Indiana Jones and The Raiders of The Lost Ark

Indiana Jones and The Raiders Of The Lost Ark.

In the opening two minutes of Raiders of the Lost Ark, the first show is an establishing one, by the silhouette of who we believe is Indiana Jones. The footage is quite dark giving a spooky effect to the location; this is accompanied by a misty haze, probably caused on purpose toad effect. Indiana Jones’ clothes look cleaner than those following him; this gives us the impression that he’s the hierarchy. We also notice all the actors looking behind them constantly, this makes the audience begin to connote what could possibly be out there.   

The audio used is interesting as it starts off quite calm, but also has a spooky hint to it, fitting the audio codes that most Action films follow. The soundtracks pace increases as the you near to the end of their journey, it then increases dramatically as a man uncovers a stone statue, giving the audience the impression that something exciting was about to happen.

The producers used a range of different shot types to emphasise how deep in the Jungle the actors were, no close-ups were used to identify any characters, although there was one cut where the focus was on an arrow stuck in a tree in front of the Jungle Explorers. Most of the shots involve panning or tracking following the characters through the Jungle.