The document summarizes themes, narratives, styles, and settings of three fighting films - Never Back Down, Two Fists One Heart, and Fighting. Never Back Down focuses on revenge as the main character is humiliated at a party and his friend is beaten up. Two Fists One Heart shows the process and setbacks a fighter faces on their journey. Fighting depicts a street hustler who turns to illegal underground fighting as a way to earn money to survive.
2. Themes- Revenge. Jake is humiliated at a party you can see the anger is caused from this embarrassment but also because Jake’s friend is beaten up. This leads up to the big conclusion. This is a theme we are using in our trailer as well. We are using revenge as a cause for anger and the primary reason for fighting. Narrative- Jake moves school and is introduced to a fighting craze. Gets humiliated and his friend gets hurt so he trains for a fight. In our trailer a friend is hurt as well and this is one of the reasons the fighting commences. Style- Fast upbeat shots to emphasize the adrenaline fuelled fighting. The music is rock guitar and drums to make it exciting like the fighting. Setting- Underground club. Marketing- Positions the audience from Jakes point of view so that they are supporting him in the fights to make it more intense.
4. Theme- Dignity and honour. Fighting to full-fill dreams. Narrative- Shows the process from bottom to the top through the journey the fighter takes and the set-backs on the way- getting drunk and getting into street fights. Style- Steady montage to show the dramatic tone. Also creates a timeline effect to show the journey clearer. Setting- It seems to be located in Great Britain near a city. There’s cars and clubs- civilisation.
6. Themes- Survival: making enough money to live on. This seems to be the reason for the fighting. Narrative- Goes from street hustler to fighter by meeting a person involved in the illegal fighting. Style- Flashing images of a fight that got him recognized. Images freezes at a climatical point. This emphasizes the fighting. Setting- Subway, street corner, underground: this all suggests a city in America probably New York because the fighter came to make loads of money
