Author: rams4life24

Summary

This is the 11th movie of my marvel marathon. Peter Quill is too busy defending the galaxy and making a living for himself to do anything else. After saving him from an army of ships, Peter meets his father for the first time only to realize that his father isn’t close to what he thought he would be.

Film Analysis

Film Title	Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.2
Year	2017
Director	James Gunn
Country	USA
Genre	Action/Adventure/Comedy
If you could work on this film (change it), what would you change and why?	I wish that there were more flashbacks with peter and his mom because the realization of his father killing his mother would be more powerful to the audience.

 

TOPIC	NOTES
1. Who is the protagonist?	Star Lord
2. Who is the antagonist?	Ego
3. What is the conflict?	Ego killed Star Lords mom and wants kill everything to rebuild
4. What is the theme or central, unifying concept? (summarize in one or two words)	Dads aren’t the greatest
5. How is the story told (linear, non-linear, with flashbacks, flash-forwards, at regular intervals)	Linear
6. What “happens” in the plot (Brief description)?	Peter quill finds his father but finds out that he isn’t who he claims to be
7. How does the film influence particular reactions on the part of viewers (sound, editing, characterization, camera movement, etc.)? Why does the film encourage such reactions?	Lots of cgi in this film and it definitely brings the audience into their world of fantasy and imagination
8. Is the setting realistic or stylized? What atmosphere does the setting suggest? Do particular objects or settings serve symbolic functions?	Definitely stylized because it does show earth in this movie and it never happened
9. How are the characters costumed and made-up? What does their clothing or makeup reveal about their social standing, ethnicity, nationality, gender, or age? How do costume and makeup convey character?	So there are many different alien races in this film and its hard to fit them all in this little box, but one thing that signifies identity is tight red leather clothing from the ravegers
10. How does the lighting design shape our perception of character, space, or mood?	lighter colors until the story starts to get a little darker with the plot twist then the light gets dimmer
11. How do camera angles and camera movements shape our view of characters or spaces? What do you see cinematically?	closer angles because a surprising amount of this film is indoors
12. What is the music’s purpose in the film? How does it direct our attention within the image? How does it shape our interpretation of the image? What stands out about the music?	This Movie is the second part to the great soundtrack you hear from the first movie. The songs in this movie are just as great as the first and helps make me love these movies even more
13. How might industrial, social, and economic factors have influenced the film? Describe how this film influences or connects to a culture?	there aren’t really any culture or world culture problems considering that it’s in outer space
14. Give an example of what a film critic had to say about this film. Use credible sources and cite sources.Example: “The Shawshank Redemption Movie Review (1994) | Roger Ebert.” All Content. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 June 2015.	“Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 2 delivers a similar experience to the one provided by its predecessor except with more of nearly everything”-James Berardinelli|reelviews May3, 2017
15. Select one scene no longer than 5 minutes that represents well the whole film and shows relevant cinematic elements. Write a one-sentence description of the scene and record the time of the scene.Example: from 1:05:00 to 1:10:00. Explain why you chose this scene.	00:33:45-00:36:50 Such a great scene that shows how lowkey some of the dialogue in this film is going to be
16. In the selected scene: write a sentence for each of the elements below to justify why this scene best represents the film:
a. Screenwriting:	talking very down to earth and shows how drax is such a comedian
b. Sound Design:	no special sounds
c. Camera Movements/Angles:	close angles for a closed space
d. Light Setup:	very bright light from the ship owned by a god
e. Soundtrack/Score:	no music in this scene
18. What’s the socio-cultural context of this film?	There is none

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Summary

This is the 10th movie in my marvel marathon. Peter quill after getting abducted from his home planet earth, peter becomes a space junkie and stumbles upon this stone that has too much power than he anticipates. He makes friends along the way of trying to sell this stone but is stolen by the infamous ronin.

