For my analysis of a Film I have chosen “Saw I”. I have chosen this film because of the various twists and equilibriums which gives the film a very interesting climax which makes the film so powerful. The film is about an old man punishing people for the bad things that they have done by using people that they love as a scapegoat. The main protagonist within the film is an old man called Tom, he is the controller of the game and he conveys different messages across to his clients for their sins to be paid.
Furthermore, I believe this film is specifically aimed for and older generation target audience roughly ages between 19 to 40 years of age due to the brutal plot of this story. The genre of this film is horror and has a lot of bloody scenes which shows the audience that it is clearly targeted at an older audience who I believe are primarily males as I believe they would be mostly attracted to the genre of this film.
However; females may also be interested in watching this film for required reasons. Therefore, I believe that the films primary audience is males aged from 18-30 and the films secondary audience being females aged from 18-25.
The language used within the film is very informal and contains a lot of swearing when a crowd of people are trying to save their own lives. This is very effective as it creates a lot of tension to the audience whilst creating a lot of suspense and encouraging the audience to identify with the terrified people.
The film also has a lot of enigma codes for example, when the old man, as we do not who his identity, where he lives, or his name till the very end. The film also foreshadows a lot of these factors about Tom but does not give away the story in order to keep suspense. Saw also has action codes for example, when the girl puts the knife up into the air to stab her boyfriend in order to prevent her jaw from snapping in half.
Furthermore, the story develops into a linear pattern. As The scenes are not all mixed up, and an advantage of this is that the story then has a set rhythm and flow to it which creates an intense atmosphere between audiences.
The equilibrium within the film is when the girl sits on the chair with the mask on her face. This creates a terrifying opening to the film and the props that are used to connote death and violence due to their nature and looks.
Furthermore, the disequilibrium in the film is when the girl finds her boyfriend lying on the ground with the key in his intestines. However, the new equilibrium occurs when she unlocks herself from the death mask and she waits their on the floor terrified of what might happen next. This is another enigma code in the film as she then sees a shadow of something and is very petrified of what that might be. This further creates a lot of suspense for the audience.
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