Close Textual Analysis - Extract 1: Furious 7: CI - TASK 1

MIGRAIN

M - edia Forms

 Costume: Tight & fitted clothing 
  • Tight and fitted clothing emphasizing curves of female body (Letty +Ronda)
  • Flesh revealing shots (1:34)
  • End of clip; Letty dress ripped reveals her undergarments (2:24) 
Through choice of costume,I think Letty is objectified but by fighting her own battles her tough exterior is emphasized  to the audience. 

 Males: Tux - Typical upper class party attire 

Sound: Diegetic (Coming from the world of the film) conversational sound and the grunting of the women as they hit each other. Non-diegetic sound  (added post production) background music coming from the party in the apartment. 

Cinematography: 

  • Low angle shot - Letty on floor holster showing after thrown across room by Ronda (1:34/1:35),
  • Medium shots during conversation at the start, 
  • Crane shot (throughout the fight - Camera follows the girls in the majority above them). 
  • POV - Ronda Rousey following Letty movements on first floor from a ground floor perspective
  • Wide shot (0:20)
  • Long shot - (0:11)
  • Medium Shot (0:00 - Vin Diesel)
  • Over the shoulder (0:01-0:02)
  • Shot/Reverse shot - Letty and security guard
  • Birds Eye - Letty from first floor level looking down on the party
Lighting: 

  • Natural Lighting
  • High key lighting


 Editing: 

  • Shot reverse shot
  • Slow motion (0:01 - 0:04) {Emphaise importance of the prince}

I - nsitution

  • Production Companies: Universal Pictures (Presents), Media Rights Capital (In association with), China Films Co (In association with), Original Film (Production), One Race Films (Production) +more
  • Distribution Companies: Vary per country that it was showed in some instances otherwise it was distributed by Universal Pictures and its subsidiaries.
  • Budget: $190,000,000 (estimated) 
G - enre

  • Action/Crime/thriller film
R - epresentation

  • American women
  • Ethnic minorities 
  • Royalty - Abu Dhabian prince (Party they at)
A - udience

  • Overall Film: BC1C2, Aspirers - May aspire to be like their celebrity idols in the film, Mainstreamers, 50% male and 50% female
  • This Clip: BC1C2 Aspirers - May aspire to be like their celebrity idols in the film, Mainstreamers,Explorers, 70% male 30% female  
N - arrative

  • Part of a linear narrative - Beginning, Middle, End
  • Links to the previous story - Fast 6: Sixth film of a to count 7 film franchise
Theory links

" Camera lingers on the curves of the female body, forced to view things from the view of a hetrosexual male" - Laura Mulvey

 "Men act and women appear" - John Berger 


SHEP - Social, Historical, Economical, Political

Social: Self-esteem and body confidence issues (be like the people in the clip); girls - be skinny like the ladies with a tough exterior to fight their own battles.

Historical: ?

Economical: People spend money they do not have idolising those in the film.  

Political: Women being objectified in action films to suit the viewing of the male eye its like their is no care in the world for the feelings of females, they are the dog and obeying their masters (in the majority - a male eye... producers etc... crew)

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