The entertaining franchise of the
Fast and the Furious movies started early in 2001 and continued over the years
proceeding with Fast 2 Furious
(2003), The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo
Drift (2006), Fast and Furious
(2009) and lastly Fast Five (2011). Focusing on the last film, Fast Five, directed by Justin Lin
featured actors Vin Diesel (Saving Private Ryan), Paul Walker (Pleasantville) and
Dwayne Johnson (The Scorpion King).
In this first picture (left), the main
character Dominic is standing in the center of the photo wearing a white shirt
and a cross on his neck. He is the only character amongst the three men who
stand in front of the rest of the group that is wearing white, which is
associated with light, goodness, innocence and purity whereas black is
associated with power, elegance and mystery. Dominic is also positioned in a
stance where he is turned slightly to the right whereas O’Conner and Luke Hobbs
bodies are faced towards the camera.
In the second photo (right), both
characters Dominic and O’Conner are grasping two different types of guns in
their hands and looking off into the distance with an eerie vengeance. The size
of their guns and the way they hold them in their palms expresses the
characters lifestyles; Dominic cradles the gun like most men would who feel the
need to defend themselves from their enemies and O’Conner grasps his gun like a
police officer would with both of his hands on the barrel. The lighting in this
picture is bright, almost a white color, for the average photo and in the background
you can see palm trees, an ocean and hotel buildings, which makes the viewer
think of vacation spots as of Florida. The other noticeable objects on each
character are the cross and the watch. The cross on Dominic’s neck symbolizes his
religious backgrounds and beliefs towards a higher being which helps the
viewers realize he does have morals although he holds a gun. The watch on O’Conner’s
right wrist represents his perception of time and not having enough of it when
living such a hard lifestyle of recklessly driving fast and cool cars.
Author: Jasmine Brown
Date: 24 October 2012
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