Action Opening Scene Analysis: The Amazing Spider-Man 2

Action Opening Scene Analysis: The Amazing Spider-Man 2

The scene starts with a black screen then a close up the logo of Spiderman appears but it begins moving, we can see that he’s in the air fall toward the buildings. There is a loud non-diegetic heroic music play in the background which tells the viewer that he’s about to chase or save someone. The shot changes as he gets further away from the camera then he uses his spider web so the audience can see him clearly however he soon fly’s upwards which turn into an extreme low angle long shot to suggest that he’s powerful. When he in the air there are dialogues which shows that he’s enjoying himself even though we can’t see his expression behind the costume.  Then shot changes once again into a close up to show him swinging across the building chasing the antagonists, the hero is given a lot of prevalence. Generally an action movie includes fanatic chases in the beginning of the movie and is usually fast paced to keep their audiences at the edge of their seat. The camera shots take the audiences with him whilst he chases the villain. We can see that there are police helicopter also searching which is a cliché of an action hero. They inform Spiderman about the criminal who is on the run - as he’s still chasing the scene cuts showing that damages the villain are creating while they try to escape, to accompany this there are diegetic sound such as the police sirens and the sounds of the crash.

Finally there is a close up of the villain; he seems like a stereotypical antagonist – he seems to think that he’s going to get away as this is shown from his facial expression and his manly shouting. There are quick shots of the police forces which tells the viewers that they’re not important because it’s Spiderman who going to catch the antihero. There is a long shot showing that the villain is quite powerful especially as there is a huge amount of police cars following the vehicle. As the police tries to attach something on the vehicle the villain decides to crush the cars in front of him which shows that they’re weak and the extreme close up of the crash shows the damages. Then Spiderman is introduced back into the scene with a non-diegetic heroic music - but when he’s in the air, the scene is in slow motion then into normal speed which makes it look dynamic. Whilst he swinging the people in the streets greet him and carry out their daily routines however they don’t seem surprised which suggests that this happens often so they just let Spiderman sort the problem.

The police who were on the top of the truck finally gets into the truck to take back stolen goods - there is non-diegetic guitar sound to make the scene seem intense and dangerous. Also once the Spiderman reaches the villain; knocking on the window he gets the antagonists attention. way to have a conversation with a villain. We can see that the villain is getting frustrated as Spiderman tries to speak to him so he tries to get rid of him by shooting at him but he misses.