Summer Term Homework

Media Studies Homework:

Iron man 3 (2013):

The protagonist of ‘Iron Man 3’ was ‘Tony Stark’, playing the main character as the superhero and saviour ‘Iron Man’ whom was a metal suit that was created by ‘Tony Stark’, throughout the movie it was very straight forward to recognize the male protagonist as he had the all the features of the male hero also appearing in many of the scenes. There were two antagonists in ‘Iron Man 3’ whom were ‘The Mandarin’ and ‘Killian’; it was very confusing on who the main villain was at the beginning of the ‘Iron Man 3’, seeing that ‘The Mandarin’ was represented as a terrorist, hacking into the satellite and threatening the ‘President’. After discovering ‘The Mandarin’ was serving ‘Killian’ ‘Iron Man’ went after him, this is also another reason, why I think Killian was the main antagonist, furthermore capturing ‘Iron Man’ was the biggest hint on him being the villain.

There were many elements in ‘Iron Man 3’ in which proved it was an action adventure film: Using CGI for the Iron Man’s suit flying in air as well as the blasts linking back to it being an action film, the ultra-heat resistance in the body making them immoral to fire, linking back to the disadvantage of metal in this case Iron Man’s suit, the locations of Iron Man 3 made it look like a journey or a quest making it an adventurous movie. There were many locations picked throughout the movie for example: ‘Tony Stark’s’ house, in the sky and a factory.

Men and women were represented equally for instance ‘Tony Stark’ the male protagonist killed and saves many life on the other hand his girlfriend ‘Pepper’ had killed ‘Killian’ in the end. This is one of my favourite movies, furthermore I would recommend it to others.

The Gladiator (2000):

The male protagonist in ‘The Gladiator’ is ‘Maximus’, whom was a very strong and the hero of the movie. ‘Maximus’ was a general who became a slave who then became a gladiator killing ‘Commodus’ who was the antagonist of ‘The Gladiator’. There were many elements in where they showed the audience who the hero was for example: him riding on a horse symbolising he was a leader and a killer at war, he was seen very differently to others as didn’t use a sword at training camp and took hits from a wooden sword showing he was tough and vulnerable to others. The villain of ‘The Gladiator’ was ‘Commodus’ whom was a betrayer and a murderer killing his father for the thrown of Rome this showed he was a corrupt son.

There were many components in which made ‘The Gladiator’ a successful action adventure movie: the voyage in which ‘Maximus’ faced being a gladiator furthermore the action was taken place in many parts of the movie for example the arena in which he had to face a tournament with combat including a lot of blood and death. The place of the movie was mostly at Rome, which is seen as a very ancient, historical and cultural place linking back to the movie being about historical, roman type movie which was a reason on why they named the movie ‘The Gladiator’. They didn’t use CGI frequently throughout the movie as it made it more realistic, CGI was mostly aimed at the blood and the environment/props. Characters had armour and the king had a very precious and ancient crown.

There were more men than women in the movie. Men were represented as strong and healthy men which when to war and fought all their lives there mostly bet for winning and the people enjoyed men dying on the field this shows death and violence was a type of entertainment. I enjoyed watching this movie as it was full of suspense.

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001):

The protagonist of the movie was ‘Lara’ whom was signified as a tough, intelligent and fearless female Tomb Raider, it was very simple discovering who the heroine was as it is written in the heading of the movie, also she was seen at the start of the movie attacking heavy-duty robots which shows the audience she was the protagonist. ‘Lara’ discovers a clock and receives a letter on the following day from her father to finish what he left, this is where the quest starts for ‘Lara’. The antagonist of ‘Lara Croft: Tomb Raider’ was ‘Manfred Powell’ he was first seen at his house were ‘Lara’ had arrived to ask him about clock. There was conflict going on between ‘Lara’ and ‘Powell’ as ‘Lara’ didn’t seem to trust ‘Powell’ this links back to ‘Powell’ represented as the antagonist, there was also another clue in where he was symbolised as the villain:

There are many element that prove it was an action/adventure movie: the fighting going on with the ‘Lara’ and her rivals including guns and shooting going on, traveling to different places made it an adventurous movie as well as the temple, dead land and Lara Croft’s mansion. They used CGI for the creatures made of stone at the temple linking it back to it being an adventure movie, the gear on ‘Lara’ was full of high-tech gadgets: guns, knife, grenade, lights. There were many props used thought out the movie, however the main 3 were: the clock, 1^st piece of the triangle, 2^nd piece of the triangle they were very powerful ancient artifacts that can control time and change the past, each piece symbolised the past and the present.

Men were represented differently from person to person for example ‘Powell’ was an evil villain on the other hand ‘Bryce’ ‘Lara’s’ companion was symbolised as a helpful and caring friend. Women were represented as strong and clever heroines furthermore Tomb raiders.

Star trek into darkness:

The protagonist of ‘Star trek: into darkness’ is ‘Captain Kirk’ we could tell he was the hero as he was the leader of the enterprise, and communicated with the crew as well as co-operating and respecting their views. The antagonist of the movie was ‘Khan’ whom was detected as the action he did and betraying ‘Captain Kirk’. ‘Khan was first seen on a different planet from earth fighting aliens, this shows he was brave and courageous. ’Khan’ seem to have been a calm and intelligent person with gave the audience a clue that he was the antagonist, and something was going to go wrong.

At the start of the movie the setting was very unusual as everything was red and people where very different, there was also a volcano in which was about to erupt, there spoke was introduced for the first time, he was seen as an heroic saviour. There was a lot of CGI used in ‘Star trek: into darkness’ however mostly aimed at the ship and space, it was really hard to recognise the CGI taking place as it look very real, they also focused it on the monsters. Weaponry was very advanced: The enterprise (ship), the guns, furthermore the indestructible cage in which ‘Khan’ was captured in. The setting of the movie was in space and inside the enterprise (ship). They used different types of sounds to create the feeling of the enterprise going at hyper speed furthermore the aliens had their own language.

Men were represented as the leaders and the tough, intelligent and great leaders. Women more men in the movie to women. Women were represented as cleaver, educated and helpful on of them had the ability to read and understand the language the aliens were speaking in this was very important throughout the movie.

Stardust:

The male protagonist was ‘Tristan’ he was shown as a caring whom loved ‘Victoria’ at first, the way the audience recognised the protagonist: the way he was seen for example his speech and the way he acted. ‘Yvaine’ was also a main character however she was were differently seen to other movies as an important part of the movie, she was described like a shooting star. The antagonist of ‘Stardust’ were: ‘Lamie’, ‘Mormo’ and ‘Empusa’ they were named after demonic creatures from Greek mythology. They were dressed as 3 ugly witches that were cruel and full of black magic, furthermore they killed stars for their hearts, in which it was the key to their fake beauty.

There were many elements which proved it was an action adventure movie was: there was not much CGI used however it was mostly aimed at the black magic and setting including the falling star. There were two settings in the movie that were significant: the flying ship that collected thunder from the clouds and stored them in containers for weaponry, and land they separated the land into 2 arts one in which the ‘Tristan’s’ hometown was and the other where it was forbidden to go. Characters had weapons in there hand on a public street furthermore they used masks for the witches to show their real self.

Men were seen as heroic and strong, furthermore they were different from character to character for example: ‘Tristan’ as a romantic and caring saviour, on the other hand women were represented as wicked and dangerous characters whereas ‘Yvaine’ was a beautiful and cleaver and independent. This was a very interesting movie, I enjoyed watching it.