Film Analysis

Film Title	Guardians of the Galaxy
Year	2014
Director	James Gunn
Country	USA
Genre	Action/Adventure/Comedy
If you could work on this film (change it), what would you change and why?	I would give more flirting between gamora and peter because it will give them more of a spark

 

TOPIC	NOTES
1. Who is the protagonist?	Star Lord
2. Who is the antagonist?	Ronin
3. What is the conflict?	Ronin wants to take over everyting
4. What is the theme or central, unifying concept? (summarize in one or two words)	work together despite differences
5. How is the story told (linear, non-linear, with flashbacks, flash-forwards, at regular intervals)	Linear
6. What “happens” in the plot (Brief description)?	Peter quill finds a stone that is worth a lot of money so he tries to sell it. Little does he know that much higher people are looking for it and if they find it then its all over
7. How does the film influence particular reactions on the part of viewers (sound, editing, characterization, camera movement, etc.)? Why does the film encourage such reactions?	The soundtrack is 100% amazing and the audience had to have been head-banging to this amazing culture flashback
8. Is the setting realistic or stylized? What atmosphere does the setting suggest? Do particular objects or settings serve symbolic functions?	Stylized, even though this is far away, we still have no way of knowing if this actually happened
9. How are the characters costumed and made-up? What does their clothing or makeup reveal about their social standing, ethnicity, nationality, gender, or age? How do costume and makeup convey character?	So there are many different alien races in this film and its hard to fit them all in this little box, but one thing that signifies identity is tight red leather clothing from the ravegers
10. How does the lighting design shape our perception of character, space, or mood?	darker lighting to show how dark their universe is then it gets brighter when the main villain is destroyed
11. How do camera angles and camera movements shape our view of characters or spaces? What do you see cinematically?	wide shots for action and closer shots for dialogue i noticed
12. What is the music’s purpose in the film? How does it direct our attention within the image? How does it shape our interpretation of the image? What stands out about the music?	The music is the best part of this film and really makes us connect with the main character star lord and his big passion for music
13. How might industrial, social, and economic factors have influenced the film? Describe how this film influences or connects to a culture?	there aren’t really any culture or world culture problems considering that it’s in outer space
14. Give an example of what a film critic had to say about this film. Use credible sources and cite sources.Example: “The Shawshank Redemption Movie Review (1994) | Roger Ebert.” All Content. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 June 2015.	“With the exception of Lee Pace, whose Ronan isn’t as nasty as one might hope for a big, bad villain, the cast is well-chosen.”-James Berardinelli|reelviews July 30, 2014
15. Select one scene no longer than 5 minutes that represents well the whole film and shows relevant cinematic elements. Write a one-sentence description of the scene and record the time of the scene.Example: from 1:05:00 to 1:10:00. Explain why you chose this scene.	00:06:10-00:11:10 such a great scene that shows so much of star lords personality
16. In the selected scene: write a sentence for each of the elements below to justify why this scene best represents the film:
a. Screenwriting:	Shows how funny star lord can be throughout the film
b. Sound Design:	alien noises and tech based noises that are very cgi sounding
c. Camera Movements/Angles:	wide shots to show the big cgi landscape
d. Light Setup:	dark lighting to show the dark planet
e. Soundtrack/Score:	come and get your love is an amazing song that fits very well in the scene just like all the other songs in this film
18. What’s the socio-cultural context of this film?	There is none

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Summary

This is the 9th movie in my marvel movie marathon. Captain America is caught up in doing missions for shield and keeping the world safe. After realizing that shield is compromised and working for hydra he tries to stop it.

Film Analysis

Film Title	Captain America The Winter Soldier
Year	2014
Director	Anthony Russo/Joe Russo
Country	USA
Genre	Action/Adventure/Sci-fi
If you could work on this film (change it), what would you change and why?	I would have Bucky give more of a struggle to resist and would give falcon more fight scenes

 

