Die Hard. I selected this movie because of the very mysterious and interesting opening to the film. It represents well the life of a middle class man, and what he has to go through in his daily life, and what he struggles with, and it can relate to a lot of audiences. In the film, we are introduced by an undershot fo a plane flying under the camera, and the audio of a large plane coming closer and closer towards us. We are then introduced to a quick scene of an interaction, between a cop, and one between a random person boarding a plane. The cop has an interaction with the man abut flying. John (the cop) has a fear of flying, and speaks to it with the man. 'Im usually not afraid, ive been flying for 10 years' after this, john reveals from his right jacket pocket that he has a gun, which the man sees and is frightened by. John says 'Dont be afraid, I'm a cop. Being doing this for 11 years.' This opening sequence introduces us to the main character and what his personality type is.
He appears to be a very calming, and chilled man. Then, whilst john is grabbing his luggage, 2 massive words 'die hard' clash together making a metal noise. The font is very tough and blue. this represents what type of film it is, which is a drama/thriller film, because it has connotation of rough, metal, fighting. Then, the opening credits appear in the bottom right, one of them being Alan Rickman, who is famous for being in thriller films. This attracts us as audiences, because he is a very famous actor. After this, there is an over the shoulder shot of the overview of a crowd, of the business owner Jin, who just has another successful term in his business. This represents power as he towers over them, making him seem in control, and ahead of them.
Then, we learn more about Johns personality as he gets in a limo, and has an interaction with the driver. He speaks to him about his wife and how they are having trouble, and he starts to say that he has not been a very goos husband. This makes us learn more about John as he is very sympathetic towards his actions, and wants to make it up to her, for what he has done. Then, there is an overshot of the car driving with little music, which represents long and hard days, which John is going through.
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