Fast and Furious 5,
is one of the sequels of The Fast and the
Furious franchise. The movies have been so successful that there was a
sixth movie and they are currently filming the seventh one. The movies have all been very popular, but I
am strongly inclined to believe that the special effects have a lot to do with
the triumph of the franchise. Without the special effects, the cars in the
movie would not be so “fast and furious”. The movies are about a group of
criminals who get in all sorts of trouble, and have a passion for nice cars.
According
to Understanding Movies, “Moviegoers
are not usually consciously aware of how sound affects them, but they are
constantly manipulated by the mixer’s synthesis (Giannetti, 8).” In one of the
scenes of Fast Five, the characters
are about to be arrested for committing crimes all over the world. The main
character Dominic Torretto is having a show-down with Luke Hobbs who is a
federal agent. Toretto and his gang arrive while an upbeat and intense song is
playing. As Agent Hobbs confronts them, the music becomes slower, but is
clearly leading up to something. They are at a party in Brazil, and people from
both teams begin to hold up their guns and the trigger sound was so loud and
clear that it was clearly a special effect. This scene is a form of pathos
because it gets the audience nervous about what is going to happen next. It is
also ethos because it shows how the characters are fearless in a way.
There is
another scene that has a lot of special effects. The “bad guys” are trying to
kill the main characters, and it involves a lot of shooting. They use
submachine guns, so they are all firing like crazy. The sound of the guns, and
the fire that seems to come out when they shoot are special effects. There are
also moments where cars flip over, which is a way of using special effects to
make the scene more extreme. The scene also includes slow motion scenes where
the characters are running in order to avoid getting shot. This is all done in
order to heighten the suspense and fear that the viewer is feeling, which is
pathos. The guns that they use are also a form of logos because if a viewer
sees that they are using a dangerous gun, they are more likely to feel fear and
anxiety throughout the scene.
One of the
most exciting scenes of the movie involves the characters breaking into a bank
by crashing their cars into it. Obviously, this is not something that could
happen in real life because the car would have been the one that ended up
destroyed, not the wall of the bank. This scene was made possible by special
effects. The characters tie a vault to their cars, and are dragging it
throughout the entire city. All the while, they are involved in a car chase.
The cars are going extremely fast and there are loud noises such as screeching
of tires and cars flipping over. All of these things are special effects that
make the movie worth watching. These effects are a form of ethos because they
show that the characters are troublemakers. They are also pathos because every “screech”
and “bang” can make the audience jump out of their seats with so much
excitement going on.
“The
world’s screens are dominated by soulless movies full of sound and fury,
signifying nothing: pointless chases, explosions, gratuitous violence,
explosions, lots of speed, explosions and just for good measure, more
explosions (Giannetti, 4).” Fast Five uses
all of these things, but it is definitely not pointless. If it were pointless,
why would so many people go see it? It is also not soulless because there are
emotional moments in the movie. This is one of my favorite movies and I
recommend everyone go see it. I must admit, that without the special effects it
would not be the same.
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