Media theories for The Wolf of Wall Street

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Todorov: Equilibrium

The Wolf of Wall Street contains Todorovs theory that every movie has 3 parts to it. The equilibrium is that he finds a job that he really likes and is getting good pay from being a stockbroker and is getting away with it. Then he makes his own company which becomes highly successful. The disequilibrium is that it becomes too known so the FBI start to have suspicions. The FBI then go and try to find out what he is actually doing so Leonardo De Caprio try to keep it low even though he is trying to bribe the FBI agent and is throwing money at them. In the trailer it doesnt show the new equilibrium so it makes you think whats going to happen to him the company and everything that he has worked for.

Propp: character types

The protagonist of this movie is Leonardo De Caprio since he is the one the movie is based around and it shows him trying to keep his company going. The antagonist is the FBI but there is this one FBI agent who is trying to stop Leonardo De Caprio or trying to get him sent to prison. In this movie there isnt really a father because he starts up his own company and becomes independent and doesnt rely on anyone. The helper is Jonah hill as he starts of early in the beginning of the movie when he sees Leonardos car and offers to quit his job and work with him as his partner and also helps him get through the tough times he has. The mentor could be Matthew McConaughey as he is the one that helps and teaches him about being in the stockbroker business and tells him how to deal with everything. 

Barthes: enigma and action codes

In the trailer it has a few enigma codes such as the lady being dragged out of a huge house with a pool yet shes looking back miserable and not wanting to leave. This makes you think why is she leaving then because if she didnt want to she wouldnt of so could she just being playing with Leonardos head to get to his money. Another enigma code is theres a pistol being loaded  but doesnt show whos loading it making you think whos behind the gun and who going to be shot and straight after that shot they show a man being forced into the back of a police car. could it of been him who was behind the gun. Also you see Leonardo in a small room with only a metal desk in a hurry moving alot of money from a bag into some sort of metal case. why would he be moving all the money and why is there so much being moved. Last one was of someone wrapping bundles of money around a semi naked women who looks as if shes being forced to do this. why are they wrapping her in money?For action codes you see a expensive Lamborghini speeding down the road crashing into objects while driving half of the road. This shows that he was in a hurry to get to his destination. You see around the 1:30 mark of the trailer that things start to get out of control as fights break out between partners and the gun being loaded. this all makes the viewers see the outcome of everything that has been shown.  

wolf of wall street representation

 The Wolf of Wall Street

How are American business men represented? Why?
They are shown as just wanting money and to buy expensive things that they don't need. It shows them also as people that scam other people for their money. Also they are shown as spoiled and greedy for money and reckless for how they spend the money.
How is the idea of the American Dream represented? Why?
The america dream is shown as just for the money and success in life. It is shown as only making a few people rich by gambling to become wealthy and teh rest seem poor and not have that much. This is shown as wasteful as in the trailer hes throwing money into a bin and the bin was almost full of money.
How are the 1980s represented? Is the film critical of a certain mentality or way of life? Why?
it shows how you can have not much in the beginning but in a few weeks or months you can have billions to spend so it shows how your lifestyle can change quickly. The 1980s are shown as the time when people would scam each others and it would be about the wealth and the stuff that you own.
 How are black characters represented? Why?
 in the trailer no black characters are shown and that could be showing what more higher class people thought of black people or that white people didnt want to associate with black people. Not seeing any black people besides one black waiter who serves someone at a higher classy restaurant. This can show that black people didtn ahve the access to the wealth that wall street gave other people.
How is the dwarf represented (person with a disability)? Why?
They are shown as not being respected and that they dont care about other peoples conditions. This shows that they only care about themselves and that they do it for their own pleasure and entertainment. They are treated like this because the money and power has changed what they think of other people because they think they can do what they want because they're rich.
How is the USA represented?  Why?
The USA are shown as not really caring because they let it go on for so long so it shows that people can get away with things that happen there and that they wont take action until it goes on for too long. That makes them seem a bit lazy because they dont do anything because theyre lazy.
How are women represented? Is the film sexist? Why?
I think that the movie is kind of sexist to women because they are only used for partys as strippers and people that they can have a one night stand with. Also the movie doesnt have any girls that are stock brokers so that makes them seem not as good because they purposely had all males work for him and become millionaires too





                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

film trailer and poster analysis

Central image:

The central image shows Leonardo Dicaprios character with his arms crossed and he's staring at the camera looking powerful and in the background you can see all of the co works behind him causing mayhem with him not caring. This gives the idea that his character doesn't care about anything and how he's makes him look rich because he's at work yet he's having party's. The clothes that he's wearing compared to all the people around him makes him look like the only mature hard working person in the building but hes also smirking almost likes hes better then everyone else because hes got what he wants hes got all his money and thats all he needs while looking straight at you . The audience would want his character to be like this because then in the movie it would have him causing chaos partying with naked women and getting drunk at work. This movie would seem to appeal more to males then females because more males are going to want to see him party with half naked women who can be classed as co works because they are like a part of his everyday job after everything is done and while hes drunk and still make money off it.

