Wednesday, 26 March 2014

Commentary Number Two: Iron Man

Choose an image from a movie or TV program from the lists below. Using this image, analyse/discuss the mise en scene and camera techniques on display, and what this image tells us about character and story.

Stark, in this image is clad in his own design experimental “iron man” suit, created by the expensive materials of Stark Industries. This piece of costuming represents Stark’s affluence, genius and ingenuity within the film. Stark’s richness and brilliance in engineering is reinforced by the various props placed within the scene. The props include his four high performance sports cars and the tables overflowing with new age technologies created by himself. The positioning of props creates a comparison between Stark’s playboy image with his luxury cars on screen left and his serious engineering life on screen right with the tools and materials.

The extreme wide shot allows for most of the garage to be shown creating the enormity of the scene and re-emphasising Stark’s wealth. This shot also portrays Stark as small and insignificant which is metaphoric of the situation he has found himself in within the overarching storyline. Although Stark is centred within the shot he blends in with his surroundings, giving the sense that he and technology are a singular being, which consequently is the idea for the iron man suit. The darker tones and low key lighting are used to give a mysterious effect which underpins the idea of him hiding the “iron man” project from everyone.

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