Wednesday, 23 March 2011
Tuesday, 22 March 2011
Genre/atmosphere
The tone of the movie is shown in the first scenes mise-en-scene of the intro which is of the main character dressed in a formal suit conspicuously in the middle of a war zone. Which is a little bit comical because you don't generally expect to see a man in a suit at a war zone, the tone of the movie is almost like suspicion and drama because its all about him trying to keep his multiple lives afloat like his marriage, parents, Brother, and his multiple identities from his "gun running" which almost creates a personality on its own because he believes it to be the thing that he is the best at and is addicted to it. And to him he'll do it no matter the situation.
The mood of the opening is scary because he tells us facts that we wouldn't generally think about E.G "one fire arm to every twelve people on the planet." and the next part which is of the manufacturing of a single bullet and its life from being made to getting sent to Africa is informative and just like normal until the bullet is put into an Ak47 in the middle of a war zone and shot into an innocent child that's when it becomes scary because it shows how that sort of thing is normal to the places where guns are sent.
The creation of the intro is a way of making the bullet a character in the movie showing its entire life and death. The bullet was shot with 'CG imagery' so it was animated but the effect gave it an awesome first person effect which is perfect for showing the life of a bullet.The title sequence music is by Buffalo Springfield "For what its worth." The part at the beginning where Yuri says "There are over 550 million firearms in world wide circulation, that's one firearm for every twelve people on the planet. The only question is. How do we arm the other eleven" is a statement that we can assume is true and that it represents his ambitions and how he views the world. It also sets up the next sequence which is of the bullet being made and shows us that that is what people are trying to achieve with the creation of that bullet is to get everyone in the world owning a fire arm.
The mood of the opening is scary because he tells us facts that we wouldn't generally think about E.G "one fire arm to every twelve people on the planet." and the next part which is of the manufacturing of a single bullet and its life from being made to getting sent to Africa is informative and just like normal until the bullet is put into an Ak47 in the middle of a war zone and shot into an innocent child that's when it becomes scary because it shows how that sort of thing is normal to the places where guns are sent.
The creation of the intro is a way of making the bullet a character in the movie showing its entire life and death. The bullet was shot with 'CG imagery' so it was animated but the effect gave it an awesome first person effect which is perfect for showing the life of a bullet.The title sequence music is by Buffalo Springfield "For what its worth." The part at the beginning where Yuri says "There are over 550 million firearms in world wide circulation, that's one firearm for every twelve people on the planet. The only question is. How do we arm the other eleven" is a statement that we can assume is true and that it represents his ambitions and how he views the world. It also sets up the next sequence which is of the bullet being made and shows us that that is what people are trying to achieve with the creation of that bullet is to get everyone in the world owning a fire arm.
Saturday, 19 March 2011
intro- description
The opening to lord of war is of the camera following a bullet through its creation and the whole process of packaging and storing, selling, and use and ends up showing what bullets do which is kill people and sometimes innocent people like a little boy in the background get caught up in all the violence and shows the bullet hitting his head. The song used over the credits in the intro is by Buffalo Springfield- for what its worth.
The intro relates to the film because the film is about "gun running" which is the illegal selling of arms and causes death that could be prevented but isn't because someone gets to make money out of it where the people using the guns are going to war and ultimately dying. The life of a bullet intro shows the realism of how deadly bullets are and that people can get away with making a profit out of war and death.
This intro appeals to me for a number of reasons, one is that its based on something real. Also because its something different and clever because of how the camera follows the bullet through its entire life just to end up killing a little boy and i think when that happens it brings you back from the fictional part of the movie to the realism of it like a big exclamation mark.
The intro relates to the film because the film is about "gun running" which is the illegal selling of arms and causes death that could be prevented but isn't because someone gets to make money out of it where the people using the guns are going to war and ultimately dying. The life of a bullet intro shows the realism of how deadly bullets are and that people can get away with making a profit out of war and death.
This intro appeals to me for a number of reasons, one is that its based on something real. Also because its something different and clever because of how the camera follows the bullet through its entire life just to end up killing a little boy and i think when that happens it brings you back from the fictional part of the movie to the realism of it like a big exclamation mark.
Wednesday, 16 March 2011
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