Con Air Analysis

Con Air Analysis.

Titles come up at the beginning during the archive footage/war footage which is seen through night vision and has an american voice over, establishing that they have come to the end of the army and how they are sad to see the character go after fighting for his country. This voice over is then followed by proud military music which makes the character seem heroic, the Mis-en-scene in this shot is us seeing explosions, bombs and guns. The camera then cuts to a parade where we first see flags which makes the audience think heroic and patriotic. Then the camera gets lower and swoops round to introduce the character in full focus to make him stand out against the shallow focused background, clean suit and very proud for finishing the army (Nicolas Cage). The Soldiers are filmed from a low angle to make them seem heroic, important and high of status. 


The scene then cuts to a different location of a port with the sunset and an orange filter used to create a warm feel, this contrasts with the army. The music switches to a slow, calming love song which contrasts with the military song. When the camera cuts to the bar we are introduced to the pregnant wife of Nicolas Cage and drunk men sitting at the bar with looks on their faces suggesting trouble. These drunk men create the enigma because they look quite rough as well as aggressive and people do bad thing when they are drunk like start fights.  The couple are dancing whilst the background is in soft focus to show they are in love and happy with how life is at the moment. 


One of the drunk men come over trying to start a fight, Nicolas Cage reacts in a threatening which also creates enigma because someone who has just come out of the army where he has been fighting, can do a lot of harm if they wanted too, but he decided to leave it and not let this drunk low life get the better of him. The wife then says "For a second you were that guy again", hinting he was violent before and that one of the reasons he went to the army could have been to change his aggressive ways.