tenacious d in the pick of destiny.pptx

7/24/2019 Tenacious D in The Pick Of Destiny.pptx

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Tenacious D in ThePick Of Destiny

Opening sceneanalysis


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Establishing shot of a whitebungalow, the natureof the shot is simply to

show where the rstpeace of action takesplace. The rest of theshot is blacked out sothat the focus is on the

house

The shot brightens up toshow the area around thehouse and simple white tetappears that tells the !iewer

where we are eactly. Themusic is fast and simple


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"ack #lack$s !oice starts tosing and the camera %oomsinto the crossed part of thewindow frame and then theshot changes to %oom out

of a cross on a wall totransition from shots.

This shows the !iewer thatthe family is religious andblends well with the song


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The camera %ooms out andshows the family who aresitting around there tablepraying. There is one emptyseat tells us that something

is not right.

The bright whiteness of thewalls contrasts to the darknight of the pre!ious shot.The cross on the wall is

highlighted using a spotlight.The shot then cuts to thechair up close and then amid shot of the mother andson. There is nally a closeup of the fathers face so thatit is clear that he looks tothe empty chair then up athis wife.

&ll of the shots are whiteand the family are dressedin light colours to show


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The camera cuts to apanning shot acrossposters, 'Ds and anupside down cross that isbrown.

This shows the !iewerthat the main character isinto rock music and is notreligious, the fact that the

cross is brown hints that()oung "#$ in darker thanthe rest of his family.

The camera cuts and%ooms in as a childewearing black and holdinga pick and guitar *umpsfrom the corner. The musicstops and then stars upagain but with a morehard+core tone

The black cloths show thathe is not innocent and his


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The camera %ooms into()ong "#s$ face and he startsto mouth what the narratoris singing as the familylooks on shocked, his face is

!ery epressi!e *ust like"ack #lacks.

During the song thefather smiles as if he isen*oying the music and

performance

#ut the pre!ious scene endswith him dragging ()oung "#$into his room and beating him

with his belt., The camera%ooms out from ()oun #$s


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The camera follows the fatheras he gets up and walks aroundas he starts to sing and lecturehis son. the father is played bymeatloaf- the music now

features trumpets and brassintruments.

The father then proceeds to tear all of theposters o of the wall and turn the crossthe right way round as the camera followshim

The camera periodically cuts

back to "#

&t this nal line the fatherslams the door as he lea!es.


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/t cuts to a wide shot of()oung "#$s room to show theaftermath of his fathersrampage, and to show theone poster that is left. &

poster of Dio- the music fades

The camera fades into a%ooming mid shot of ()oung"#$ praying to Dio and

mouthing what the narrator issinging again. There is thenan o!er the shoulder shot.The music as slow andacoustic


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There is a mid shot of theposter as it suddenlybecomes animated andDio starts to sing to()oung "#$. The musictakes another hard+coreturn. The cameraoccasionally cuts to()oung "#$ to show hisreaction to Dio.


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The camera cuts backto ()oung "#$ as he*umps up anddesperately looksaround before there are

close ups of

There are thenclose ups of all ofthe items that()oung "#$s


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/t cuts to an o!er the sholdershot of ()oung "#$ sliding openhis window and throwing hisguitar out of it. The shot is darka not much is !isible sa!e the

guitar

/t cuts to a mid shot of himsliding comically out of thewindow into a bush. The shot is

brighter so that you can clearlysee the house and bush.


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The camera cuts to a close upshot of ()oung "#$s back and ashe runs away he stays central tothe shot as he gets further away

()oung "#$ is greenscreened onto theplaces he hastra!elled, his thenco!ed up by his wristgi!ing a thumb up to

show he ishitchhiking, thistransitions into a(/ndiana *ones+esc$map scene


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The map shows himgoing to manyhollywoods around&merica until henally nds the right

one from which asign fades into thecamera o transitioninto the net shot.

The net shot being a close up of"ack #lack writing and singing the

song, he was the narrator whowas singing through out- Thisestablishes our hero as "ack #lackand sets up the rest of the lm ashis 0uest to nd a counterpart andto (form the worlds most awesomeband$


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The bus stops and "ack*umps up, the shot cuts to awide shot of the bus alleyas he runs down it and outof the bus.

The holly wood sign isshot so that "ack can walkin front of / and then the

camera blurs the sign tofocus on him

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