Mission Impossible 2 Opening Scene Analysis
Sound
Sound is very important within a action genre so it can help set the tone,mood and atmosphere. Non-diegetic music is used to reflect the main character when he is rock climbing and it is the kind of music you will hear if you heard him listening to music with headphones. It reflects his mood showing that he is having fun, even though he has no safety ropes. It also increases the action when they start playing the famous mission impossible music, introducing the title screen The movie uses diegetic sound by using the wind, showing how high he actually is and the amount of danger he is in. He also receives a message via a small rocket where a man is talking to him through the glasses
Camera Angles
They use long shots to show the intensity and atmosphere he is in when rock climbing, showing that he is very high and could be in danger with one wrong move. The setting in the scene shows that the main character is an extremely adventurous and fit person, especially when there are close ups of him when he is hanging one handed.
Characters
The main character is introduced in this scene, his name is Ethan Hunt played by Tom Cruise, and most of the audience will be familiar with him due to them likely to have watched the first Mission Impossible movie. He is introduced in a way typical to what people might think the action hero might do in his free time, which is dangerous, high rock climbing. If someone wasn't familiar with him they would know he is the main character because he manages to hang off a cliff edge one handed and shows a lot of his muscles. Also, when he receives a message from someone for an upcoming mission, he seems to accept it without even thinking twice about it and as the glasses self-destruct he throws them straight at the camera, which gives the impression he is serious and very skilful at what he does. All of this is typical of an action genre, as they all represent the protagonist in all these different ways.
Enigma Codes
In the opening scene a message is received from a rocket, telling him his mission. This tells us what might happen in the rest of the movie but we don't quite know how he is going to do it and what the details are, and there could be a twist on the way or at the end.
Props/Costumes
The character is wearing climbing clothes without safety ropes. This represents the character as a thrill-seeking, fearful person. He also wears just a vest to show the audience his muscles when climbing, emphasing his masculinity and you can link that to other protagonists from other action genres. This shows they are fit enough for pretty much any job.
Cliches
Cliches in the opening scene is that he is an extremely fit male with lots of upper body strength, expressed when he is rock climbing and it looks like he has been doing it for a long time. It shows he is capable of executing any mission that gets thrown at him.
Sound is very important within a action genre so it can help set the tone,mood and atmosphere. Non-diegetic music is used to reflect the main character when he is rock climbing and it is the kind of music you will hear if you heard him listening to music with headphones. It reflects his mood showing that he is having fun, even though he has no safety ropes. It also increases the action when they start playing the famous mission impossible music, introducing the title screen The movie uses diegetic sound by using the wind, showing how high he actually is and the amount of danger he is in. He also receives a message via a small rocket where a man is talking to him through the glasses
Camera Angles
They use long shots to show the intensity and atmosphere he is in when rock climbing, showing that he is very high and could be in danger with one wrong move. The setting in the scene shows that the main character is an extremely adventurous and fit person, especially when there are close ups of him when he is hanging one handed.
Characters
The main character is introduced in this scene, his name is Ethan Hunt played by Tom Cruise, and most of the audience will be familiar with him due to them likely to have watched the first Mission Impossible movie. He is introduced in a way typical to what people might think the action hero might do in his free time, which is dangerous, high rock climbing. If someone wasn't familiar with him they would know he is the main character because he manages to hang off a cliff edge one handed and shows a lot of his muscles. Also, when he receives a message from someone for an upcoming mission, he seems to accept it without even thinking twice about it and as the glasses self-destruct he throws them straight at the camera, which gives the impression he is serious and very skilful at what he does. All of this is typical of an action genre, as they all represent the protagonist in all these different ways.
Enigma Codes
In the opening scene a message is received from a rocket, telling him his mission. This tells us what might happen in the rest of the movie but we don't quite know how he is going to do it and what the details are, and there could be a twist on the way or at the end.
Props/Costumes
The character is wearing climbing clothes without safety ropes. This represents the character as a thrill-seeking, fearful person. He also wears just a vest to show the audience his muscles when climbing, emphasing his masculinity and you can link that to other protagonists from other action genres. This shows they are fit enough for pretty much any job.
Cliches
Cliches in the opening scene is that he is an extremely fit male with lots of upper body strength, expressed when he is rock climbing and it looks like he has been doing it for a long time. It shows he is capable of executing any mission that gets thrown at him.
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