The film ‘Superman Returns’ is about; Superman also known as Man of steel, returns to earth to become the peoples saviour once again and reclaim the love of Lois Lane. The director and editor collaborate to create a meaningful message; through the micro elements they are able to make the audience feel as if they were living that situation.
In the beginning of the scene the couple were in the kitchen this showed the viewers that they have an intimate relationship. The props helped indicate that they were in a kitchen e.g. worktop, plates chairs, glass etc. The fact that they were in the kitchen it brought out an element of romance (typical husband and wife in the kitchen having a conversation/disagreement). Having the characters opposite each other this immediately gave the impression that their relationship was disconnecting. An over the shoulder shot was shown to indicate that both Louis and her partner were having a conversation, a mid shot was also use to enhance that. The viewers were then able to see from Superman’s point of view of the couples in the kitchen showing that he was concerned with something. An establishing shot was used to see the city buildings like a picture frame highlighting that they live in the suburbs. As superman flew the tilt technique was use to emphasize how slow he was flying at first so the audience can tell that he was disappointed and angry.
In the same scene the natural moonlight is lit up on superman’s direction to emphasize the time of the day. Inside the house; the lights are toned down so that it reinforces the atmosphere of a nuclear family (if it was an extended family the lights would have been lit up brighter) the colours used in this scene are vague and dark to give a cold and pessimistic vibe.
Lois’s son plays the piano whilst her and Richard were having a conversation. This sound is diegenetic because the characters can hear as well as the audience; the slow melody enhances the romantic tension between the love triangle of Lois being stuck in between Superman and Richard. When Superman flies wretchedly into the sky the voice of his father emerged significantly to enlighten the viewers of Superman’s history as his father stated ‘even though you’ve been raised like a human being, you need to remember that you’re not of them’. This highlights his importance and his mission on earth but it also shows that he has a human side (emotions).
When Superman looks down to the planet Earth a close up of his hears was shown as the sounds of; bell ring, people panicking, babies crying and police/ambulance sirens all reminded him of how much the world needs him, when he finally recovered from that emotional brake down the famous well known Superman theme song played.
Superman has a distinguished costume in comparison to the other characters to make him stand out. Superman wears a blue costume complemented by red trunks, red boots, and a long, flowing red cape. A yellow belt encircles his waist, and there is a highly stylized Superman insignia - consisting of a large red letter "S" inscribed within a yellow shield, which is bordered in red - emblazoned on his chest. From this the viewer are able to see that he is a superhuman/superhero. Lois Lane, and Richard white her husband to be, wore sophisticated clothing, Lois wore a shirt alone with a pencil skirt, Richard on the other hand wore a shirt and smart trousers – this gave the impression that they come from upper working class/middle class background. Later on in the scene when the action starts we see the police officers –they wore the police uniform so that the viewer new that they are policeman. The main villain in that scene is wearing all black e.g. black gloves and black built proof jacket. The director deliberately choose him to wear black clothing and not any other colour for obvious reasons, one of the main reason is for the audience to identify what type of character he is. The colour black connotes negativity so therefore wearing black automatically implies that he is a villain and not very friendly.
The editors use slow motion to mark the moment of superman making his decision to return to the Earth, this glues the view’s eyes making then wonder of what choice he is going to make. When Superman dashes back to Earth the fast motion effect makes the audience excited, acknowledging that he hasn’t let them down. The continuity editing smoothens the scene which is used when action gets tenser and the cuts are quicker to make the audience anxious. When the police get to the villain’s location a shot reverse shot of the police and villain is used to build up the anxiety, as the slow motion bullets fire towards the police mans direction, using continuity editing Superman flies in front of the bullets to save the police officers. Superman continues walking at a normal paste toward the villain- as the bullets hit his cheat but rebound and drops on the floor, the last bullet hit his eyes, but it rebounds again as slowly falls on the floor.
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