Tuesday 8 February 2011


I am selecting the genre action. The conventions of an action film are guns, explosions, car chases, blood, death, excitment and love interest.


This poster makes you want to go and see the film because as soon as you look at it the names catch your eye first. Normally on a poster the names are not noticable. They do this because the only reason most of the people went to see this film was because the big names such as jet lee and jason statham. This immediately shows you that it is going to be an action film. I also know that its going to be an action film because they are holding weapons.

Monday 7 February 2011

Iron man questions

Justin theroux wrote the screenplay for iron man.

The director of iron man is Jon favreau. He has also directed Elf and Iron man 2. He is also known for playing the role of Pete Becker in in a television sitcom called friends.

Robert Downey Jr. as Tony stark/iron man.
Gwyneth Paltrow as Pepper Potts, tonys assistant.
Jeff bridges as Obadiah Stane/iron monger.
Shaun Toub as Dr. Yinsen , Starks fellow captive.
Faran Tahir as Raza, the leader of the ten rings.
Paul bettany voices Jarvis, Tony Starks personal computer program
Leslie Bibbs as Christine Everhart.

Marvel studios made iron man.Marvel Studios was formed in the late 1980s following Revlon CEO Ronald Perelman’s acquisition of parent company marvel entertainment. This resulted in the re-entry of Marvel into the motion picture and television business.
Marvel Studios was formerly headed by Avi Arad from May 13, 1993, (as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer), until October 1998, when he took on other duties within the company such as executive producer for the studios’ film output

The budget for iron man was 140 million dollars

Iron man was one of the top 10 films of the year. The film was nominated for an academy award For best visual effects and best sound editing.

James Barker

Monday 15 November 2010

Iron man essay

Iron man essay

The costume that Iron man wears show that he is a super hero.We know this because of the mask that he wears.The mask that he is wearing is to hide the identity of himself, this is one way you know he is a super hero.The colours of costume is red and gold,the red shows power and gold represents wealth .This could show that if he didn't have a wealthy life he wouldn't be a super hero.Iron man can also fly which is a typical feature of a super hero.I also think that as a child he always wanted to be a super hero and that is why the costume that he wears as the features of a typical super hero.We know this because of the mask,colours,weapons and that he can fly.Overall I think that costumes shows that he is super hero,that he is powerful and that he wants to help people.

The props that they used in the sequence are things like guns,bombs,jets and army vehicles.This tells us that it's going to be a action film.We know this because you would find guns,bomb and jets in a action film,such as die hard,inception,the terminator and the matrix.you wouldn't find this things in a romance film like titanic.the guns show that there is killing in the film bombs also show that there is going to be killing in it.The jet show the film is something to do with the army.most of the props that are used in the film shows danger.

The lighting used in iron man is dark.It us dark to show when you are in the bad people's area. when you are in the good people's area the lighting is more bright.They do this to separate the good and the bad. most of the time the time the lighting is bright because it is not a horror film.When you see dark lighting you expect there to be some action because dark colours show death,danger and violence.When he is in the bad people's area the lighting is also grey like there is nothing good about where they are,it also shows that it is a urban area.