting in this film mainly consist with yellow, blue and white light. When the scene presented a good relationship or environment between the characters, it used a high key lighting to brighten the atmosphere and create a romantic mood. The yellow and white colours of lighting showed a sense of relax but also warm atmosphere. The blue and white colours of lighting presented a sense of cold and purity. When the scene described the main characters confused about their relationship, blue and white colours of light created a mood of cold but also presented a sense of confuse of the relationship. There are also several lighting applied to describe characters’ feelings. For example, when the girl sat in dim lighting, it was signifying she is confused something. In the scene that the main characters were sitting together on a train, the shadows of them apart from the bright light expressed their confused feelings. Different uses of lighting created a contrast of feelings and situation between the main characters. 

Jacob KWAN LAM TANG (n8725594)