The Expendables
Use of Camera: The scene is introduced by using a long shot of a village showing the setting and giving the audience an idea of where about it is set. The team then set off, leading to a medium shot of the truck they are in, this shows the guns and armor, suggesting that a battle is about to commence. The trucks then push through the village. The camera then changes into a medium shot as they open fire, showing the body's being hit by the bullets and the blood exploding everywhere, typical of the action genre. This excites the audience of mainly men and satisfies their needs to see big explosions and lots of deaths. This then moves on to a medium shot of Jason Statham behind one of the heavy machine guns, this shows him to be quite ruthless and not phased by killing lots of people, also it emphasises the genre and has a big impact on the mood of the scene. as the men burst through the gate, the camera is a low shot showing the gate fly towards the camera and crush two men, this shows the the team to be powerful and strong and better trained than the foreign henchman. the scene then continues in a medium shot, occasionally cutting to a close up of one of the elite teams face. The scene then cuts to an inside building showing a few baddies guarding a hostage who hear the gun shots and explosions but are oblivious to what the threat is. It also shows them to be less armed than the protagonists outside, which suggests that they are weaker and not as intelligent as the good guys. The guys then shut the door thinking it would protect them from the carnage outside.
Sound: Non diegetic music opens the scene which is quite patriotic suggesting a battle or war is about to happen. The trucks engine roaring fuels the audience's drive and gets them ready for what follows. The men enter the village with diegetic sounds of villagers screaming as they know what is about to happen. Diegetic tires screeching as the van skids around and the men let of a round of gun fire, this introduces the audience into a fast paced massacre in which they suspire. The scene then continues with more gun fire which builds on the audiences excitement and makes them thirsty for more. Explosions which thrill the audience are used throughout the scene.
Narrative: The scene starts with the men racing though the village armed for a war, this excites the audience as they know what is about to follow. The men then open fire on the unprepared army situated in the village causing absolute chaos. The reason as to why they are there has not been revealed to the audience yet, however the audience are less interested in the plot and more focused on the the guns, explosions and brutal deaths. The scene swiftly moves on to a group of the foreign army in a building holding hostages, suggesting that's why the team are here, to retrieve the hostages from them. This is a classic plot line for an action film to have a group of well armed guys fight an entire army and risk there lives to retrieve something of theirs in which the enemy has taken. The opening scene doesn't hint what the rest of the plot is going to be about, however from the amount of gunfire and outrageous stunts the audience can expect more from the remainder of the film.
Genre: Group of well armed men making there way to a remote village can only mean one thing, a big budget blockbuster action movie. There are many indicators that this is an action movie such as the non diegetic music which makes the scene more dramatic and hints that something is going to happen. Another major indicator that this is an action film is the amount of guns and an explosions there are. Guns connote danger and war in which death occurs, which could foreshadow what might happen. The foreign army are all main conventions of the action genre and are usually will be from the middle east. The editing of the scene also indicate the genre as it is very quick and snappy which gives the audience the non stop action they crave.
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