film annotation one - Fast and Furious 7

Name

Fast and Furious 7

Release Date 

April 3rd, 2015 

Awards 

Teen choice award - Acton and Teen Choice award - male actor 

Main Actors

Paul Walker, Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriquez, Dwayne Johnson,  Jordana Brewster and Jason Statham

Director

James Wan

Narrative

The opening scene is set in a hospital, with Ian Shaw talking to his brother, who appears to be dying in a hospital bed. He is explaining to his younger brother about their childhood and how he used to fix all the negatives things the little brother caused. Ian puts a big gun on his brothers chest before walking through the destroyed hospital that Ian must have done before the talk with his brother.
Ian is now on a mission to find his brothers killer.

Characters in opening scene  

In the opening scene the audience gets a big understanding of who the main character is. This is done by him being the only one talking, his costume, personality, the way he is in most of the shots and is the only one in the hospital that walks out alive and with no cuts.

Setting

The first scene is set in the main city hospital, that has been destroyed by Ian Shaw.

Technical analysis 

Technique (Camera, setting, people, props).	What, how and when is this shown	Meaning and what it suggests to the audience
Establishing shot of the city	The first ever shot in the film	This sets the scene to the audience and gives a little understanding of the type of film based on the setting.
Voice with establishing shot	Ian Shaw is already talking to his brother when the camera is on the establishing shot.	This draws the audience into the film as they have to listen to what is being said.
Over the shoulder shot	The camera looking over Ian’s shoulder, with Ian looking out the window at what was the establishing shot of the city.
Zooms out	The camera zooms out of Ian’s shoulder to a medium close up, as Ian turns around.	This shows the audience that this man could be a key character and is quite important.
Pans round/ follows Ian to hospital bed	Now the audience is seeing a new character.	By the new character being in a hospital bed again the audience can tell that Ian is or must be the main bad or good character.
Props - Gun	Ian gives his brother a gun.	This shows the audience that Ian is important and that you wouldn’t want to mess with him. This shot also starts to show to the audience the gender of the film, as gun could mean violence or action.
Dead police man on the floor	As Ian walks through the hospital to leave there is all dead or injured police man on the floor and the hospital is all destroyed.	This shows the audience that this film is defiantly an action film.
Music	As Ian is talking to his brother music starts to play in the background and gets louder as he leaves. The music is upbeat and dangerous.	This music is showing the audience that the film is an upbeat film and that it is an action.
Car	At the end Ian gets in his Jaguar to drive off.	This proves that the film is an action as it has a fast car and he speeds off into the distance.
Fight scene (exciting)	Ian has distorted the hospital	Everyone knows that if a film is an action film then there is always some type of bad thing that will happen. So in this case

What shots are used 
 1. Establishing shot
 2. Over the shoulder shot
 3. Pans right
 4. Medium shot - still panning slowly
 5. Zooms in - to a medium close up of the guy talking
 6. Close up of gun
 7. Pans back up to guy
 8. Medium close up
 9. Little tracking - of guy walking towards the camera
10. Medium close up
11. Tracking - of guy walking out of the building
12. Medium close up
13. camera pans round him in the lift
14. tracks him
15. long shot with main character in the middle

Sound 
1. Starts with voice over, over the establishing shot before turning to the man speaking
2. Ambient sound
3. Soundtrack - music
4. Incidental music
5. Non dietetic sound
6. Dietetic sound

Representation of character 
The main character in this scene is being represented as the archetypal male, this is because he is being shown in stereotypical male settings as well as his clothing and props he is using. especially in this opening scene he is being shown as the dominant person and has control over everyone. He is also shown as intelligent, strong, brave and competitive which are all male stereotypes.