Roberto Alvarado
11/26/2021
English 105
Unit 4 Project
The introduction scene from Charlie’s Angels offers promising glimpses into the lives and characters of three courageous women that makes for a very interesting scene. This film is compelling in both the film and it’s intended message in the fact that the women were the main characters and that they were being portrayed as powerful/independent throughout a time in which was infrequent/or not commonly seen within society in films. With that being said, the film’s opening scene showcases a 3-D film transition from the sky onto the inside of the plane and later on we’re introduced to an unknown guy in tribal wear attire (in which we later find out who the person is). Not to mention, that the scene is also filmed in color setting the overall tone for the film and is used to also communicate to the audience subconsciously that something may be occurring soon with the frantic film movements and the bright choices of colors being used. The overall tone of the film is also introduced when sound is initiated, Firstly, we’re given a more restrained R&B sound in the background and is used to create a latent introduction to one of the major characters (women) disguised as a man and in turn creates an elusive way of showcasing visual representation and directing the audience onto it’s intended message/or anticipation of one of it’s characters. The scene is also filmed in an mounted shot without the use of transitions to create a sense of uncertainty/suspense onto the audience. Nonetheless, the overall message that they’re trying to spread is that women are every bit as capable of taking lead within films as men are in a society in which men have predominantly dominated or taken primary control of.
In spite of this, as the film proceeds with the unknown character he begins to proceed ontowards the first class seating section and when he approaches the section he is stopped by a flight attendant and hysterically mocked that this seating is for first-class seating only.