Textural analysis X Man First Class

First class is a action trilling drama movie based on superheroes.  The film is set in the passed where it all began with x man and mutants. The film acts as a prequel for the X-Men trilogy, set primarily in 1962 during the Cuban Missile Crisis. It focuses on the relationship between Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr and the origin of their groups, the X-Men and the Brotherhood of Mutants.

camera 

The scene starts with two characters in the film. Second character is steering outside to space while the other approach’s slowly which I the main character to start a conversation. We can see the camera is more focused on the second character more and at the background. Our eye is more on the character in the front rather than the main character.

This shot is a shoulder shot form the back of the character it is also a good way to show the viewers that what the second character was looking at. The conversation will switch form main character to the second one with the same angle shown in the scene. 

On this scene we can see that the main attention is the satellite far away. And the character is faded doing he’s acting. The fading effect is mostly used in films to get another things attention of the viewers, This is called transition; We can see the director has used this effect to show the audience what the character is trying to do. (Moving the satellite).

All of these screens are similar to each other. We can see that the screen shots are taken with one character mostly shown but also a little bit of the other character the he’s having a conversation with is shown to. This shot is mostly used when the characters are dialogue from close. There camera angle could change all the time form one character to another, this will make the viewer to feel and understand the conversation more in the film. This shot could only be used when two characters are close to each other 

When the characters are far away we can see that the shots are more only of one character. There is still a dialog between them but the shot is taken one of the actors in the scene. The frame switches back and forward while they have their conversation.  

This shot is a flashback of the actor in the passed. At this point the audience is shown a scene happened in the film. The fade effect is also used her to slowly get the audiences into the scene.

This shot is taken by a high angle with two of the characters in the same shot.  There a character having a conversation, which the camera stays steady, and the conversation carry’s on. 

sound 

Sound tracks in films are as important as the actor’s successful talent and the effects that have been used. Soundtracks are the most important part in getting the mood of the film showing the viewer. The type of soundtrack been used in the film depends on what kind of genre the film is set on. Film the film is set in comedy then the soundtrack need to fit well to force this effect and show it to the viewers. The soundtracks used in the background of the film will focus the viewer to get into the mood that the director wants therefore it has a big role in the film industry. 

Mise en scene 

In the two-minute scene the set in based outside of a big mutant mansions balcony. As we can see its set in daylight with medium weather condition which gives the audience a relaxing safe atmosphere. The set is light and bright but not a light, which disturbs the audience’s eyes. The balcony seems like a very peaceful place with the flowers and trees, which suggests it’s going to be a non-action scene. The costumes of the actors are casual which suggests us that they live at the mansion. 


Why i did this 
personally i needed to understand why the shots were taken in a angle in the film. for the first film analysis i choose a film that i already know, so that i know how to analysise a film and get the experiance. i also looked at the soundtracks been used and i realised why they used specific soundtracks. the reason was to catch the films rhythm and get the audience into the mood they need to be. I have also looked at the mice en scene which is the prop, costume, location, lights ects.