‘Mad Max Fury Road’(Miller,2015)

Storyline• An apocalyptic story set in the furthest reaches of our

planet, in a stark desert landscape where humanity is broken, and almost everyone is crazed fighting for the necessities of life. Within this world exist two rebels on the run who just might be able to restore order. There's Max, a man of action and a man of few words, who seeks peace of mind following the loss of his wife and child in the aftermath of the chaos. And Furiosa, a woman of action and a woman who believes her path to survival may be achieved if she can make it across the desert back to her childhood homeland.

Mise en scene• Setting: the first visual

scene you see is of Max standing on mountain in the middle of no where. But it does set up the movie location due to the desert setting and deserts normally have little life around. Later on in the opening we can see he has been taken to a place where it seems they live, and at the end it shows the whole area and this sets up the movie because it shows that a lot of the story will take place there or near there due to the desert they live in.

Props: the first prop we see is a car , but the car is shown to be modify to copy with the terrane and it also has missing doors and the paint work is gone, this shows how tough the conditions are and how they have to change how they live to be able to survive in the world. Also the title is called ‘fury road’ so it also links back to that and sets up that its going to be a car chase. The prop is a banding tool and it shows that these people aren't the only people left and that they are part of a group with that symbol as there logo, also the logo of the film is the same symbol so it shows that they will have a big part to play in the film

Mise en sceneLighting: the first scenes of him outside in the desert is all natural lighting but when they capture him and take him inside there place it becomes studio lighting and this is to create the effect of a fire and show how the world has gone back in technology and has to have a fire to keep there place lit. there is a point where the light seems to be coming through the roof of the building making it seem that it has been built inside a mountain what is foreshadowing the moment after where he runs out the door and we see where he is. This is all trying to create mystery in where he is and it instant till the end of the opening we can see.

costume: we are able to see that his clothes are all costume made , either from other clothes or has used materials e.g. leather to create them , he needed to costume make them so they are able to help him in the conditions he has to live in. the dirtiness on his clothes shows that there is a lack of water and so he is unable to wash them , this also foreshadow the event of the future where you find out about the battle for water.

Make up: the tattoos also symbolises that they are part of a group and max is now owned by/ part of them.The make up on the people chasing max shows how crazy the whole has become and it also shows they are all equal so there must be someone who's in charge of them

Camera angles, shots and movement• Long shot- of a man with his back to the camera, we suspect he is the man character .• Close up- shows us his face when he turns around but doesn’t give much away only he’s been on the

road a long time due to his hair, and shows him eating a lizard what symbolises what the would has become.

• 180° rule - show the car driving off, then goes back to the shot before where the car has left and shows people are chasing him and he is on the run.

• Extreme long shot- to show how many are chasing him , camera starts to zoom in when they get closer , and when the explosion goes off it gets even closer.

• Close up- of his face when his car has been hit and shows he is alive but he has a head injury and isn't aware of what is going on.

• 2 shot- him getting captured but we are unable to see who by.• Group shot- showing him getting hair cut and getting tattoos , showing he is now part of them.• Camera zooms in on the branding symbol to show how important it is because it’s the symbol of there

group and shows there aren't the only ones left.• Shot reverse shot – shows him hallucinating about a girl and she is talking to him, showing he isnt

right in the head and has a problem.• Over the shoulder shot- showing the area he is in.• Long shot- showing him on the crane and them trying to grab him.• Close up- showing him captured again and sets up the story foreshadowing that its about him

escaping them.

Sound/editingSound: its starts off with a black screen so there is nothing for the audience to see visually but they can hear a voice over of ‘max’ talking and this explains how it all started , it gives a back story to explain how the world is in this state and also shows who the main character is and shows that it will be about him. They sound ends when the visual begins and because of the voice over we are able to tell that the first person we see is max. When his car flips over the audience can start to hear a ringing sound and the rest is quite what shows how he took a injury to his head and the audience are hearing what he is hearing what make the audience feel like they are there. when he is escaping the place the audience can start to here dramatic music and when he opens the door the music cuts because that when the chase end. it start to build up again when he about to jump and reaches it highest when he does and then cuts to the title when the music its at it highest to build up hype for what's about to come.

Editing: right at the start when the voice over is happening it cuts to a flashback of the news to explain what happened o the earth and this is to create a back story so people would be thing about what's happening at that moment and not how it all happened. When his car is hit and he is crawling out of it, the picture starts to shake this is so it make the audience fell like they was there and they are feeling the same way he is. At the end when he's about to jump it goes slow motion, this is to create tension to see if h can make the jump. Also included quick cuts when the chase scene was happening.