TOPIC	NOTES
1. Who is the protagonist?	Captain America, Black Widow, Falcon
2. Who is the antagonist?	Shield
3. What is the conflict?	Shield is run by Hydra and will hill millions
4. What is the theme or central, unifying concept? (summarize in one or two words)	Not everything is safe
5. How is the story told (linear, non-linear, with flashbacks, flash-forwards, at regular intervals)	Linear
6. What “happens” in the plot (Brief description)?	Shield is compromised and Captain America has to save the world from itself
7. How does the film influence particular reactions on the part of viewers (sound, editing, characterization, camera movement, etc.)? Why does the film encourage such reactions?	The struggles that CA and bucky go through in the movie are heartbreaking and exciting to watch
8. Is the setting realistic or stylized? What atmosphere does the setting suggest? Do particular objects or settings serve symbolic functions?	Realistic but would never happen
9. How are the characters costumed and made-up? What does their clothing or makeup reveal about their social standing, ethnicity, nationality, gender, or age? How do costume and makeup convey character?	suits=shield, military uniform=shield ops, hero uniform=protagonists
10. How does the lighting design shape our perception of character, space, or mood?	bright outdoor lighting to help with the characters being undercover
11. How do camera angles and camera movements shape our view of characters or spaces? What do you see cinematically?	closer angles to show how they need to lay low and wider angles fro some of the more action filled scenes
12. What is the music’s purpose in the film? How does it direct our attention within the image? How does it shape our interpretation of the image? What stands out about the music?	Generic music mostly in the film unless it’s Rodgers listening to old timey music to remind him of the good old days
13. How might industrial, social, and economic factors have influenced the film? Describe how this film influences or connects to a culture?	A corrupt government is certainly a culture
14. Give an example of what a film critic had to say about this film. Use credible sources and cite sources.Example: “The Shawshank Redemption Movie Review (1994) | Roger Ebert.” All Content. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 June 2015.	“The Winter Soldier is effectively paced with enough action to keep things moving but not so much that it overwhelms everything.”-James Berardinelli|reelviews April 3, 2014
15. Select one scene no longer than 5 minutes that represents well the whole film and shows relevant cinematic elements. Write a one-sentence description of the scene and record the time of the scene.Example: from 1:05:00 to 1:10:00. Explain why you chose this scene.	01:16:21-01:21:21 big fight scene where captain america realizes that the assassin was a long lost friend that doesn’t remember him
16. In the selected scene: write a sentence for each of the elements below to justify why this scene best represents the film:
a. Screenwriting:	Shows that bucky doesn’t remember his life long friend
b. Sound Design:	lots of shooting and explosions which fits well
c. Camera Movements/Angles:	wide shots to capture the action
d. Light Setup:	natural lighting
e. Soundtrack/Score:	generic action music
18. What’s the socio-cultural context of this film?	Refers back to the nazi days and a similar group called hydra is practically running a huge branch in government

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Summary

This is #8 of my marvel movie marathon. Tony Stark is traumatized after going into space after the attack in New York and is caught up in building his suits and stopping the middle eastern terrorist of the mandarin. After an explosion putting Happy in the hospital, Stark turns to investigating.

Film Analysis

Film Title	Iron Man 3
Year	2013
Director	Shane Black
Country	USA
Genre	Action/Adventure/Sci-fi
If you could work on this film (change it), what would you change and why?	I would make Jon Favreau be the director because he always does a fantastic job

 

TOPIC	NOTES
1. Who is the protagonist?	Iron Man
2. Who is the antagonist?	Ivan
3. What is the conflict?	Ivan and his Mandarin terrorist group taking over the world
4. What is the theme or central, unifying concept? (summarize in one or two words)	Dont put your trust into the world
5. How is the story told (linear, non-linear, with flashbacks, flash-forwards, at regular intervals)	Linear
6. What “happens” in the plot (Brief description)?	Iron Man has to face a terrorist group led by the mandarin until he finds out that the leader is an old acquaintance
7. How does the film influence particular reactions on the part of viewers (sound, editing, characterization, camera movement, etc.)? Why does the film encourage such reactions?	The audience could definitely see the emotional toll that tony took on throughout the entire movie especially after his traumatizing event in new york
8. Is the setting realistic or stylized? What atmosphere does the setting suggest? Do particular objects or settings serve symbolic functions?	The setting is realistic but there are a few  stylized events and people because of the fire power.
9. How are the characters costumed and made-up? What does their clothing or makeup reveal about their social standing, ethnicity, nationality, gender, or age? How do costume and makeup convey character?	The CGI in the film identify certain characters in this film that have the fire explosive ability
10. How does the lighting design shape our perception of character, space, or mood?	darker lighting to show that tony is in a darker period in his life
11. How do camera angles and camera movements shape our view of characters or spaces? What do you see cinematically?	closer shots than most marvel movies to make this movie more personal because they want you to connect more with tony and his struggle
12. What is the music’s purpose in the film? How does it direct our attention within the image? How does it shape our interpretation of the image? What stands out about the music?	The music in the iron mans movies are iconic and such a good connection with tony and his rock music
13. How might industrial, social, and economic factors have influenced the film? Describe how this film influences or connects to a culture?	It shows terrorism which I guess is a culture, not a great one but it is one
14. Give an example of what a film critic had to say about this film. Use credible sources and cite sources.Example: “The Shawshank Redemption Movie Review (1994) | Roger Ebert.” All Content. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 June 2015.	“When it comes to spectacle and narrative, Iron Man 3 delivers on its promise and provides a workable post-Avengers standalone superhero storyline.” -James Berardinelli|reelviews May 2, 2013
15. Select one scene no longer than 7 minutes that represents well the whole film and shows relevant cinematic elements. Write a one-sentence description of the scene and record the time of the scene.Example: from 1:05:00 to 1:10:00. Explain why you chose this scene.	00:52:00-00:58:58
16. In the selected scene: write a sentence for each of the elements below to justify why this scene best represents the film:
a. Screenwriting:	Shows how tony can be a good mentor and a father some day
b. Sound Design:	the heating sounds work and add to the effect
c. Camera Movements/Angles:	closer shots because there isn’t too much action and there’s less characters in the scenes
d. Light Setup:	overhead street lights
e. Soundtrack/Score:	no music
18. What’s the socio-cultural context of this film?	Deals with terrorism which happened a lot during this time

