The Amazing Spider-Man (2002)

The Amazing Spider-Man (2002)
The Hero& His Special abilities:
In The Amazing Spider-Man film, there are various common features of a superhero film used. Spider-man is the hero in this comic; he has the special ability to climb walls like spider, he also has super strength and agility. He uses his extrodinary powers to fight crime and defeat the evil villain ( Green Goblin).
Backstory/Alter ego:
At the beginning of Spirderman, he is known as Peter Parker; an ordinary boy, until he gets bitten by a rare spider on a science trip. He experiences lots of changes over the night, and wakes up a superhero. From then, he has an alter ego, meaning that he has a 2nd identity!
Costume: 
When fighting crime, Spirderman wears a red and blue costume. The colour red can portray danger however it can also imply love. I believe that both of these descriptions suit Spiderman. He wears a mask to keep his identity as Peter Parker a secret. The spider on his chest reflects his super powers.
Setting:
Spiderman was set in New York City; an extreme long shot was used for us to establish this. Also, the majority of the scenes in Spiderman are set in the city, often outdoors when he is spiderman, but in his home as Peter Parker.
Lighting:
Often when Spiderman is fighting crime, there is low key lighting to imply action and gives the scene a tense atmosphere. Also it can make characters look mysterious by highlighting and shading certain sections on their body and face. On the other hand, the scenes involving Peter Parker are usually set in daytime therefore there is usually high key lighting. High key lighting shows a calmer atmosphere.
Diegetic/Non-diegetic Sound:
In the film, there is not much non-diegetic sound; some scenes had background music, but not many. However, a lot of diegetic sound is used. An example of this is gun shots and punching to portray action.
Camera shots:
In the amazing Spider-man, multiple camera shots are used. Low angle shots are used to make spiderman look bigger and powerful. A two shot was used when Spiderman and MJ kiss to establish their relationship. When Spiderman first gets his powers, an extreme close up on his rists was used to establish where his powers where coming from and what they are.
Villain:
The Green Goblin is the villain of this comic. He uses his powers to hurt and kill people. He wears a green metalic costume with yellow glowing, evil-looking eyes, to suggest that he is the villain. His special power is the ability to fly and shoot bolts of energy from his hands. Throughout the film Green Goblin attempts to kill Spiderman, but he fails to do so.

Todorov's Theory

Todorov's Theory

Chosen book: Taken
Basic outline of the plot: The man character, Brian's (a retired CIA operator) daughter gets kidnapped whilst on holiday with her friend. Her father goes on a mission to find her. 

Equlibrium:
Kim and her best friend go on holiday and stay in an apartment, after they arrive at the airport, they tell a few local men where they are staying and the men take them to their apartment.

Distruption:
Kim rings her father since she can see her friend getting attacked through the window. Brian tells Kill that she will be taken by the men and he tries to save her by instructing her ehat to do, however it does not work.

Recognition:
Kim's father, Brian, tells the kidnapper that he will find him and kill him.

Repair:
Brian sets out to find Kim and he searches for her and is faced with some obsticles throughout his journey.

New Equilibrium:
He saves Kim and kills the majority of the kidnappers.

Marvel and DC comics

Marvel
Marvel Worldwide Inc is an American publisher of comic books and related media. In 2009, The Walt Disney Company bought Marvel Entertainment. Martin Goodman founded the company as Timely Productions in 1939. Some of marvel's most famous characters are Wolverine, Iron Man, Captain Amercia, Spider-man and The Hulk, and their famous teams are the Avengers, the Fantastic Four, the Guardiens Of The Galaxy and the X-Men. Most of the characters are set in real-life cities. An example of this is is Spider-man, the fantastic four, the avengers, daredevil and Dr.Strange are based in New York City. Over the years, marvel has created obver 200 superheroes, and has 42 films based on Marvel Comics! 

3 Marvel + DC Facts
1)Marvel Comics and DC cosmics have co-owned the trademark for the phrase "superhero" since 
1881. 
2)From 2002-2006,  60.6 million DC or Marvel comics were sold.
3)In 1969, the most sold superhero comic was Superman, DC, with 511,984 sales. The 5th most sold was Marvels Spider-man, with 372,352 sales.

DC
Dc Comics, Inc. is an American comic book publisher. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment, a company of Warner Bros, which itself is owned by Time Warner. In the late 1934 or early 1935,DC was founded by Malcom Wheeler-Nicholson as national allied publications. the initials "DC" come from the company's popular series Detective Comics. DC have some of the most well-known characters, including Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Flash, Green Lantern, Aquaman, Shazam, Hawkman and Green arrow. DC characters are often set in fantasy places, such as Gotham. There have been 115 DC superheroes and 29 films based on DC Comics!