The Crow Film Analysis

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The Crow, Film Analysis The Crow by David Schow is a dramatic story about the avenger from a grave who came to this world to execute the ones who took his life and the life of his fiancé. The eternal opposition of good and bad forces encourages the viewer to accompany the main hero in the quest of love and justice. The film engages the audience’s eye and emotions with the content of the film along with its visual exposition. 1. Conflict The conflict between the main character and the criminals unveils the injustice and the cruelty of the world that affects all people no matter how strong their love is. Brandon Lee’s character, Eric, comes back from the dead to put an end to the chin of unpunished violent actions of the gang. His vengeance …show more content…

In the exposition the audience gets acquainted with main characters and the background of the story. The film starts with the city with some buildings in flames of fire. The policeman Albrecht is on the crime scene. Almost lifeless body of a woman is taken away. Little girl talks to a policeman in order to find out whether the woman survives. A huge crow appears to become the central figure of the movie. When the scene changes, the audience sees the same girl again. Sarah, an eleven-year-old girl, goes to the graves of her friends Eric and Shelly. The same cemetery at night becomes the set where the main character appears. Initiated by the crow’s chipping the grave stone, the man crawls out of the grave. As he washes the dirt of his face under the pouring rain, the audience recognizes Eric in the man from the picture on the crime scene. Like a newborn, he fails to realize who he is and why he is here. He follows the crow until he reaches his abandoned apartment. The main hero feels equally emotionally and physically hurt when he touches his and his fiancé’s belongings and remembers the details of murder on the eve of their wedding on Halloween almost a year ago. At this point the exposition finishes, as the audience is aware of the main characters and the story …show more content…

Script vs. Film The script developed by Davis Show is easy-to-understand and imaginative enough to build bright pictures of the events. The script is well-written as it includes such essential constitutes as detailed descriptions of the scenes, consistency of actions with the value of each scene for the ongoing events, and the vision of how those scenes must be shot along with the camera positioning and movements. Moreover, he provides special notes for actors to reach the extent of feeling the role rather than just understanding or remembering it. The scriptwriter uses NB remarks that form the depth of the scene. His bright images make the reading exciting. The crow is “El Birdo” sometimes, and “It blinks in its alien way.” Then, Sara projects “matter-of-factness.” The specification of the scenes creates visual, audio, and almost physical impact on the viewer with the help of capitalized

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