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Summary

This is the 7th movie in my marvel marathon. Thor returns to earth after fixing the damages that the war has caused because he cannot see or find his love. He then finds that his love possessed a power that is unearthly and powerful…

Film Analysis

Film Title	Thor The Dark World
Year	2013
Director	Alan Taylor
Country	USA
Genre	Action/Adventure/Fantasy
If you could work on this film (change it), what would you change and why?	I would add some nice rock songs into the soundtrack because I think it would make this movie more of a banger

 

TOPIC	NOTES
1. Who is the protagonist?	Thor
2. Who is the antagonist?	The Dark Elves
3. What is the conflict?	The Dark Elves want to take over asgard
4. What is the theme or central, unifying concept? (summarize in one or two words)	Dont snoop around in places you shouldn’t
5. How is the story told (linear, non-linear, with flashbacks, flash-forwards, at regular intervals)	Linear
6. What “happens” in the plot (Brief description)?	The dark elves are awakened by jane foster obtaining a powerful substance that thor now needs to cure and solve
7. How does the film influence particular reactions on the part of viewers (sound, editing, characterization, camera movement, etc.)? Why does the film encourage such reactions?	Loki is forgiven and makes ammends with thor, which should be a huge shocker for the audience this far into the mcu
8. Is the setting realistic or stylized? What atmosphere does the setting suggest? Do particular objects or settings serve symbolic functions?	Stylized, everything in this movie will never happen and if it did none of us would know because there was no big world event going on in earth
9. How are the characters costumed and made-up? What does their clothing or makeup reveal about their social standing, ethnicity, nationality, gender, or age? How do costume and makeup convey character?	Asgardians are in asgardian armor and the dark elves are wearing tight black leather outfits
10. How does the lighting design shape our perception of character, space, or mood?	very dark lighting to match the harsh situations
11. How do camera angles and camera movements shape our view of characters or spaces? What do you see cinematically?	wider shots to show action
12. What is the music’s purpose in the film? How does it direct our attention within the image? How does it shape our interpretation of the image? What stands out about the music?	generic music and it doesn’t really benefit or worsen the film
13. How might industrial, social, and economic factors have influenced the film? Describe how this film influences or connects to a culture?	doesn’t really connect to a certain culture because it’s hardly in earth
14. Give an example of what a film critic had to say about this film. Use credible sources and cite sources.Example: “The Shawshank Redemption Movie Review (1994) | Roger Ebert.” All Content. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 June 2015.	“Thor: The Dark World offers the kind of straightforward action/adventure yarn that adherents of the genre will appreciate.”-James Berardinelli|reelviews November 8, 2013
15. Select one scene no longer than 5 minutes that represents well the whole film and shows relevant cinematic elements. Write a one-sentence description of the scene and record the time of the scene.Example: from 1:05:00 to 1:10:00. Explain why you chose this scene.	00:25:00-00:28:30 This is when thor returns to Jane after 3 years
16. In the selected scene: write a sentence for each of the elements below to justify why this scene best represents the film:
a. Screenwriting:	Jane is mad at thor for not coming back and it’s so funny how he doesn’t understand earths social concepts
b. Sound Design:	the bifrost has a sound but it’s just loud power noises
c. Camera Movements/Angles:	closer angles to show the conflict Jane has with thor
d. Light Setup:	Natural lighting
e. Soundtrack/Score:	no music
18. What’s the socio-cultural context of this film?	There is none, Its barely even in earth

This worksheet was developed with ideas from many IB Film teachers, thus should remain in the Creative Commons

Summary

This is the 6th movie of my marvel marathon. Earth’s mightiest heroes are recruited and brought together to defend earth after the tesseract is stole by thors’ brother loki.

