Media homework (mise en scene , cinematography)

Media homework

Mise en scene

The movie that i decided to watch for this task is Zach snider’s man of steel.
I choose to assess the final action sequence of the movie because it is was simply my favourite one out of all the superhero movies , the mise en scene of this last action sequence was quite interesting ; the setting was an outside location ,safe to say it was right in the middle of the city (metropolis) , the lightning was low key simply because it helped send out the disastrous vibe that the director wanted to plant in the audiences minds because the whole city was being destroyed by kryptoninas. They didn’t use a lot of typical props that you would normally see in an action scene such ass guns and so on..... , they used pieces of metal from destroyed buildings and cars as weapon due to the fact they possessed supernatural powers.
Identifying the villain and the hero was quite easy ,we already knew who the hero and villain was due to the narrative but looking at the scene from a person’s who wasn’t familiar with the narrative prospective the costumes pretty much indicated who was the hero and who was the villain simply because superman’s (the hero) costume was consisted of bright colours : red , blue and yellow ,but zod’s costume ( the villain ) was consisted of dark colours : black and dark grey . His facial expressions were also terrifying and were filled of darkness, anger and evil. Superman was the hero of course due to the narrative and his actions but also right at the end of the scene when he is left with no choice but to decapitate zod to stop him from killing an innocent family, you can see grief and sadness in his eyes and facial expressions as he moans for zod.

Cinematography

Looking at the cinematography of the final action scene in man of steel, I was amazed by it. speaking from a viewers point of view i literally felt like I was there on the set , certain micro elements of the scene made me feel like i was part of that world , especially the cinematography ; the camera shots and movements that the director used game me a clear indication of emotion and motive . One of them was an over the shoulder shot of superman flying towards zod then it cuts into superman’s point of view shot as he punches zod , the visual effects were perfectly done to the point where it made me feel like I just made that punch . it was a very typical fighting scene ,there was fire in the background of the frame as they were fighting , the lightning and colour was used perfectly to create the disastrous mood as the city was being destroyed which was typical because we saw this type of lightning work in the movie 2012 , the dark knight rises and many more . Looking at its macro and micro elements i would say yes it was a typical action scene but by far the best cinematography I’ve seen on a movie of its genre.