This video clip includes the "suspenseful" chase scene between an ignorant Jake in his new Avatar body, and a ferocious Thanator, one of Pandora's many deadly beasts. Shortly after the group arrives, Jake is immediately separated from his fellow researchers, and is targeted by the animal who seems determined on ripping Jake apart. The scene goes on to show the chase between them as Jake uses his "bad ass" military skills to escape the creatures deadly jaws. The clip ends with Jake jumping from the cliff of a waterfall to evade the beast. The clip illustrates a typical action packed chase scene full of violence, guns, and the typical "just barely made it" getaway. So knowing he is the main character, and has no chance of actually dying in this scene, how is it able to still completely captivate the viewer? Through the scenes rhetoric and representation,the audience is captured by the allure of excitement and fantasy as the stories hero is faced with his first major battle in the wilderness of Pandora. When you really pick apart some of the methods the film uses to entrance viewers, it becomes clear the hold films can have over people.
One thing I picked up on was the immense imagery they are able to pack into the rapid moving screen shots. The amount of greenery, thick forest backdrop, sounds of snapping and shattering trees, detail of setting... its like a sensory overload that works like a fast moving highway, constantly changing as you try and keep up. Another cleverly used tool is the use of slow motion at specific moments of impact. As Jake makes his clever escape by unlatching his backpack, and then jumps off a cliff just in the nick of time, the scene noticeably slows as these key points of escape take flight. It allows for the viewer to take a momentary pause from the fast pace action to take in the impressive getaways of the films hero as he begins his conquest of this new world. And finally, the end of the scene as Jake surfaces from the rapid waters, looking up at the creature he just narrowly escaped. The thanator snarls from a superior height down upon the intruder, symbolizing the dangers Jake is about to en dour on this foreign ground, but also showing the audience the heroic potential to come from his ability to adapt so quickly.
All of these tools work together to persuade the audience into this fantasy world, which is so new and filled with adventure that they become captivated by a conflict they actually know the outcome of. This scene is ultimately used to convey to viewers the real world and danger of Pandora, while still shadowing the hero of the story as he enters this mysterious world. It leaves people wanting more action, more storyline, and ultimately more Pandora.
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