Jacks Gran Torino Deconstruction

The film opens up with the opening titles which are in bold white on a black background.This automatically makes the audience think that the film could be about a bold statement. Warner bro's are the production company and when the audience see this they automatically notice its a well known production company which makes them want to see more.

The opening scene consists of a church, then inside the church there is a man playing a piano, we see there are people in the church for a service. The audience dosn't know how to feel yet as they do not know what the service is for. We then see a picture of a woman on top of a coffin. The audience then knows that it is a funeral service. We then see a man stood at the front of the church. We presume that he is the husband of the wife that has passed away. This makes the audience feel sympathy for the husband.

People are then entering the church and curtseying at the front in front of the coffin. As people sit down, the husband still stays stood at the front of the church. This shows the audience that people had respect for the woman that had passed away apart from one of the kids.

There is then a small dialogue between two men sat down, the audience think that they are his sons as they mention the word 'dad' during dialogue. After this peice of dialogue the service is about to begin as the man on the organs stops and the priest enters and stands at the front. The audience then know the service is going to begin as everyone becomes silent when the priest enters. The priest has a small bit of dialogue to say from the bible to the people at the service. But while he is doing this, one of the kids is busy on their phone paying no respect at all to the service. This puts her in a bad light to the audience for the film. During the service the husband of the wife is sat on an aisle with people but with a large gap between them. Showing the audience that he wants to be on his own to think and reflect her life.

The scene then switches from the church to a house. We all presume that the house belongs to the widow. It the shows inside where there is a small congregation of friends and family. This shows the audience that they are there to support him through a tough time you would think but really his son and his wife are after his house......

Jack