| Film Title: Guardinas of the Galaxy 2 | |
| Year:2017 | |
| Director:James Gunn | |
| Country:America | |
| Genre:action, adventure, comedy, scifi |
Film information can be found at imdb.com
As you view films, consider how the cuts, camera angles, shots, and movement work to create particular meanings. Think about how they establish space, privilege certain characters, suggest relationships, and emphasize themes. In addition to shot distances, angles, editing, and camera movement, note details of the narrative, setting, characters, lighting, props, costume, tone, and sound.
Ask yourself the following questions:
| TOPIC | YOUR NOTES |
| 1. Who is the protagonist? | The guardians of the galaxy but mostly Peter Quil |
| 2. Who is the antagonist? | Ego |
| 3. What is the conflict? | that Ego wants to make the whole Universe him |
| 4. What is the theme or central, unifying concept? (summarize in one or two words) | friendship, |
| 5. How is the story told (linear, with flashbacks, flash-forwards, at regular intervals) | Linear |
| 6. What “happens” in the plot (Brief description)? | The Guardians of the Galaxy are helping some civilization destroy a space monster then they get in trouble because they stole batteries from them, then some dude who turns out to be Ego Peter Quills dad. Then they realize his evil plan then they stop him by blowing up his center. |
| 7. How does the film influence particular reactions on the part of viewers (sound, editing, characterization, camera movement, etc.)?Why does the film encourage such reactions? | They have a lot of songs that are from the 60s and early 70s, these kinda show when things should be sad or creepy or happy and so forth also they brings comedic affect when something bad is happening to them and some of the happier music gets put on |
| 8. Is the setting realistic or stylized?What atmosphere does the setting suggest?Do particular objects or settings serve symbolic functions? | The setting is not realistic it takes place in space but not the empty space that we know. some do but most objects are just objects. |
| 9. How are the characters costumed and made-up?What does their clothing or makeup reveal about their social standing, ethnicity, nationality, gender, or age?How do costume and makeup convey character? | The main characters have kinda like a rag tag look, making them sorta outlaws not following the law. |
| 10. How does the lighting design shape our perception of character, space, or mood? | I don’t know what that is help I might be doing the wrong thing |
| 11. How do camera angles and camera movements shape our view of characters or spaces?What do you see cinematically? | I don’t really know how to answer this |
| 12. What is the music’s purpose in the film?How does it direct our attention within the image?How does it shape our interpretation of the image?What stands out about the music? | It is to make sudden changes between things like happiness or scariness and simlar things. Also a lot of the soundtrack is actual songs. |
| 13. How might industrial, social, and economic factors have influenced the film?Describe how this film influences or connects to a culture? | I have no idea |
| 14. Give an example of what a film critic had to say about this filmUse credible sources and cite sourcesExample: “The Shawshank Redemption Movie Review (1994) | Roger Ebert.” All Content. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 June 2015. | Help I don’t know |
| 15. Select one scene no longer than 5 minutes that represents well the whole film and shows relevant cinematic elements.Write a one-sentence description of the scene and record the time of the scene. Example, from 1:05:00 to 1:10:00.Explain why you chose this scene. | The movie goes through a lot of different things so that would be kinda hard to chose on ething |
| 16. In the selected scene: write a sentence for each of the elements below to justify why this scene best represents the film: | I don’t know any of these HEEEELP |
| a. Screenwriting: | |
| b. Sound Design: | |
| c. Camera Movements/Angles: | |
| d. Light Setup: | |
| e. Soundtrack/Score: | |
| 18. What’s the socio-cultural context of this film? |
This worksheet was developed with ideas from many IB Film teachers, thus should remain in the Creative Commons