Every movie has multiple techniques that coordinate with each other in order to bring the meaning of it all together. The movie Creed, directed by Ryan Coogler, is one that uses these techniques quite nicely in order to show the determination of the main character, Adonis Johnson. From the very beginning of the film a big technique that stands out is narrative, which provides the structure of the movie. It begins with an extremely noticeable motif of Adonis Johnson at a juvenile detention, back when he was a child. This motif was placed within the introductory, before fast forwarding the whole plot line a few years later to Adonis being in adulthood. This motif was however super relevant to the rest of the movie, as there are multiple references
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The overall narration excludes his father’s life from ever being depicted within the film in order to build on this. There are people whom Adonis Johnson meets along the way in order to tell the tale of his father, yet the producers are careful to not make the father a main character that the audience might get attached to. The exclusion of the father’s life clarifies that Adonis Johnson has made the decision to try and become a successful fighter on his own; however, the inclusion of his father’s name “Creed” provides an understanding of his background and where his talent might have originated from. In fact, Adonis Johnson is originally hasty towards his father in general, until the end of the film when he finally excepts that Apollo Creed was his father, as well as excepting his last name to be his …show more content…
The producers first established the shot by being zoomed out on the city, as the camera moves around. In order to clarify the location to the audience the name is literally written across the bottom right hand of the screen. The entire scene of Adonis Creed arriving to the city, unloading his things, and getting used to his new surrounds in revealed over the span of about one and a half minutes, all while a song is playing in the background. This helps the audience to understand exactly what happened, while speeding up the time since it’s unnecessary to depict every small detail that happens in
The overall narration excludes his father’s life from ever being depicted within the film in order to build on this. There are people whom Adonis Johnson meets along the way in order to tell the tale of his father, yet the producers are careful to not make the father a main character that the audience might get attached to. The exclusion of the father’s life clarifies that Adonis Johnson has made the decision to try and become a successful fighter on his own; however, the inclusion of his father’s name “Creed” provides an understanding of his background and where his talent might have originated from. In fact, Adonis Johnson is originally hasty towards his father in general, until the end of the film when he finally excepts that Apollo Creed was his father, as well as excepting his last name to be his …show more content…
The producers first established the shot by being zoomed out on the city, as the camera moves around. In order to clarify the location to the audience the name is literally written across the bottom right hand of the screen. The entire scene of Adonis Creed arriving to the city, unloading his things, and getting used to his new surrounds in revealed over the span of about one and a half minutes, all while a song is playing in the background. This helps the audience to understand exactly what happened, while speeding up the time since it’s unnecessary to depict every small detail that happens in