1) Mad Max Fury Road is set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland where most of humanity is fighting for basic resources. Max is a loner who is captured by the tyrannical Immortan Joe. 2) The opening scenes establish the desolate desert setting and show Max being pursued across the wasteland in his modified vehicle. He is captured and has his head shaved and tattoo branded. 3) Through its camerawork, lighting, costumes, and diegetic sound, the opening immerses viewers in this hostile world and introduces Max as a man struggling to survive in the chaos who will eventually rebel against his captors.

1. ‘Mad Max Fury Road’
(Miller,2015)

2. 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.

3. 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

4. Mise en scene
Lighting: 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

5. 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.

6. Sound/editing
Sound: 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.