The Hurt
Locker- Suicide Bomber clip notes
Q1. Explain two ways the characters
and/ or events fit the action adventure genre.
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Definitely represents what military men have to deal
with in tense situations.
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Stereotypically show each military man with no emotion
or hard to deal with.
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Suicide bombers and military people certainly fit in
the action adventure genre to show the violence and tension that is similar to
an action adventure film.
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Sergeant James is typically shown as a tough, majestic
American protagonist stereotypically showing Americans are tough and hard to
deal with.
Q2. Explain how each of the following is used to create effects:
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soundtrack
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editing
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Mise en
scene
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camerawork
Use examples from the extract. [30 marks]
Soundtrack - There is no soundtrack
because it is to represent the tension and cowardice between each different
character for example Sergeant James (Jeremy Renner) is put into a difficult
situation of trying to remove a bomb on an innocent civilian and with no
soundtrack in the background it shows the fear of Sergeant James trying to save
the suicide bomber in a certain time.
Editing: The editing is fast paced
when Jeremy Renner’s character is trying to take the bomb off the innocent civilian.
It is also fast paced when the military men are trying to decide how to get the
bomb off as the camera quickly goes back to the innocent civilian then back to
the military. It is slow paced when the bomb explodes creating and exaggerated
situation, differently showing what will probably happen in real life.
Mise en Scene – The mise en scene
shows the places of what typically be shown in an action adventure film. There
is a use of denigrated places and it is very midpoint lighting used to
represent the situation happing in broad daylight which definitely
stereotypically represents the violence happening in the Middle East countries
in today society and situations like this is happening in broad daylight.
Camerawork –
Ø Over the
shoulder shot representing the conversations between the two characters.
Ø Panning
Ø Two shot
Ø Long
distance shot showing the suicide bomber
Q3. Discuss the ways in which people are represented in the extract.
Refer to stereotypes in your answer.
Use examples from the extract. [20 marks]
Jeremy Renner’s character (Sergeant
James) is stereotypically shown as a tough, majestic protagonist who represents
very well what a Sergeant would be like in the military and what happens in
difficult situations. It also stereotypes that this scene is more of an
American’s point of view of being in the Middle East. There are no other
different accents (apart from the Middle East accent) but the majority of them
were American characters.