Film Analysis

Film Title	The Avengers
Year	2012
Director	Joss Whedon
Country	USA
Genre	Action/Adventure/Sci-fi
If you could work on this film (change it), what would you change and why?	I would have loki actually be able to put up at least a little more of a fight with the avengers at the end of the movie

 

TOPIC	NOTES
1. Who is the protagonist?	The Avengers
2. Who is the antagonist?	Loki
3. What is the conflict?	The Tessaract
4. What is the theme or central, unifying concept? (summarize in one or two words)	Work together to accomplish goals
5. How is the story told (linear, non-linear, with flashbacks, flash-forwards, at regular intervals)	Linear
6. What “happens” in the plot (Brief description)?	A group of heroes are assembled to fight the evil loki at attempts of domination
7. How does the film influence particular reactions on the part of viewers (sound, editing, characterization, camera movement, etc.)? Why does the film encourage such reactions?	This is such a huge movie for comic fans. During the entire movie, they were just blown away by everything, just a pretty overwhelming movie for the diehards.
8. Is the setting realistic or stylized? What atmosphere does the setting suggest? Do particular objects or settings serve symbolic functions?	Stylized, this would never happen even though it would be cool as hell.
9. How are the characters costumed and made-up? What does their clothing or makeup reveal about their social standing, ethnicity, nationality, gender, or age? How do costume and makeup convey character?	Costuming is only really specific to their characters and everything else is generic
10. How does the lighting design shape our perception of character, space, or mood?	basic lighting with a couple good shots with natural lighting
11. How do camera angles and camera movements shape our view of characters or spaces? What do you see cinematically?	wider shots to show many events of action in the film
12. What is the music’s purpose in the film? How does it direct our attention within the image? How does it shape our interpretation of the image? What stands out about the music?	There is 1 or 2 rock songs which are only playing when iron man is approaching
13. How might industrial, social, and economic factors have influenced the film? Describe how this film influences or connects to a culture?	They show some new york culture and the culture of the higher military
14. Give an example of what a film critic had to say about this film. Use credible sources and cite sources.Example: “The Shawshank Redemption Movie Review (1994) | Roger Ebert.” All Content. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 June 2015.	“The Avengers kicks ass”-James Berardinelli reelviews may 2, 2012
15. Select one scene no longer than 5 minutes that represents well the whole film and shows relevant cinematic elements. Write a one-sentence description of the scene and record the time of the scene.Example: from 1:05:00 to 1:10:00. Explain why you chose this scene.	01:39:15-01:42:06 Such an iconic marvel scene and shows both sides of the story
16. In the selected scene: write a sentence for each of the elements below to justify why this scene best represents the film:
a. Screenwriting:	Tony Stark gives a great argument against loki on why he is going to lose
b. Sound Design:	no sound used
c. Camera Movements/Angles:	a few pans to show tony moving within the building but nothing special
d. Light Setup:	bright because its the beginning of the fight
e. Soundtrack/Score:	no music used
18. What’s the socio-cultural context of this film?	There is none

This worksheet was developed with ideas from many IB Film teachers, thus should remain in the Creative Commons

Summary

This is the 5th movie of my marvel marathon. Thor, son of Oden is yet to be king of his home world Asgard. He is then banished after declaring war on the Frost Giants and is exiled to earth where he needs to face struggles that he is not used to dealing with.

Film Analysis

Film Title	Thor
Year	2011
Director	Kenneth Branagh
Country	USA
Genre	Action/Adventure/Fantasy
If you could work on this film (change it), what would you change and why?	I would add a couple more jokes because it does have lots of potential for more considering thor is new to earth.

