Redemption scene

 In the Mad Max Fury Road scene George Miller uses the aspect of close-up shot efficiently to convey the expressions worn by the characters.

As furiosa drives the war rig, the film technique used to capture her expressions was a close-up shot. She keeps her gaze forward, not to focus on the road as her eyes seem dazed and lost in thought as she says “I was taken as a child”  before moving her gaze out the window.  As she keeps her gaze out the window Mad Max questions her motive, Furiosa replies “Redemption” in a calm tone whilst maintaining the dazed look. It is clear that as she narrates her part of the story, Furiosa only thought about herself when attempting to escape but now it's different as she now isn't escaping herself but alongside the wives of immortan Joe when Max asks “what about them?” directing towards immortan Joe's wives and nux. She replies “hope” yet the technique establishing shot is used to capture the setting of the moment, as furiosa drives the war rig while reminiscing the camera angle captures just how barren and empty the world they live in now, driving through empty yards of nothingness. The dialogue shared between them and Furiosa’s moment of vulnerability explains just how close they have become during the times they’ve been together. From when Max was hostile and plagued with nightmares to sleeping vulnerably in the war rig as furiosa drives. Even when he jolts awake from a nightmare Furiosa gently coaxes him saying “it’s ok. Get some rest.” in a motherly soft tone. This shows that even though furiosa was demoted to a soldier, unlike the rest of immortan joe’s war boys who seem to only care about Valhalla and worshipping cars and immortan joe. Furiosa is the only living person with the semblance of humanity. This can also be connected to Nux, who at the beginning used max as a blood bag and partaking in taking down the war rig, obsessed with witnessing valhalla change after witnessing the humility immortan Joe's wives showed him. 

3.1

My theme revolves around cityscape/urban style. Referring to the works of traditional artist Joseph Muller-Brockmann. 

 

As you can see the first thing you notice about the design is circles. The circles start from the left side and radiate circles onto circles before being dissected into geometric shapes as the design focuses on precision. The geometric rhythms of the concentric arc relate directly to the mathematical systems and structures present in Beethoven's music. Every element has a reason for its size, placement, and position with the dramatic changes in the proportion of the concentric arcs echoing the drama of Beethoven’s music. The monotonous colours cancel the emotions out of the poster focusing on strict, rigid design with a sense of order as if it's mimicking music notes on white paper as Beethoven is a famous music piece. It's minimalistic yet it has a lot of hidden details within the use of symmetric shapes composed together to make a bigger picture.

This has inspired me to do cityscape because it also has a sense of modernist design. the intricate cut shapes and positioning has inspired me to do the same wth my theme.