Mask Of The Phantasm
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
This paper will break down the elements of the critical process using the three critical methods that were discussed in class. Also included in the paper will be the notes that were taken from the conversation I overheard at Hardees, about the movie "Batman: Mask of the Phantasm" between Seiter, Thompson, and Meehan. This critique will discuss the several components to each of the three critical methods including cultural codes in the movie, gender roles, and advertisement placement with in the movie.
Neo-Formalist
The syuzhet begins with the opening credits of the film showing Gotham city with a red backdrop as opera music plays in the background. Then the picture fades to black and then Batman appears …show more content…
For instance when Batman tries to convince Andrea that vengeance will not solve anything, then later in that scene Joker says to Batman "You'll kill us both!" and Batman replies, "Whatever it takes!" Using trans textual analysis, critics know that everybody else knows that Joker killed Bruce's parents, and Bruce is willing to do anything to stop Joker, even if it means death. Batman seems to think that just because he is the dominant male it is all right for him to fight and attempt to stop Joker, because he is following societies codes.
When watching the film I noticed only one major blatant advertisement, and that was for Warner Brothers, which is the company that produced the film. It was a small "WB" insignia placed on an object in the foreground, in front of the hero Batman, then the screen pans across placing the insignia in the middle center of the screen, but only for a moment. The only other possible advertisement I noticed was for bologna, but that is associated with the villain Joker and his half torn apart robotic display "wife" from "the world of …show more content…
Along with using the myth of Batman, with all of Batman's signs and codes-like assuming the audience knows more than the movie tells the listener-allows for the movie to smoothly progress without having to give the entire back story about Bruce Wayne. It is for this reason only that I think that the animated movie, which came out shortly after "Batman Returns", was made to build off the commercial success of the previous movies, produced by the same company. A neo-formalist would argue that this movie is art, because it de-familiarizes the movie to the viewer. The movie gives us additional in sight to the character of Bruce Wayne and Batman, like where he got the idea for the Batmobile, or how he found the Batcave. Because of the back-story the fabula sets up, this movie serves more as a prequel to the other two major motion pictures than a continuation to the series. This movie gives some clues to the major questions that surround Batman's origin, but are not a substitute for what anybodies imagination could think up. This movie does not serve the story line of the franchise well enough for me to give this movie a good grade:
This paper will break down the elements of the critical process using the three critical methods that were discussed in class. Also included in the paper will be the notes that were taken from the conversation I overheard at Hardees, about the movie "Batman: Mask of the Phantasm" between Seiter, Thompson, and Meehan. This critique will discuss the several components to each of the three critical methods including cultural codes in the movie, gender roles, and advertisement placement with in the movie.
Neo-Formalist
The syuzhet begins with the opening credits of the film showing Gotham city with a red backdrop as opera music plays in the background. Then the picture fades to black and then Batman appears …show more content…
For instance when Batman tries to convince Andrea that vengeance will not solve anything, then later in that scene Joker says to Batman "You'll kill us both!" and Batman replies, "Whatever it takes!" Using trans textual analysis, critics know that everybody else knows that Joker killed Bruce's parents, and Bruce is willing to do anything to stop Joker, even if it means death. Batman seems to think that just because he is the dominant male it is all right for him to fight and attempt to stop Joker, because he is following societies codes.
When watching the film I noticed only one major blatant advertisement, and that was for Warner Brothers, which is the company that produced the film. It was a small "WB" insignia placed on an object in the foreground, in front of the hero Batman, then the screen pans across placing the insignia in the middle center of the screen, but only for a moment. The only other possible advertisement I noticed was for bologna, but that is associated with the villain Joker and his half torn apart robotic display "wife" from "the world of …show more content…
Along with using the myth of Batman, with all of Batman's signs and codes-like assuming the audience knows more than the movie tells the listener-allows for the movie to smoothly progress without having to give the entire back story about Bruce Wayne. It is for this reason only that I think that the animated movie, which came out shortly after "Batman Returns", was made to build off the commercial success of the previous movies, produced by the same company. A neo-formalist would argue that this movie is art, because it de-familiarizes the movie to the viewer. The movie gives us additional in sight to the character of Bruce Wayne and Batman, like where he got the idea for the Batmobile, or how he found the Batcave. Because of the back-story the fabula sets up, this movie serves more as a prequel to the other two major motion pictures than a continuation to the series. This movie gives some clues to the major questions that surround Batman's origin, but are not a substitute for what anybodies imagination could think up. This movie does not serve the story line of the franchise well enough for me to give this movie a good grade: