The Incredibles Scene Analysis

The extract of this movie ‘The Incredibles’ uses cinematography techniques to create an uptight tense scene to engage the audience with excitement. In this particular cut directed by Brad Bird, it is established that Mr Incredible meets the Omnidroid. Through this establishment, diegetic sound effects are used to set out the setting of the scene firstly. The scene is set in a tropical jungles where birds chirping and waterfall could be heard. As for the audience, they could grasp that this will be the location where Mr. Incredible will take on the droid. Pleonastic music played in the background creates a whole new meaning of what to come. Low and slow music creates a mysterious atmosphere and bring in a sense of danger that is yet to come. While the music plays, there is a …show more content…
The use to this sound is to generate a feeling of pity by the audience for the hero as he is out of shape. When the Omnidroid comes into view, the use of low (nearly under) shot displays the contrast in size between the hero and the droid. It is to show how much power and control the droid has over the hero who is rather vulnerable and weak. To further emphasize the juxtaposition, the camera is in close shot of the hero’s face to clearly show his shock and fear towards the Omnidroid. Slow motion effects achieves to make the scene where the hero jumps over the droid dramatic and raise the tension as it changes back to its original speed. In the next scene, the droid chases the hero down a steep cliff. Extreme long shot is used in the scene to accentuate the great fall of the hero, introduce a new setting and evidently show the size comparison of the hero and droid. Throughout the battle, the theme music is played at certain parts of the scene where an excitement occurred to remind the audience this is a hero genre. As a matter of fact, excitement explored in the scene, is the change of location to the volcano of