Real Media Artifact 2

Team America: World Police

Team America is not predominantly an Action film, but is in fact a comedy/spoof film, but there is still action involved.
The intro scene is very peaceful, but starts off by using subtitles to tell you where it is, the camera Is focused on what appears to be a painting of Paris, at which point a puppet appears on the set and acts in the stereotypical French way which you find humorous, but as the camera zooms out you realise that everyone is a puppet, and is set around the stereotypical French person, although it is done In a very serious manner, it is incredibly humorous, The camera is one long take and with the non diegetic music in the background makes it very peaceful and does set the scene very well, the camera ends with a close up on a women’s face speaking French and appears to be calling to someone.
The camera then changes to a small boy singing merely and hopping along, making the scene feel calm collect and as if nothing can go wrong, he then bumps into a man at which point the music changes in to a more alert and tenser sounding track, the camera then does a medium close up of what you are duped into thinking Is a terrorist, the far east like soundtrack strengthens the stereotype, and makes the music also makes the audience feel uneasy and as if something is about to happen, as well as this the camera changes to a reaction shot of the small boy, but as the film is predominantly a comedy it makes the audience laugh rather than relate to how he may be feeling. As the camera tracks the terrorists they meet up with more people, The music and the setting give of a idea that something bad is about to happen but is taken away from with the comedy aspect lighting the spirits although the way in which it is done is dead serious, it completely contrasts itself while doing this.
The camera then comes back to the boy and the women from the start seems to be comforting him, though through the little emotion that they can portray, the worry in the voices adds to the tension of the scene, at which point you hear sirens, and the music changes to a much more upbeat and hopeful sound as the camera changes to a few short take’s of the Team America chopper. The camera does a wide angle shot of the public looking up in relief, and the a close up of the terrorists, panicking which adds to the hope of the audience. But then as the terrorists have nothing else to do the music changes a much more worrying sound and the terrorists open fire, this starts the primary action of the scene, and adds excitement to it. As they are rappelling down from the chopper the camera goes into a close up of the two puppets, and them talking with some slight humour that you would expect from a action film. The camera swaps between Team America and the Terrorists firing at each other, and finally with a terrorist being hit and shot back into the pond. Showing that Team America are superior and winning, giving hope to the scene.