 

TOPIC	NOTES
1. Who is the protagonist?	Thor
2. Who is the antagonist?	Loki
3. What is the conflict?	Sibling Rivalry
4. What is the theme or central, unifying concept? (summarize in one or two words)	Dont blame your brother for your own wrong doings
5. How is the story told (linear, non-linear, with flashbacks, flash-forwards, at regular intervals)	Linear
6. What “happens” in the plot (Brief description)?	Thor is banished from his home world and has to get his hammer back in earth and reclaim the throne
7. How does the film influence particular reactions on the part of viewers (sound, editing, characterization, camera movement, etc.)? Why does the film encourage such reactions?	This movie does a really good job at building up the character of thor and at the end of the movie the audience should feel as connected as ever
8. Is the setting realistic or stylized? What atmosphere does the setting suggest? Do particular objects or settings serve symbolic functions?	stylized, based on a place called Asgard with gods as their kings.
9. How are the characters costumed and made-up? What does their clothing or makeup reveal about their social standing, ethnicity, nationality, gender, or age? How do costume and makeup convey character?	suits=shield agent asgardian armor=protector of asgard
10. How does the lighting design shape our perception of character, space, or mood?	darker lighting to help with the cloudiness of thors lightning
11. How do camera angles and camera movements shape our view of characters or spaces? What do you see cinematically?	wider shots to show that a lot is happening and the change the world is going through after 20 years of seeing no aliens
12. What is the music’s purpose in the film? How does it direct our attention within the image? How does it shape our interpretation of the image? What stands out about the music?	I didn’t see anything about the music but I just thought that it was kinda generic and didn’t really effect any scenes
13. How might industrial, social, and economic factors have influenced the film? Describe how this film influences or connects to a culture?	shield is kind of a culture of being in the higher government
14. Give an example of what a film critic had to say about this film. Use credible sources and cite sources.Example: “The Shawshank Redemption Movie Review (1994) | Roger Ebert.” All Content. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 June 2015.	“Perhaps the best thing that can be said about Thor is that it doesn’t feel like a cookie-cutter superhero comic book origin story”-James Berardinelli|reelviews May 6, 2011
15. Select one scene no longer than 5 minutes that represents well the whole film and shows relevant cinematic elements. Write a one-sentence description of the scene and record the time of the scene.Example: from 1:05:00 to 1:10:00. Explain why you chose this scene.	00:54:30-00:59:30 Show Thors effort to retrieve his hammer and deem himself worthy again
16. In the selected scene: write a sentence for each of the elements below to justify why this scene best represents the film:
a. Screenwriting:	Shows how easily shield could take down thor at that moment and becomes humorous
b. Sound Design:	its just rain
c. Camera Movements/Angles:	Dramatic angles to show the might that thor brings to the table to deem himself worthy until he is let down
d. Light Setup:	Just dark natural lighting and overhead lights
e. Soundtrack/Score:	Dramatic music to show his devastation
18. What’s the socio-cultural context of this film?	There is none

This worksheet was developed with ideas from many IB Film teachers, thus should remain in the Creative Commons

Summary

This is movie #4 of my marvel marathon. Tony Stark is getting a lot of publicity after unveiling that he is iron man. Since many people know of Tony’s successes and capabilities, some of them just want to take him down and get the recognition that he is getting.

Film Analysis

Film Title	Iron Man 2
Year	2010
Director	Jon Favreau
Country	USA
Genre	Action/Adventure/Sci-fi
If you could work on this film (change it), what would you change and why?	I would have whiplash be a bigger character and would have war machine fight a little more

 

