11/5/2011- classwork

What makes an action hero-

The hero must be able to fight  and to be able to react quickly and think of solutions on the spot, they also need to be experienced so to cope with the dangers he come across.

Pirates of the Caribbean. - the curse of the black pearl

Jack Sparrow- not the stereotypical hero, but being one of the main protagonists he has all the necessities that a hero has.
He can think on the spot- when Will (Orlando Bloom) asks him to help him find elizabeth jack comes up with an idea steal a ship- and goes under water with a wooden boat above their heads. then while purposely failing to steal the boat - the commodore comes along to stop him and boards the ship- jack and will then switch ships.
he can fight and fend for himself- for instance the fight with Captain Barbossa at the end- the sword fight at isle de murta- and there again he had stolen a coin from the aztec case so he cant die in the fight he knew that was coming.

Leadership- he's able to persuade his friend at Tortuga to find him a ship crew.
And even though that there is a pirate code that who falls behind has to be left, his ship mates come for him at the end to rescue him from his scheduled hanging.

All these statements are stereotypically tied with heros.

I had chosen Jack Sparrow from the Pirates of the Caribbean as he's not the stereotype of a hero- i personally thinks he's a twisted version of one and occasionally puts on an act that he's not the good guy and is only doing it for himself but in the his true side does come out.
what makes him more heroic is that he comes up with the most weirdest and odd ideas that to me, he's my favourite hero.

     

Icons: 

Johnny Depp- dressed up as Jack Sparrow- he's become an icon himself for the Pirates of the Caribbean 

batman - the bat icon

harry potter- his scar - his wand- his glasses- harry potter himself- Ron and hermione. 

iconography-  

 

Image of Russell Crowe in the Gladiator. -

ready for a fight - wearing gladiator armour - shows that theres violence, fighting/action taking place-  it looks like he's in an arena- getting ready for a battle with another gladiator.  

the image of the the gladiator is an icon for the gladiator film - with his armour and his sword 

- him being the gladiator.- this makes it exciting for the audience as it suggests with his body language that he's confident about the battle he's about to do.