The hurtlocker

The Hurt Locker.

Explain two ways the characters/ or events fit the action adventure genre.

Q1.  The characters in this extract fit the genre action adventure because there are military people, dressed in combat clothing. With helmets which is used for protection which is nee in action films. They also have weapons which represents the action part (war).

The event fits into the genre because it is in a town centre, which a man has a bomb attached to him which could blow up, causing an explosion and a massive riot between people.

Explain how each of the following creates effect.

Q2.  Soundtrack- Grip onto gun which will cause tension for the audience, thinking that he is going to shoot. Shouting makes people become interested because you don’t know what is going to happen between them. Explosion which creates fear because the sound surrounds them and makes them feel like they are in the explosion.

Editing- It is edited in different sections. There is a high quality effect when the bomb goes off causing the smoke to look bigger than what it is.

Mise-en-scene – There is a lot of shouting at the start and crying for help, making it more dramatic than what it needs to be which then creates a tense atmosphere ‘Help me I’m a family man’. They constantly have guns in their hands which will make people alert of what may about to happen, this could be shooting or they may even use it for protection. The setting looks like it is in an empty town, this could be because of the atmosphere which is going on around peoples home, and putting people at risk which will make the audience feel frightened because of what may happen. The lighting is normal which is making it look realistic which makes people more interested than what they would be in a fake.

Camera work- A medium long shot is used when the man is undoing his shirt to show the bomb, whilst still being able to see the men. There is a close up shot of the soldier trying to help the man which is attached to bomb (face shot). There is a Birdseye view shot at the start showing the setting of where it is and being able to see the setting, the soldier and also the man crying for help.

Discuss the ways in which people are represented in the extract.

Q3. People are represented in the extract because people shout in real life, causing conflict between one and other. This then causes a war between people and putting people’s life’s at risk.  Also military people have weapons and have body armour to keep their selves protected and to keep their team protected from enemies. The setting is in a street where people are looking out of their windows. People in reality look out of their windows when there is shouting/banging or shooting. People are represented in all types of different ways during this extract. Race and nationality are represented because it isn’t just an all-white cast, there is mixed race included in the cast. The cast isn’t all English, there are cast with accent and are from different countries.