TOPIC	NOTES
1. Who is the protagonist?	Iron Man
2. Who is the antagonist?	Whiplash
3. What is the conflict?	Everyone knows who iron man is
4. What is the theme or central, unifying concept? (summarize in one or two words)	With Great power comes great responsibility
5. How is the story told (linear, non-linear, with flashbacks, flash-forwards, at regular intervals)	Linear
6. What “happens” in the plot (Brief description)?	Everyone knows who iron man is and some people who don’t like him will then go after him
7. How does the film influence particular reactions on the part of viewers (sound, editing, characterization, camera movement, etc.)? Why does the film encourage such reactions?	Tony Stark gets caught up in his own world of being iron man and a lot of people could connect with his procrastination
8. Is the setting realistic or stylized? What atmosphere does the setting suggest? Do particular objects or settings serve symbolic functions?	Realistic, I think everything in this movie could happen but is more unlikely than the first iron man
9. How are the characters costumed and made-up? What does their clothing or makeup reveal about their social standing, ethnicity, nationality, gender, or age? How do costume and makeup convey character?	suits=business, uniform=military, iron man suit=tony or rose, whips=whiplash
10. How does the lighting design shape our perception of character, space, or mood?	a bunch of natural lighting because most shots are outside
11. How do camera angles and camera movements shape our view of characters or spaces? What do you see cinematically?	There was more cowboy shots than expected because there was a lot of dialogue
12. What is the music’s purpose in the film? How does it direct our attention within the image? How does it shape our interpretation of the image? What stands out about the music?	Still rock music that fits in to tonys personality and helps us connect with the character
13. How might industrial, social, and economic factors have influenced the film? Describe how this film influences or connects to a culture?	Some scenes are in russia and shows some of the difficulties of living there
14. Give an example of what a film critic had to say about this film. Use credible sources and cite sources.Example: “The Shawshank Redemption Movie Review (1994) | Roger Ebert.” All Content. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 June 2015.	“It’s difficult to say whether the main problem with Iron Man 2 is that it suffers from too much plot or too little”-James Berardinelli |reelviews may 5th, 2010
15. Select one scene no longer than 5 minutes that represents well the whole film and shows relevant cinematic elements. Write a one-sentence description of the scene and record the time of the scene.Example: from 1:05:00 to 1:10:00. Explain why you chose this scene.	00:53:12-00:59:59 Tony is becoming reckless with his suits and is using it as a toy
16. In the selected scene: write a sentence for each of the elements below to justify why this scene best represents the film:
a. Screenwriting:	The dialogue shows how rose and pepper care for tony’s reputation and try to save it
b. Sound Design:	Great blasting sounds from the suits
c. Camera Movements/Angles:	Closer angles because its indoors
d. Light Setup:	darker lighting for the party
e. Soundtrack/Score:	Music is playing when starks ego is at his max until the fight
18. What’s the socio-cultural context of this film?	Wars in the middle east are still going on during this film

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Summary

This is the 3rd movie in my marvel marathon. Tony Stark, The owner of a huge weapons company seeks out to do a weapons presentation over seas in the middle east during war. He then gets captured and needs to escape using a high tech suit he built from scraps. He then later builds a professional version and is known as iron man.

Film Analysis

Film Title	Iron Man
Year	2008
Director	Jon Favreau
Country	USA
Genre	Action/Adventure/Sci-fi
If you could work on this film (change it), what would you change and why?	I would have a longer end battle scene because it could be much better.

 

TOPIC	NOTES
1. Who is the protagonist?	Iron Man
2. Who is the antagonist?	Obidiah
3. What is the conflict?	Terrorists using Stark weaponry
4. What is the theme or central, unifying concept? (summarize in one or two words)	always do what is best for your reputation
5. How is the story told (linear, non-linear, with flashbacks, flash-forwards, at regular intervals)	Linear
6. What “happens” in the plot (Brief description)?	Tony Stark gets kidnapped by terrorists overseas and has to build a suit of armor to escape and become iron man
7. How does the film influence particular reactions on the part of viewers (sound, editing, characterization, camera movement, etc.)? Why does the film encourage such reactions?	The soundtrack on this move makes your head rock out and makes you totally connect with the film
8. Is the setting realistic or stylized? What atmosphere does the setting suggest? Do particular objects or settings serve symbolic functions?	Realistic, I think everything in this movie technically could happen
9. How are the characters costumed and made-up? What does their clothing or makeup reveal about their social standing, ethnicity, nationality, gender, or age? How do costume and makeup convey character?	There are military uniforms and terrorist uniforms which shows their standings, plus there’s the iron man suit which identifies tony
10. How does the lighting design shape our perception of character, space, or mood?	Lots of flashy lights and blue lights which symbolizes the iron man core
11. How do camera angles and camera movements shape our view of characters or spaces? What do you see cinematically?	Uses lots of wide shots to show all the action
12. What is the music’s purpose in the film? How does it direct our attention within the image? How does it shape our interpretation of the image? What stands out about the music?	The music is a bunch of classic hard rock songs which fits with tony’s personality and his ability to be a badass
13. How might industrial, social, and economic factors have influenced the film? Describe how this film influences or connects to a culture?	Soldiers who fought overseas during the war in the middle east could relate to this movie
14. Give an example of what a film critic had to say about this film. Use credible sources and cite sources.Example: “The Shawshank Redemption Movie Review (1994) | Roger Ebert.” All Content. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 June 2015.	“Iron Man is a different breed of superhero movie – a film that remembers it’s possible to be outside the target demographic and still enjoy a tale set in this genre” -James. Berardinelli |reelviews 2008 (no date)
15. Select one scene no longer than 5 minutes that represents well the whole film and shows relevant cinematic elements. Write a one-sentence description of the scene and record the time of the scene.Example: from 1:05:00 to 1:10:00. Explain why you chose this scene.	00:59:23-01:04:23 Shows starks risky personality and is a great introduction to the first professional suit
16. In the selected scene: write a sentence for each of the elements below to justify why this scene best represents the film:
a. Screenwriting:	risky decisions while flying which connects with his personality
b. Sound Design:	Flying noises which are throughout the film
c. Camera Movements/Angles:	full body shots to show off the suit
d. Light Setup:	bright in his mansion and dark outside
e. Soundtrack/Score:	Rock music to show how cool it is
18. What’s the socio-cultural context of this film?	Takes place during the war in the middle east

