Hacksaw ridge is a film made about World War 11 American Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people, and becomes the first person in American history to receive the Medal of Honour without firing a shot. Directed by Mel Gibson and Written by Robert Schenkkan and Andrew Knight. Top billed cast include Andrew Garfield, Sam Worthington and Luke Bracey. This film was released in 2016 by summit entertainment. This film is clearly based around events that occurred in war due to the backstory of the characters as it’s a real story, as well as the name ’Hacksaw ridge’ being a battle ground in WW11. We expect the target audience to be mainly men over 15 due to the continued violence and graphic details and the age rating. There is no age cap on this film as I can imagine it would be very popular among veterans and/or anyone with any form of military experience, as there are things to relate to within the sequence. We are only really introduced to two characters in this opening sequence, the main protagonist Desmond, and the man who we assume is some form of superior in the army who is carrying Desmond to safety.
Throughout this opening sequence there is a common theme of slow motion as they want to make the war montage as intense as possible, as they show graphic examples of war with burning bodys and men being flown into the air.
Some of this sequence is shot in POV, from the point of view of Desmond being carried away as seen above, this use of pov along with the montage of suffering as well as the voice over by Desmond using religious references. in relation to war and suffering. This puts the audience in the head of Desmond and allow them to get a taste of the intensity of battles such as the one on hacksaw ridge.
The camera shots used tend to be very zoomed in, with other people moving around the point of focus, who are out of focus, focusing on the brutality of what's being seen on screen. There is also handheld camera used to show the stress in the situation as the shaken image disrupts the audiences view, allowing to them to show some form of empathy for the characters.
We are then shown the face of a solder as well as the face of Desmond, the detail and effect used on the man aboves face, clearly show the stress of war, as they have used a delayed onion like effect to show the impaired senses of Desmond, as well as slowed down motion once again to reflect common effects of war such as shellshock or PTSD.
In this opening scene we can assume that the protagonist is a religious Cristian as he recites verses from the bible throughout this sequence, this brings forward interesting themes ahead in the film, as we can see that this is. a detailed and graphic film about war, with a Christian right in the center on the carnage, this bring interest to the plot line as topics such as those stated are investigated.
This opening scene has given a snapshot of what's to come in the duration of the film, as we are shown effectively the climax of the film, this interest the audience on the plot line and builds anticipation for the information that leads to this event. Furthermore, the brutal representation of war is very vivid and I believe that this also interests people as its so far from anything that the vast majority of people would have experienced.
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