The Walk Movie trailer

The Walk

POV
The POV shot allows us to see what the actor is looking at from their point of view, in this case he is looking at a stop watch as he times his plan to walk on a wire across the  two towers of theWorld Trade Centre.

Extreme Long Shot

This shot allows us to see where the scene is set, in this case the World Trade Centre in New York City.


Two Shot
In this shot we can only see two people hence the name "two shot" and in this shot we can see the main character on the left and on the right is one of the people who he organises the high wire walk with.

Long Shot

In this shot we can see the full body of the main character and some of the surrounding area and because of the camera angle being a high angle shot this shows us how high up the tower is.



Over The Shoulder Shot
In this shot we can see what the character is looking at from over their shoulder in this case the character is driving a van containing the high wire equipment into the lorry bay at the foot of the World Trade Centre.

Propp's Theory

Propp's Theory

The Hero: John McClane

The Princess: Holly Gennaro McClane

The Villain: Hans Gruber

The Helper: Al Powell

The Donor: Al Powell

The Dispatcher: John McClane

The False Hero: Harry Ellis

Todorov's Theory

Die Hard

Equilibrium: John McClane is coming home to his family for Christmas and all is calm.

Disequilibrium: Hans Gruber and his team of terrorists take over the nakatomi building which is hosting a Christmas part of which McClane and his wife are attending.

Recognition: McClane isn't in the room when the terrorists storm in so is able to move up the building when he hears screaming. People outside realise there's a disruption when a police man's car is shot at from the building.

Attempt to repair the disruption: The police try to send in a SWAT team in which fails. The situation is solved by John McClane throwing Gruber out of a high floor window which kills him.

New Equilibrium: The equilibrium is restored when the police got McClane, his wife and the other hostages out of the building and McClane leaves in a police car.

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