The Fifth Element – Scene analysis

Sounds

  • mysterious music
  • Soulful Oprah singing
  • Panting
  • Urgent talking with mysterious back round music
  • foot steps
  • knocking
  •  An angry yes
  • Spooky music
  • Rumbling
  • Allen sounds
  • Action music
  • Bangs
  • Oprah music mixed with action
  • Crashes
  • Dramatic action sounds
  • Oprah singing changes to match the beat of action
  • grunting
  • growling.

Camera angles and shots

  • Zoom, close up
  • Over the shoulder
  • slow zoom, midshot
  • Long shot
  • over the shoulder – audiance
  • long sustanded shot
  • close up
  • mid shot
  • audiance level angle
  • low level
  • mid shot
  • over the shoulder
  • mid shot from the side
  • mid shot
  • mid shot
  • tracking shot
  • low angle
  • zoom shot
  • low angle
  • zoom low angle
  • crane shot
  • close up
  • mid shot
  • zoom
  • mid shot
  • over the shoulder
  • tracking shot
  • close up
  • flash back
  • cut
  • cut
  • cut
  • mid shot
  • close up
  • mid shot
  • cut
  • zoom
  • cut
  • clsoe up
  • cut
  • cut
  • cut
  • cut
  • cut
  • cut
  • cut
  • cut
  • cut
  • cut
  • cut
  • cut
  • cut
  • cross cut
  • mid shot
  • mid shot
  • cut
  • cut
  • cut
  • mid shot
  • cut
  • cut
  • cut
  • cut
  • cut close up
  • close up
  • mid shot
  • cut
  • cut cut slow motion
  • mid shot
  • cut
  • midshot
  • cut
  • finish together
  • timed with the music

 

 

War

Through my sorrowful eyes all I could see was a derelict city consumed by war. The ravenous cry of the malevolent guns propelled through my trembling soul. Moscow was forever captivated by war. The streets were strewn with menacing bomb craters that stole many innocent lives.This was my sanctuary where I was raised and now all the city contains is shattered and crumbled buildings. Rage penetrated through me as I glanced at a dominant solider standing with power,rubbing in the fact that he had the ability to kill any innocent living creature. He had the power to take anything.   hated how he held his icy metal gun with  pride. That gun was nothing a horrid thief.  With just with one shot on his demented gun that murder could take anyones life. I loathe what war can do to a city once filled with joy.

Simply by entering the drab walls of Moscow your Joy will instantly be sucked up by the despised black hole containing War. As I dodged the deadly bullets, I noticed a deserted  park with children held captive physically by a barbed wire fence and emotionally by fear.  Terror was planted in their eyes as they slowly fell. They were falling from the hateful bullets that ripped them apart. I knelt on the ground overwhelmed with sorrow, Acid tears ran down my cheeks burning my skin. A splitting sound of a gun punctuated the air. I needed to leave. I hastily got up and started to pound my feet on the torn up streets. I was sprinting for my life yet I no longer cared.

I stopped studly jolting my body. I stood there shaking and waiting. Waiting to leave this Warfield.  I felt a thrilling bullet go through my ear causing pain to consume of body. Through my blurred vision I took one last glance at the city cultured with death. I tasted the bittersweet essence of blood as I hit the ground. I saw an intense figure motioning for me to follow. An irresistible urge pushed me to run after the shimmering goddess. The pain ended and all of a sudden I was being lifted. Bright lights confronted my vision. I started floating, gaining meters of height, soaring up into my soul on a journey to the unknown.

A never-ending tunnel filled with trillions of radiant stars came into sight. A powerful tug pulled me inside, I was drifting through the stunning stars. In each star I saw a memory from my life, each memory was so real. Some of the memory’s tormented me making anger bubble up inside me, yet most of them made warmth shoot through me. I felt the lush and velvety grass beneath my bare feet. My sides ached from the joyous tingle of laughter. I looked around me. The field in which I was playing with my friends was surrounded by elegant blossom trees in full bloom.  The streets were filled with vibrant citizens and proud buildings standing tall. I remember the glow of happiness I portrayed as a child. I wanted to stay in this joyful memory forever yet I felt myself being pulled away by a forceful power.

As I drifted deeper inside my Soul, I saw beyond the memories to the emotions locked up for years. The emotions were contained in colorful spheres filled with a mess of pent-up sensations. I decided to dive into one of those tempting yet frightening spheres, A flaming sensation whizzed through me and millions of emotions came flooding back, making my soul sting. The familiar feeling of anguish was experienced again.  Red hot sparks of anger were dancing off the isolating walls of the blazing spear. I shot through the walls and again was surrounded by exceeding emotions. I saw a golden spear sparkling calling for me. I was sucked inside it. Happiness tingled through me. Around me my vision contained bright golden rays of glorious light. The walls of the spear were a  happy shade of gold and extremely vivid. A familiar buzz rung through me and I felt at ease with the world. Joy was sizzling up inside me and I felt overwhelmed with peace.

