Mad Max: Fury Road Opening Scene
In the opening scene we know that Mad Max: Fury Road is a Post-apocalyptic film because it is set in the future when the world has become a waste land. We also know that it is an action film because in the beginning a car gets flipped over and Mad Max is captured. There are also multiple fight scenes when Mad Max tries to escape which tells us that this film might not be suitable for young children and this film is for teenagers and young adults. After watching the opening scene the audience might start to ask themselves questions about who Mad Max is. They might also ask; Why is everyone looking for Mad Max? And what are they going to do to him?. In the opening scene there is no music or non-diegetic sounds, this tells us that the film is meant to be quite serious.
In this camera shot it shows mad max, his car and a desert which he is looking over. This shot is an establishing shot and tells us where the movie is going to be set and who the main protagonist is going to be. The establishing shot is effective because it tells us a lot about where the movie is going to be set and who is in the movie.
In this camera shot you can see Mad Max is being chased by other vehicles and his car has been flipped over. The shot used in this scene is a long shot and it is effective because it tells us where the movie will be set.
This camera shot is an over the shot camera shot. This camera shot shows mad max staring across at a stone structure in a wall far away. Over the shoulder shots are usually used when two characters are having a conversation but in this scene it is used as an establishing shot to tell the audience where Mad max is.
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