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The fast and the furious
Institutions
The Fast and the Furious is a 2001 car film starring Vin Diesel, Paul Walker,
Michelle Rodriguez and Jordana Brewster. It was directed by Rob Cohen. The
Fast and the Furious was the first mainstream film to feature the Asian
automotive import scene in North America. This film was released in the United
Kingdom in 2001 on the 14th september and was disrtubuted by The Universal
studio. The budget of Fast and furious film was $40 million and had a gross
venue of $207, 283, 925. when it finally got to the box office the film was an
unexpected summer hit. It grossed $40,089,015 on its opening weekend,
surpassing the film's $38 million budget. The Fast and the Furious was met with
mixed reviews, and received particularly harsh criticism for what some felt was
its derivative storyline, which shared many similarities with the 1987 film No
Man's Land.The movie spawned video games and three sequels. The movie was
filmed under the working-title "Redline" and it was not until months after
wrapping that the title was officially set. The title was later used by an unrelated
film that drew its inspiration from The Fast and the Furious.
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Audience
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The audience for Fast and the furious was aimed at 12a this means children age
12 had to accompany by an adult to watch this. Personally I think this movie is
aimed at mainly men and boys as there is a lot of fast cars and a lot of action
however looking at some reviews on the movie page website a lot of girls have
reviewed on the movie which proves that my opinion is wrong. The Fast and
furious film got a total of three stars out of a possible 5 stars. When I watched the
first 5 minutes of this film I was actually a little bored personally it was not a
brilliant movie and was not as good as I expected it to be I was quite disappointed
however its only my view I am not interested in fast car ,action movies this is why
it did not appeal to me however the way the movie was contrasted was amazing.
On the IMDB website there was the following comment – FAST AND THE
FURIOUS does not try to be something it is not. Therefore, it surprises me to no
end that I will say that FURIOUS is a decent movie. For dialogue, everything is
one-lined crazy nonsense. Most characters are
ultimately cruel to everyone and each other.
Some lame brained antics are done. But it all
works out. FAST AND THE FURIOUS is
definitely for these times and shows all aspects
of the real world and who survives in it through
cars and the people that drive them. After
losing his job to Dominic Toretto, an
untouchable to some, Brian sets out to win his
respect by putting his car on the line against
the speed demon. Meanwhile, the cops are
desperately seeking the perpetrators of several
truck hijackings and believe Toretto is the man behind it. With a built of guilt in
me, I am proud of saying that FURIOUS was impressive in its execution. The
editing was top notch, the camera work well laid out and some surprising acting
from a script made of cardboard. There was not much you could do with
FURIOUS, but then it starts to feature more on the engines than the cars
themselves. It also never forgets the story. FAST AND THE FURIOUS smokes the
competition in its genre, if only for the moment.” This shows that the film has
impressed viewers by its action and the story line the viewer who left this
comment gave it 7 stars out of a possible 10 stars.
Technology
Throughout the film the fast and the furious there was allot of different
technologies used to create different scenes for example for the explosions scenes
there was a lot of different equipment used to create and keep the actors safe
whilst working around fire. There was also different technological equipment
used to film as they need to make each camera shot looking steady
and natural which is not always easy when you try and keep
within a particular budget and making sure you keep up with your
cast whilst they are acting. The technology has increased for
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positive reasons as it has increased the audience knowledge of the film, as it looks
more realistic for the audience and more believable .This really draws the viewers
in as they start to believe the plot of the story and they put themselves in the
characters shoes. When the director is shooting the film he really puts himself
into the audience shoes which then tells him whether he is doing the right job or
not. As technology has increased this movie has become more assessable as it is
now on rent in DVD shops, you can view it over the internet and you can now
view it even on your ipods, this means there are more views being processed for
this film.
Thriller genre
The Fast and furious film is an ACTION/CRIME thriller as it involves a lot of car
chases and explosions. BY looking at this genre you
can be very stereotypical as you would immediately
think it is for men/boys by just hearing what the genre
is. Personally I think that this film would mainly be
interesting to the men this is just from a sociological
view by being stereotypical.
Representation
To me in this film all the women are very glamorous;
however in the real world women are not like that day
in day out which to personally is not far on the women
as the men will have an image of a women looking like
that all the time which will make the women fell very self conscious this is just
from my view. Now being stereotypical I just think the director has aimed this
film at men only thee is nothing that women can relate to in this movie, however
they would relate to some of the male characters as they our very good looking
men which would appeal to the women.
Mise en scene
This film is incredible as it shows many different car chases and races; this has
been shown with a various different amount of camera
angles, The following beside the text shows a car race gone
wrong which really makes you sit on the edge of your seat as
you wonder what is going to happen next.