Relative Clauses

Discribing a place.

conjunctions: Which, That, Whom, Who

The ground was strewn with litter

The Air smelled of decayed food

The pavement emitted warm steam

The street was totally deserted

The street, that was strewn with litter, was totally deseted

 

Conjections Which, that, whom, who

Discribing a person

He was humming to himself

The man walked down the middle of the road

His suit was ichy againist his skin

He beckoned for me to join him

The man whom walked down the middle of the road beckoned for me to join him.

 

 

 

Dystopian adverbials, Olympics

Piercing panic penetrated  through my body. The deadly footsteps of my rival behind me whom was hungry for triumph   I was in my final lap of the Olympic games that decided everything. The Lactic acid that sizzled through my aching muscles was the ramification of fatigue. I gritted my teeth, I needed to stay in the lead or my county would suffer, Impelling  Russia  to be the center of world war 11. I felt myself falling, falling behind my nemesis just as the finish line came into view. My dream that was once the joyous leafs of autumn  was now falling from the trees  turning into  drab winter leafs. I am second. The unforgiving colour of silver. My heart of gold shifted to grey. Russia was now obligated to be the center of world war 11. My sanctuary where I grew up would now be a derelict mass filled with war. My soul palpitating with sorrow. My home, a Warfield?

Dystopia Noun Phrases.

Inside the communist walls of the lost city horror story lies. The story filled with sorrow contains rustic buildings and sky’s filled with gloom. In the city center drifting students wander, although they are young their youth appears drained, a lot like the city in which they are held captive.

Descriptive writting exercise. Prepositions

Within the city walls a story lies, A story containing gloomy skies and bridges tinted with rust. Beyond the dark and lonely buildings there is a mystical and magical spirit. Inside the heart of the city, weary students wander.  Inside they are young yet their youth appears drained, a lot like the city in which they are held captive.  Inside the storm is what once was a bright and cheerful city. Above the gloom pigs are flying confirming that its the end.

Fate in Romeo and Juliet

How does Shakespeare communicate the idea of fate and free will in Romeo and Juliet?

Shakespeare uses many techniques to communicate the idea of destiny and fate pre-determined by a higher power in Romeo and Juliet. In the “fearful passage of their death marked love” the characters Romeo and Juliet have many obstacles thrown in their course that leads to their ultimate fate and death. In this essay I will use the examples of Shakespeare’s use of the prologue, metaphors, events plotted by God and coincidence as Shakespeare’s method to communicate his idea on fate.

One way Shakespeare communicates his idea about fate in Romeo and Juliet is through his use of the prologue. At the start of the play Shakespeare gives a clear summary of all the key events in the play, this tells the audience what Shakespeare has planned for his characters. This section stands out to me as an example of predetermined fate.

“A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life,
Whose misadventured piteous overthrows
Doth with their death bury their parents’ strife.
The fearful passage of their death-marked love
And the continuance of their parents’ rage,
Which, but their children’s end, naught could remove,”

The prologue predetermined exactly what happens in the play.  It suggests the idea of fate that is pre-decided by God. During the late 1500s, it was a very religious time and people believed that their fate was determined by God before birth. It was part of society to believe that God was in control and guiding you towards your fate, but you still had a certain amount of free will.

The next example of fate in Romeo and Juliet is Shakespeare’s use of metaphors. He uses metaphors to relate life as a journey that God is in control of.  Before Romeo enters the Capulet’s party, he expresses a dream he had the previous night. A certain religious belief was that God sometimes communicated a person’s fate in their dreams. Romeo’s dream summarizes exactly what happens to him when he goes down his path of love for Juliet.

“I fear too early, for my mind misgives
Some consequence yet hanging in the stars
Shall bitterly begin this fearful date
With this night’s revels, and expire the term
Of a despisèd life closed in my breast
By some vile forfeit of untimely death.
But he that hath the steerage of my course,
Direct my sail. On, lusty gentlemen.”

Throughout the play Shakespeare refers to Stars as metaphors. In Shakespeare’s time it was believed that the stars were the heavens so his fate is “hanging in the stars” or heavens with God.  Another section that stands out as fate is “He that hath the steerage of my course direct my sail.” This metaphor links up with the idea that God is the captain steering Romeo who is the ship on his journey.  Shakespeare also foreshadows their death in the play  – “By some vile forfeit of untimely death“.  Another example of stars being a metaphor as God’s control is at the end of the play when Romeo discovers that Juliet is dead. He yells out for God to hear “then I defy you stars!”.  To defy the stars it is to defy God. The only way to defy God and free yourself of his control is to take the life that God has given you by killing yourself.  Just before Romeo takes his life he uses another metaphor

“unsavoury guide. Thou desperate pilot, now at once run on
The dashing rocks thy seasick, weary bark.”

