2. Watch your film (even if you've
already seen it before) and include details about the following...
Plot/Narrative,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Narrative is a crime thriller
The structure of
this narrative is a standard crime thriller, but this film contains
testosterone, tense car chases, hand-to-hand combat and cold-blooded killing.
Characters/Representations,
Tom
Cruise stars as the title
character in Jack Reacher, an adaptation of Lee Child's novel One Shot.
Jack Reacher is a former military police offer who finds a man who has a sniper
which was fired six shots into a crowd, killing five people. Jack Reacher by breaking the breaking the law makes sure
justice is done.
Settings,
The United States
is the setting for
most of the novels so far, which is mostly in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Critical
Response (read some reviews)
Ratings: 7.2/10 from 34,230 users
Critics Reviews,
Examiner.com
An
Action/Crime/Mystery type film, I feel as if the script was super solid for
this genre, yet lacked some of the constant thrills one would expect from a
Cruise featured film. Nonetheless, I was glad to see how the production team
was able to tone things down just enough (PG-13) to where a larger audience
could enjoy "Jack Reacher" and possibly be a family choice for the
holidays. It was nice to see quite a few father/son groups going into the
theater.
Voice Movies.com
As fans of
Child's 17 (and counting) Reacher novels know, the drifter hero is 6-foot-5,
which means that to bring this oak of a man to life on screen, the comparatively
diminutive Tom Cruise (5-foot-7) would have to overcompensate with some
serious tough-guy glowering. That was the expectation, anyway. Instead, when
surrounded on a dark Pittsburgh street by five fools who have been paid a hundred
bucks each to beat him bloody, Cruise's Reacher gives a wry
"you-asked-for-it" shrug, then puts the five down. Effortlessly.
Convincingly. Cruise is definitely too short for the gig, but in this first fight,
he proves his tough-guy chops. Outraged Reacher readers can stand down.
Genre
Conventions
Crime Fiction
Drama
As murder
mysteries/crime thrillers go, Jack Reacher is, the various twists and turns in
the narrative not coming as too much of a surprise due to the genre
conventions. The main narrative change was the help of the hero turning into
the villain.
3.
What are the main similarities/differences between your new film and 'Ill
Manors'?
The
similarities between the two movies were, that they both contain violence. Both
movies contain a chase between characters, as something is taken from them. In
Ill Manors a mother had left her baby which she later went back for. Also in
Jack Reacher Tom cruise co star is kidnapped who he then has to save which contains
violence and mostly guns.
There
are many differences between the two movies, on being the budget for Ill Manors
was low, whereas Jack Reacher had a large budget to work with. Furthermore the
settings of he two films are different with Ill Manors being shot in England
and Jack Reacher in America. Another difference between the two films was the
main characters used. Jack Reacher used a well known character in tom cruise,
whereas Ill Manors used a not so famous main character in Rizwan Ahmed.
4. Go to the official website of
your film. Analyse it. What different features does it contain? How does it try
to engage the audience?
As soon as you enter the website of
Jack Reacher you come across the trailer. This then is the first thing the
audience will notice which they will then watch and be engaged into the film.
It also gives the audience an option to share to trailer on social networking
sites. This would be Jack Reacher trying to encourage the audience promote the
film.
The website also gives the audi
ence a chance to play a game. The
game allows the audience to become apart of the film as, the game is all about
Jack Reachers role in the film, which is taking the law into your own hand in
order to get a job done. This will then interest and attract the target
audience in watching the film as they would want to find out the storyline of
the film.
The website also has quotes from
celebrities scrolling across the home page of the website. The quotes contain
what the celebrities though of the film. This would engage the audience as by,
if they see that someone who they look up to is praising the film and they are
a fan of that person, they will then decide to watch the film.
5. Embed the official trailer on
your blog. Analyse it. Consider the Media Language used and how it would appeal
to audiences.
The trailer uses fast music to connote the pace of the film to the
audience. By uses fast music this then shows that the film will contain a lot
of action during the film also, the fast pace of music shows that the film will
contain violence. The trailer also contains fast cuts between shots, this then
also connotes to the audience that it will be a action packed film with
violence. The trailer contains quotes from celebrities on the films. This will
attract the audience’s attention to the movie as they would want to know what celebrity
is praising the film, from there if they follow that celebrity they are more
likely to watch the film.
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