Friday, October 9, 2015

Analysis of Sandstorm Scene


1.       The warboys and Immortan Joe are chasing Furiosa as she tries to escape with the wives. She is headed towards and then enters a sandstorm, and the warboys follow.
2.       Observation 1: Scene opens with a faraway shot of the cars and approaching storm (camera angle)
Observation 2: Close-ups of cars and the view of the driver (camera angle)
Observation 3: Close-ups of Furiousa and warboys and their expressions (camera angle)
Observation 4: Dark and flashing lights in storm (lighting)
Observation 5: Dark oranges and browns in storm (color)
Observation 6: Warboys are white with black clothes and cars (costuming)
Observation 7: Dramatic music once in storm (sound)
Observation 8: Fast paced music during chase and slower in storm (sound)
Observation 9: Lights fade out as Furiousa drives off (lighting)
3.       Observation 8:
     Implication 1: Music is fast during chase to build suspense
     Implication 2: Fast music parallels speed of cars
     Implication 3: Fast music expresses high intensity
     Implication 4: Fast music creates adrenaline in viewers to match adrenaline in characters
     Implication 5: Slow music during death of warboys
     Implication 6: Classical music represents “noble” deaths
     Implication 7: Music symbolizes what warboys stand for
     Implication 8: Big instrumental sounds make sandstorm more powerful than the characters
4.       Based on this analysis, we see the blind worship of a leader and the abuse of power. Immortan Joe does not care for the lives of his warboys, but they believe they are dying in his honor and are doing all they can to retrieve the wives. Immortan Joe is letting the warboys do the dirty work involving fire and explosives as he follows along. The whole reason the girls are leaving is because they see that Immortan Joe is a dictator and does not care for them or his people.

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