task 4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S71zfCAagZg

I have chosen to do Kung Fu Hustle as my violent text
Kung Fu Hustle is an action packed film which has many violent scenes. However the musical in the background goes with the fight scene adding a humorous feel to the scene as if it was no big deal. There is a lot of kung fu in this scene where you are continuously faced with moves that are made to look extremely painful. This is done by adding exaggeration to the scene, as they use non diegetic sounds of bone cracking and breaking, this then is injected to the readers brain to make them feel and think as if the fight scene is serious and real. This makes the scene look and sound a lot more serious and frightening as the audiences are repeatedly listening to the crackling of bones and painful noises made by the men.

As the audiences are lead to believe it is a painful and violent scene, it also injects the idea that it is real, this is done through the visual effects used, where the actors are fly kicking in mid air and taking on a group of 500 people at once. The audiences are aware that realistically it is fake, however the film makes it look real as they are literally touching each other at every action move, whereas in the past they would hit from a distance in a fight scene. Also, the blood shown on screen seems fake but is then thought to be real, as once again the action presented seems so real. However there is also a hegemonic structure present, of who is most powerful. Which in this case is the three men who take on an army of other men alone. This presents them as most powerful and follows the conventions of being the protagonist as they are represented as the heroes. The over exaggeration of sound effects can lead to the audience being desensitised as they may not realise how dangerous this kung fu fight could be if in any case it were to happen in real life or if anyone to actually carry out any kung fu or karate.