Title:
I think that the reason for this title is that wolfs are know as brave and do what ever they can to survive and the main character in this movie can be referred to on because of how he acts because he is all about the money and will do whatever he needs to just so he can make money.
Also the title 'The wolf of wall street' but the 'The wolf 'is in bold this part of the title could explain how he acts like the saying lone wolf in the movie he starts of by himself and how he makes money with his own hard work even though he scams rich people but the way that's bold 

could have something to do with his character. 

Release date:
it doesnt have a official release date but they could be doing that to make you keep checking to see when the movies coming out also the poster looks as if its going to be a good movie so that could make them want to watch it even more. so that might be why it says in cinemas soon because then you wont forget about the movie because you'll keep thinking if the movies out yet.

Man of Steel (2013)

Man of Steel (2013)

Genre
action, adventure and fantasy

Narrative
 The trailer has superman his enemy who was the leader of the army force of his planet those are the main characters of the movie and superman is the typical hero of the action movie who needs to get rid of the villain to save humanity or a certain someone.

Iconography
in the trailer you can see mainly everything being destroyed and things blowing up and mass destruction like you would see in an action movie and you can see people that are in fear that are trying not to be killed and it shows them panicking.

Setting
in the setting you can see that it starts of with a threat like usual that something bad will happen if the bad guys dont get what they want. straight away after though you can see that everything has already been turned upside down and all the chaos that has been caused just because of someone not being found.

Despicable Me 2 (2013)

Despicable me 2

Genre
animation, comedy and family

Narrative
The characters in this movie are 3 little girls, the minions, a women whos a secret agent and gru the dad of the 3 little girls. The father was to be a villain but now hes changed into a good person for his kids.

Iconography
in the trailer you can see that hes trying to be a good but at the same time hes not fully changed because you can see that he still carry's around weapons that could hurt other people aswell. where he lives looks like a nice friendly neighbour hood but then when you come past his house you can see that his house is the only dark and weird looking house which make his person seem different and it makes him have a funny look.

Setting
the setting of the trailer is in his house with his kids and night and hes tucking them in and hes showing that he is a caring and loving parent.

Sinister (2012)

Sinister (2012)

Genre:
Horror, mystery, thriller

Narrative:
The storyline of this movie is that an investigator has got onto a new case and he has moved houses and in the new house he found in the attic a box of old 8mm films that have family's deaths recorded on them. Now he is searching for someone who could perhaps be a serial killer.

Character:
The characters are a man who's a investigator and his wife and his two kid one boy who has trouble sleeping and he sleep walks in his nightmares too and his younger daughter whos going to have trouble working with her current family.

Iconography:
In the trailer you can see that the investigator is having trouble process everything that has happened and now he thinks he is hallucinating.Also the films show how the family's being killed and it involves typical horror scenes as walking into a dark room or something is shown jumping infortn of the screen.

Setting: 
most of the movie takes place in the house of where all of the deaths happened. Its mainly shows all of the darkest parts of the house such as the attic and the room where he watches all of the films.

camera shots

              This is the long shot (LS)

This is used to show the background of the setting and is used to show the main characters.

                  This is the wide shot (WS)

This shot is used to show someone or something is approaching or something is about happen also it shows a group of people and the background but in this scenario its only one person.
                                                                                           This is the medium shot (MS)

This is used to show a group of people or a person closer up so you can see the emotion in their face and what they are doing.        

       This is the over the shoulder shot (OTS)

This shot is used to show what someone is looking at or could be looking at and in this scene the guy that was with the girl is looking at the other guy who has just walked up to them. 



     This is the over the shoulder shot (OTS)

This shot is again used to show what another person is looking at but this time the guy that has just walked up to the couple is now staring at the guy who's with the girl.

          This is the medium shot (MS)

This shot shows the emotion in the characters face and what is happening in the scene and it shows a bit of the background so you know where they are. So in this scene the guy that walks up to the couple grips the couple guy from the blazer and he punches back and it has worked because you can see the emotion,