Film Analysis - Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol

Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol

Shot Types

• Over the shoulder
• Action Match
• Wide Shot
• Close Up
• Focus Pull
• Two Shot

Titles

This film is very action packed and the creators seem to want to give the viewer a preview of what is to come in the titles of this film, Firstly the scene is setup to show the background story set in a prison, The titles create a flash through the film and each stage. The opening scene is also used to create a contrast later in the film. The team are breaking one of their agents out of a prison and they are given every resource to do so. This is a contrast to later on in the film where the team are forced to go back to basics when all their unit is disbanded and they are without any support other than each other. The titles then go to the gallery of scenes and sets from the film as the camera pans across a burning wire, The burning wire is used to create a sense of time being limited and running out which is a main theme throughout the film

Music

The music in the opening scene creates a relaxed mood all the way throughout the opening sequence, This is to further enhance the sense of control that the team posses. The music that is played by a member of the team mocks the prison guards playing the men who are stereotypically in control at the bottom of the chain of command in the prison. During the titles the theme music of the film series plays while scenes and sets of the film are flashed along a burning wire. 

Mise en Scene

This movie uses props and scenes to provide a more exciting theme to the viewer, The type of enemy in your classic action spy film are running out of a rather rundown abounded warehouse whereas this film creates an enemy that will change how the viewer sees the balance of power between the two sides.

The enemy in this film are wealthy, smart and very powerful. They are provided with all the equipment that they need and have no shortage of expendable men. 

The power swings the advantage over to the enemy creating an irregular balance of power providing the viewer with more tension as not only do the intelligence team have to beat their enemy, They now have to do it outnumbered and outgunned.

The sets used show how the enemy is not intimidated by the intelligence team but simply ignore their actions and continue with their business meeting in very expensive luxurious hotels.

Target Audience

The target audience of this film would be fans of the previous films in the franchise and fans of any film which involves a lot of action from hidden divisions of policing. The film doesn't contain large amounts of gore or violence but is just classic clean action.

Distribution

The film is distributed by Paramount Pictures who focus on medium to large budget films such as the Transformers Trilogy but have been known in the past to invest on lower budget films such as the Paranormal Activity franchise. The movie was budgeted at 145 Million USD which would be considered to be a large budget film.

Social Groups

Other than criminals and the MI6 team no other social groups have been heavily represented in this film, The criminals are represented as mentally insane as they become drunk with power and are excommunicated for being too extreme.

Audience Expectations

I think that expectations would have been high for this film with 3 films from the franchise before it the audience would be expecting something that would better previous performances in story and special effects.