Media extract, Spiderman.

Thursday 18th September

Georgia Turner

      Media extract

                 Spiderman

Spiderman

There are multiple Spiderman movies, there are also, comics which were created by the ‘Marvel Comics Studio’, and games too which are very popular, when they were released the company made an even bigger income than the film did. Spiderman was originally aimed at young children but due to some of the scenes containing violence meant the age limit had to be PG13. This caused some problems with the age range they were aiming for but the Spiderman movies became popular and had a large audience. To overcome the problem of the age rating they had it pushed down to 12 enabling children age 12 to see the movie, unless they had a parent with them. Spiderman is about a teenager who gets bitten by a spider at a sector within a science laboratory where his father used to work specifically on the type of spider that Peter was bitten by. Being bit by the spider caused Peter to gain the genetics on the spider. E.g. Spider webs, speed, etc… Peter decides to use his ‘gift’ to help with criminals/problems that arise within New York city.

In this extract many different types of camera shots and sounds have been used to create the scene from the extract. We first see an establishing shot of New York city where the scene takes place. This is done to set the scene. During the start of the Spiderman extract we see Peter Parker walking down a street in New York City, in which we can hear sirens which automatically tells us that something bad has happened and that Peter Parker is near the action that is taking place.

We see a crowd of people pushing and shoving one another which also indicates that something bad is happening at the scene but it also indicates that someone is in the centre of the crowed and may be injured/dead. Peter Parker pushes through the crowd to see his uncle lying on the floor with blood on the pavement and a bullet wound in his chest. Peter is looking down at his uncle who has just been shot by a thug. A reverse shot is used, this is when you switch the camera from each character. E.g. Peter Parker, Uncle, Peter Parker. The close up of Peter has been used to show Peter Parker's reaction to his uncle's death and to show the emotion within him.

A close up of Peter Parker’s and Uncle Ben's holding hands is used to show his uncle is slipping away. When Uncle Ben dies his hand falls and is no longer holding Peters. This makes the audience feel sympathetic for Peter and keeps the audience engaged. We then know that Ben has passed away even before we see a shot of him actually dead.

After we see Peter grieving next to his dead uncle, Peter then rises and tension is created as non-diegetic sound is used, the Spiderman theme tune plays which is tense music usually used to build up to an action scene, so we know from the tension within the theme tune that Peter is going to react to the situation. Peter then starts to chase the criminal who shot his uncle. Peter is on top of a very large/tall building observing what is occurring below him. A point of view shot is used whilst he is looking down at the scene to show that Peter lives on the edge of danger and shows he has little fear. This shot also exaggerates how high up Peter is so adds a sense of fear and tension towards the audience.

We then see Peter Parker swinging from building to building following the car in which the criminal is in. This could represent the Spiderman game made where Peter swings through New York City which would promote their game. When he is swinging through the city point of view shots are used to make it feel like we are in his shoes and get to see what he sees. Amazing graphics are used showing this part of the scene as we see Spiderman in his true element and what is different about him (his webs allowing him to swing).

A low angle shot is then used showing a car collision. A car loses control and crashes into a post and items on the pavement. Although the collision doesn't seem severe, because a low angle shot is used it exaggerates how bad the accident really was and makes it look a lot worse than it actually is. This is because we are looking up at the car crashing into the post and items on the side walk, so as we are looking up the scene/crash everything in the shot looks bigger. This has been used to grab the audience’s attention and to get a reaction from the audience.