Movie Analysis of San Andreas

1. MOVIE ANALYSIS
“ SAN ANDREAS”

2. INDEX
 Movie Analysis San Andreas
 Introduction
 Characters
1. Ray Gaines
2. Emma Gaines
3. Blake Gaines
4. Ben Taylor
5. Dr. Lawrence Hayes
 San Andreas Plot
 Theme
1. Saving life
2. Family
3. Natural Disaster

3. INTRODUCTION
 Film’s Name
San Andreas
 Director
Brad Peyton
 Screenwriter
Carlton Cuse
 Leading Actors/Actresses
Dwayne Johnson, Carla Gugino,
Alexandra Daddario
 Date of Release
2015
 Producer
Beau Flynn

4. CHARACTERS:
Ray Gaines
Ray is a LAFD Air Rescue
pilot. He and his wife Emma
are in the midst of a divorce
and have one daughter,
Blake. He is a man who is
willing to put his life on the
line to save people, and
willing to give everything to
protect his wife and daughter
when disaster strikes.

5. Emma Gaines
Emma is wife to Ray. The
pair have decided to
divorce, but when
earthquakes threaten the
entire San Andreas fault
line, she partners with
Ray after being saved by
him in order to find and
rescue their daughter
Blake, who is in San
Francisco.

6. Blake Gaines
Blake is the daughter of Ray
and Emma. She's looking
forward to a trip to San
Francisco with her father
when he has to cancel for
work. She finds her mom's
new love, Daniel to be a
coward as he leaves her to
die during the first
earthquake. She is able to
escape the terror of multiple
disasters with Ben and his
brother Ollie and is
eventually rescued and
saved by her father and
mother.

7. Ben Taylor
Ben is a young
Englishman who is in
San Francisco seeking a
job as an engineer from
Daniel's company. He
and his brother Ollie save
Blake when she is
trapped in a car during an
earthquake, and the trio
help one another through
the disasters.

8. Dr. Lawrence
Hayes
Dr. Hayes is a scientist who is
studying fault lines in order to
create technology that will
predict an impending
earthquake. His research leads
him to know that the entire San
Andreas fault line will be
pummeled with earthquakes of
massive proportion.

9. San Andreas is a 2015
American disaster film
directed by Brad Peyton and
written by Carlton Cuse. Its
plot centers on an
earthquake caused by the
San Andreas Fault
devastating Los Angeles and
the San Francisco Bay Area.
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10. SAN ANDREAS
 The film begins with a young woman
driving on a cliff side when rocks
pummel her car from the above cliff
and force her off the road. Ray
Gaines, who is with the Los Angeles
Fire Department Air Rescue comes in
with his team to save her life. They
narrowly escape as her car plummets
to the rock bed hundreds of feet
down.

11. SAN ANDREAS PLOT
 Ray and his wife Emma's marriage is failing and they are planning to finalize their divorce.
 To Dr. Lawrence Hayes who is doing research in order to learn better how to predict earthquakes.
 He is at the Hoover Dam when a 7.1 magnitude earthquake rips through the area and the dam breaks, killing
Hayes' associate.
 The earthquake begins to shift along the entire San Andreas Fault line.
 Emma is at the top of the Marriott in downtown Los Angeles when the earthquake begins to rip through the
city.
 Ray is able to save Emma and they begin to fly to San Francisco for Blake.
 The earthquake has reached San Francisco.
 A 9.6 magnitude earthquake hits the city and Ray and Emma are able to help save the lives of many people.
 The earthquake has separated Ray and Emma from Blake and the San Francisco Bay which is now being
threatened by a mega tsunami.

12. SAN ANDREAS PLOT
 The earthquake has reached San Francisco.
 A 9.6 magnitude earthquake hits the city and Ray and Emma are able to help save the lives of many people.
 The earthquake has separated Ray and Emma from Blake and the San Francisco Bay which is now being
threatened by a mega tsunami
 Ray and Emma take a boat and attempt to make it over the crest of the tsunami.
 Daniel is killed while attempting to flee on the Golden Gate Bridge when a cargo ship container crushes him.
 Once the tsunami's damage has finished, the city is left in ruins and the building Blake is in begins to flood.
 Ray rescues her and to get everyone out safely.
 At the end of the movie we see that Ray and Emma have reconciled their marriage and Blake and Ben seem to
have begun a relationship as well.
 We see that San Francisco has become an island after the tsunami.

13. THEME
 Saving Lives
This theme is seen throughout with Ray and
Emma and Blake, Ben and Ollie all having to
save one another in multiple ways. But, it's vital
to look at Dr. Hayes' role in saving lives with his
research. He's been seeking for a way to warn
people about earthquakes by developing
technology that will predict them. Nonetheless,
no one will believe that his technology is valid.
Thus, he does what he has to do and hacks
media stations in order to warn citizens that
more earthquakes are to come.

14. Family
 Family is one of the main themes of the film.
Ray and Emma have decided to get a
divorce, and Ray and his daughter, Blake
are on rocky ground with their relationship.
But, in the midst of adversity and disaster, its
Ray that Emma can rely on and her parents
that Blake can depend. We see this become
clear when Emma's new boyfriend, Daniel
leaves Blake to die as she's pinned in her
car during an earthquake. When you are
blood, you do anything and everything you
can, including sacrificing your life if that is
what it takes to save them.

15. Natural Disasters
 Natural disasters represent a main
theme of this film. Earthquakes along
the San Andreas Fault line cause the
entire west coast of California to be
on high alert for disaster. The 9.6
magnitude earthquake in San
Francisco then causes a mega
tsunami which wipes out the city in
one fell swoop.

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