This fits in with the action adventure genre because of the action sequences between good and evil, which in this case the aliens being evil and humans being good. Cage is the protagonist who is seen as the underdog but he has lots of character traits that people value, such as strength, intelligence and in the end he is brave.
Rita (supporting character) is a protagonist who is seen by everyone as a world wide hero for her duty on the battle field. This is different compared to other films as usually the stereotypical hero on a battle field is normally a strong man but in this case women are seen stronger. This is an oppositional reading of the normal female stereotype.
Q2) Explain how each of the following is used to create effects:
- Soundtrack
- Editing
- Camera work
- Mise-en-scene
With in 'Edge of Tomorrow' the camera is used in various ways to achieved its full potential to entertain. Point-of-view shot shows the perspective of Cage whilst he is fighting the aliens and shows his perspective and how action packed the film is. The hand held camera shot is used when all the soldiers are lining up ready to drop and the camera is walking down the pathway shaking which gives the audience an idea about how many explosions are going on below but they're in the sky which emphasizes how big these explosions are and that they now realize they're in a war. Tracking shot is used when a human aircraft is falling from the sky onto a soldier which gives the viewers an idea of the humans losing as no sight of alien death has been seen. Another example of tracking shot is when one of the aliens is on a fallen airship and it is dodging the bullets but with Cage killing the alien it highlights him being the hero. The Dolly zoom shot is used when a alien rises from the ground and the camera then zoomed (Dolly zoom) in on the alien which emphasizes the present danger.
Editing
With in 'Edge of Tomorrow' editing is used to create effects which a camera can't do on its own so it needs computer editing.Throughout 'Edge of Tomorrow' CGI is used on Cage and his fellow soldiers as the body suits, this is used to give the audience the futuristic effect and really gives off the sci-fi part of the genre. When Cage keeps waking up time after time and it keeps cutting to him doing the same reaction after dying, this is called a jump cut. Fast paced editing is used when Cage dies from the car for example but straight the way he runs past the car after he has died.
Sound
'Edge of Tomorrow' uses sound throughout the film to give the audience a better picture of what's going on in the film and make it feel like the audience are in the film. Digenic sound is used for characters speaking to each other for example Cage speaking to soldiers about why he shouldn't be in the war with them. Synchronous sound is in th film because in a war you expect to hear gunfire and explosions. The more explosions means the louder they're and that makes the audience more exited because of the amount of action that happens.
Mise-en-scene
Mise-en-scene throughout 'Edge of Tomorrow' is where about the the clip is shot, lighting, relationship between actors, costume and props. The lighting when they get to the beach is natural but dull because it's overcast. The relationship between the Cage and other characters develop as the film goes on because he dies and learns from his mistakes. The costume of Cage and the rest of the soldiers depends on the caliber of soldier they're as the higher rank you are the better suit you get. Rita is one of the highest soldier ranks you can get therefore she has a sword as well as two mini guns on her back where as Cage has the basic suit although it's still effective. The props for the clip would be the weapons the have such as the sword Rita has and the guns attached do Cage's arm.
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