Over the weekend, I watched the classic Spider-Man 2 starring Tobey Maguire as Peter Parker / Spider-Man and featuring Alfred Molina as Doctor Otto Octavius / Doc Ock.
From my viewing I came across many uses of techniques, that i'm going to analyse and present in this post.
Firstly a few techniques were distributed in this almost 5 minute clip alone.
Zoom (1:37 - 1:41) - Used to show a close-up shot of both the clock and Peter's (Tobey Maguire) face. This demonstrates importance in the scene of the remaining time of the pizza delivery, and the seriousness of Peter's (Tobey Maguire) face on this situation.
Mickey Mousing (2:29 - 2:40) - A sense of mirrored action with the music is given to the viewer when the music plays as he swings and lands, and stops once the pizza slice has been snatched from the man on the rooftop.
Diegetic Sound (3:21 - 3:49) - The sound of the lobby music playing once the pizza has been delivered to give the viewer a sense of the environment, which is quite a boring and dull with a hint of repetition.
There were also more in this clip.
Point of View Zoom (2:16 - 2:27) - This shows the journey until the end of the tracks (also implementing fast motion). This shows danger to the audience since the train is heading at full speed and when it reaches the end, its a disaster, especially including all the cars and pedestrians underneath the tracks.
Close up shot (3:41 - 3:45) - The ripping of his suit shows the strain that Spider-Man (Tobey Maguire) is facing by trying to stop a train from driving off the edge of the tracks, that saved many civilians on the train.
And in this clip.
Strauss' Theory (1:53 - 2:01) - When Doc Ock kidnaps Aunt May it pushes the narrative forward because it makes the situation with Spider-Man (Tobey Maguire) more personal since it is his Aunt that has been taken hostage, and Peter (Tobey Maguire) will do absolutely everything in his power to stop it.
And finally in this clip.
Montage (Whole video) - The use of a montage shows the viewer Peter's (Tobey Maguire) new life as just Peter Parker rather than Spider-Man as well. This shows the viewer activities he does while he has a lot of free time, and the fact he does his homework and catches up in school while he couldn't whilst he was Spider-Man)
Stop Frame (1:37 - 1:40) - This shows Peter's (Tobey Maguire) expression showing that he is extremely happy with how his life is going.
Overall this film contains many techniques used to make the film, the film it is known for, but there are simply too many techniques to mention on here. Either way, this movie was very interesting and eye-catching. Overall I give it a 7.7 out of 10 rating.
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