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Summary

This is the second movie of my chronological marvel marathon. It’s about this soldier who thinks that she works for a secret service of warriors that identify with the race of kree. After getting abducted and crashing into earth, she realizes that she grew up in earth and had a whole life before her journeys into space.

Film Analysis

Film Title	Captain Marvel
Year	2019
Director	Anna Boden/ Ryan Fleck
Country	USA
Genre	Action/ Adventure/ Sci fi
If you could work on this film (change it), what would you change and why?	I would definitely change the leading role because I think the film wouldn’t get as much hate or backlash if it weren’t for the things she has said after and during the film.

 

TOPIC	NOTES
1. Who is the protagonist?	Captain Marvel
2. Who is the antagonist?	Yon-Rogg
3. What is the conflict?	Who gets to keep the tessaract
4. What is the theme or central, unifying concept? (summarize in one or two words)	stick to your roots
5. How is the story told (linear, non-linear, with flashbacks, flash-forwards, at regular intervals)	Flashbacks
6. What “happens” in the plot (Brief description)?	Captain Marvel becomes one of the greatest superheroes during a war against the kree and the skrull
7. How does the film influence particular reactions on the part of viewers (sound, editing, characterization, camera movement, etc.)? Why does the film encourage such reactions?	Well the characterization from one of the characters (Nick Fury) is a big thing about this movie. It shows the audience how he lost vision in his eye and how earth made encounters with aliens.
8. Is the setting realistic or stylized? What atmosphere does the setting suggest? Do particular objects or settings serve symbolic functions?	it’s a little of both, there’s lots of alien based or marvel based things in the setting but it is mostly on earth with all the backgrounds being mostly realistic.
9. How are the characters costumed and made-up? What does their clothing or makeup reveal about their social standing, ethnicity, nationality, gender, or age? How do costume and makeup convey character?	Well the people wearing green leather body suits are kree, people with green faces are skrull, shield agents are wearing suits except for Fury, captain marvel is wearing a kree uniform but different colors
10. How does the lighting design shape our perception of character, space, or mood?	There’s a lot of scenes that are placed just outside and it definitely helps pull us into big action scenes
11. How do camera angles and camera movements shape our view of characters or spaces? What do you see cinematically?	I didn’t find much good camera technique it was pretty basic and used a bunch of wide shots about 90% of the time
12. What is the music’s purpose in the film? How does it direct our attention within the image? How does it shape our interpretation of the image? What stands out about the music?	honestly there is barely any music in this film and the music that is already there is just generic action music sound that doesn’t add to the film at all
13. How might industrial, social, and economic factors have influenced the film? Describe how this film influences or connects to a culture?	it doesn’t connect to any kind of culture
14. Give an example of what a film critic had to say about this film. Use credible sources and cite sources.Example: “The Shawshank Redemption Movie Review (1994) | Roger Ebert.” All Content. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 June 2015.	“the filmmakers haven’t been trapped by a god-like superhero – until now. Meet Captain Marvel.” (2019)|Reelviews, James Berardinelli march 6th, 2019
15. Select one scene no longer than 5 minutes that represents well the whole film and shows relevant cinematic elements. Write a one-sentence description of the scene and record the time of the scene.Example: from 1:05:00 to 1:10:00. Explain why you chose this scene.	01:40:50-01:43:43   I chose this because it shows how over powered she is and why it makes this film just subpar
16. In the selected scene: write a sentence for each of the elements below to justify why this scene best represents the film:
a. Screenwriting:	ronin got scared which was humorous
b. Sound Design:	lots of space noises which fits very well
c. Camera Movements/Angles:	not much of that just a bunch of cgi
d. Light Setup:	just cgi
e. Soundtrack/Score:	no music in this scene
18. What’s the socio-cultural context of this film?	The only culture I saw in this film was an open Blockbuster

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