Romeo has decided to take control of his own destiny and end his life or crash his ship. Romeo did not have to kill himself but a string of events lead him to feel he had no choice. The idea of fate and free will is that God shows you were to look but you decide where to go. God points your ship in a direction and sometimes the course he is steering you towards is so convincing that you feel you have no choice but to go down that path.  Romeo did not have to kill himself but a string of events led him to feel he had no choice.

In Romeo and Juliet Shakespeare convincingly suggests that God plotted events to lead to Romeo and Juliet’s death. The main point is Romeo and Juliet’s love was strictly forbidden due to their family’s ancient feud. Way before they were born the hand of fate was already turned against Romeo and Juliet’s love, their family’s hatred would simply not allow them to be together. I think the fact their love was forbidden made Romeo and Juliet even more desperate to be together. An example of a plot event that cascades into catastrophe setting up their destiny, is that Romeo kills Tybalt Juliet’s cousin out anger as Tybalt killed his friend.  Due to his actions, Romeo ends up getting banished from Verona which means he and Juliet can never be together in Verona.  This happens the same day Romeo secretly married Juliet. Now after just committing to each other God has suddenly thrown extreme hurdles stopping each other from seeing each other.  Juliet is extremely depressed without Romeo, and decides to go to the Friar for help, the Friar really feeds the hand of fate without meaning to as he meddles with Romeo and Juliet destiny. He comes up with a dangerous plan for Juliet to fake her death by taking a low dose of poison, this will force her into a very deep sleep for 40 hours, she will appear dead to the outside world so her family will lay Juliet in her tomb. The last step in the plan is for Romeo to wake Juliet with a kiss and run away with her. The Friar plans on sharing this plan with Romeo by getting Friar John to deliver a letter. This is where the plan goes terribly wrong.  Mantua, the town where Romeo has been banished to, has had an outbreak in the plague. This prevents Friar John from passing the message on to Romeo.  Romeo will never know about the plan.  Romeo’s man Balthasar kills any hope that the plan will work by telling Romeo that Juliet died. He just happened to see part of her ceremony. This causes Romeo to defy God by taking his life, Romeo goes to Juliet’s tomb and kills himself right beside where her sleeping body lies, just minutes later Juliet wakes and she sees Romeo lying there and then pulls out Romeo’s dagger and stabs herself ending her life. All the barriers God put in the way of the Friars plan working caused both of them to commit suicide without needing to.

 

In the play “Romeo and Juliet” , coincidence plays a significant role.  The main coincidence is how Romeo and Juliet meet. Right before the Capulet’s annual feast their servant, who can not read, runs into Romeo on the streets of Verona. The Servant randomly hands out an invitation to Romeo for him to read to her. The servant is very grateful for his help so she invites Romeo to attend the party not knowing that Romeo is part of the Montague family, the mortal  enemy of the Capulet’s. It is at the Capulet feast where Romeo meets Juliet,  this starts Romeo and Juliet’s journey to untimely death.  Is this a twist of fate or is it just a coincidence? I believe that everything happens for a reason. I think Shakespeare wrote about a play suggesting how everything happens for a reason, and sometimes God has to do something terrible to cause good to happen. For example once Romeo and Juliet took their lives it ended the family feud. This was because the Capulets and the Montague’s learned how much their disagreement was hurting their family’s. Romeo and Juliet were the last hopes for the future of their family’s. Once they take their lives they end their family tree. Maybe this caused the greater good because hopefully everyone learnt a lesson from this horrible outcome, I think Shakespeare hoped that this play would be a moral story to make others think of what their actions can cause. To make people think before they act.

In conclusion, Shakespeare wanted the play Romeo and Juliet to make others really think. Perhaps, think about how a higher power acts to carve our destiny. I feel the play was written to suggest that our actions today can shape the rest of our lives. For example, before Romeo and Juliet meet they were completely oblivious to the fact that over the next few days their death would be determined just because of their rapid decisions. The play Romeo and Juliet made me really think, do I have a choice about my fate? Is there really something I can do to ensure my life ends up how I want it to, or has my fate been pre-determined by a higher power since the start of time? Only time will answer my questions but I feel there is always something I can do, yet fate will lead me to many opportunities  I will make the most of what ever destiny throws my way.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ROMEO AND JULIET – Friar Lawrence’s plan

Tell your family that you are more than happy to marry Paris.

Sleep alone on Wednesday night,

When you are alone Drink this liquid,

This Liquid will make you feel tired and drowsy.

A deep sleep will fall upon you.

To the outside world you will look dead, Yet you will wake in 42 hours.

You will get laid into the Capulet’s tomb, were Romeo and I will be waiting for you when you awake