What normally happens in this film category?
In war films they are exploring battles that take place in the air, land or sea and are filled with combat and survival/ escape scenes. In historical fiction they explore past events and are set in a historical period. Biographical films are based on broadcasting the life of an individual whether they are real or fictional and events that happened during their life that shape them throughout the film.
How can we tell this film fits the category?
Hacksaw ridge fits into these genres because the movie is shaped around the true story of a man named Desmond T. Doss, who in the film is trying to get …show more content…
We known that a teenage to adult audience is targeted by the film because the film features many gory and gruesome scenes as well as as some obscene language to keep the older audiences attention and give them a realistic perception or insight into what war looks like. The film also targets teenage to adult audiences because the film explores concepts that younger audiences may not be capable of understanding .
Does the filmmaker do a good job of the film for their audience and why?
The filmmaker does a good job of the film for their audience because the film is powerful in the way it provides the audience with a new way to look at there on life and the moral and values they hold credible. The film also does a good job for their audience because it teaches the audience that every decision or action they make will lead to a negative or positive outcome that is bigger than the moment they are currently in. An example can been seen in the film when Desmond finally after facing hardship joined the army and at the time didnt know that under gun fire and being injured severely without a weapon he would end up saving 75 men's life, by single handedly one by one lowering each man down a 75 foot slope by