Final Iron Man Paper
Nick Kehlor
Anne Schmalstig
English 106
18 April 2014
Tony Stark and Iron Man, True Heroes
Not many superheroes can say that they have no born given superpowers, saved the world, and make an audience die from laughter. Tony Stark can though in the movie, Iron Man. With Tony’s intellectual abilities, he was able to make a powerful metal suit that contained guns, armor, and rockets to make it fly. Leading up to this, Tony Stark was a man who was co-owner of one of the most powerful weapon companies in the world. Due to this, terrorist in the Middle East captured him and attempted to force him to make his latest and deadliest invention. To escape this sticky situation, Tony has to create his Iron Man suit and his friend has to sacrifice himself. The director, Jon Favreau, uses very many film techniques to keep a steady rate of intensity where necessary to emphasize the power of Iron Man. The use of background music allows the viewers to know exactly how the scene is going to unfold. Favreau also uses clever camera angles such as ones from the point of view of Iron Man to show the audience what Iron Man views. At the start of the scene where Tony is attempting to escape, his friend realizes that he needs to buy him time. As the camera zooms in on Tony’s face to show the sadness in his heart. The camera then switches to his friend only to show a face of determination and love for Tony. As his friend turns around and picks up a gun, a cut shot is used to show a group of terrorist traveling down a narrow part of the cave they are held in. Shortly after they go out of the shot, they are seen running the other way with fear in their voices while Tony’s friend chases them away. This shows how much Tony’s friend believes and trusts him, and also how the terrorists can have fear. Soon enough though, the camera cuts around the corner after the group of terrorists pass and waits for Tony’s friend to pass as well. Once he does turn the corner, the
Anne Schmalstig
English 106
18 April 2014
Tony Stark and Iron Man, True Heroes
Not many superheroes can say that they have no born given superpowers, saved the world, and make an audience die from laughter. Tony Stark can though in the movie, Iron Man. With Tony’s intellectual abilities, he was able to make a powerful metal suit that contained guns, armor, and rockets to make it fly. Leading up to this, Tony Stark was a man who was co-owner of one of the most powerful weapon companies in the world. Due to this, terrorist in the Middle East captured him and attempted to force him to make his latest and deadliest invention. To escape this sticky situation, Tony has to create his Iron Man suit and his friend has to sacrifice himself. The director, Jon Favreau, uses very many film techniques to keep a steady rate of intensity where necessary to emphasize the power of Iron Man. The use of background music allows the viewers to know exactly how the scene is going to unfold. Favreau also uses clever camera angles such as ones from the point of view of Iron Man to show the audience what Iron Man views. At the start of the scene where Tony is attempting to escape, his friend realizes that he needs to buy him time. As the camera zooms in on Tony’s face to show the sadness in his heart. The camera then switches to his friend only to show a face of determination and love for Tony. As his friend turns around and picks up a gun, a cut shot is used to show a group of terrorist traveling down a narrow part of the cave they are held in. Shortly after they go out of the shot, they are seen running the other way with fear in their voices while Tony’s friend chases them away. This shows how much Tony’s friend believes and trusts him, and also how the terrorists can have fear. Soon enough though, the camera cuts around the corner after the group of terrorists pass and waits for Tony’s friend to pass as well. Once he does turn the corner, the
Cited: Iron Man. Dir. Jon Favreau. Perf. Robert Downey Jr. 2008. DVD "Iron Man." IMDb. IMDb.com, n.d. Web. 16 Nov. 2014 .