Textual Analysis of IRONMAN

In the first three minuites of IRONMAN we notice many generic conventions throughout to give the audience an idea of what genre it is. Firstly we see large army trucks with machine guns, hand held machine guns, missiles, guns in general, explosions and knives, when we see these signs of generic conventions we automatically think that the genre is action.
At the start of the narrative the first shot sets the scene to give the audience an idea of where it is, then Tony Stark (main character) who is famous for making special millitairy weapons is sitting in a army truck with army men, they are all joking around when they want a picture with the Tony. Suddenly the army truck in front explodes and they are all under attack, the men try to protect the the truck and tony, however, they all die and blood is shown which shows that its is dangerous because of the colour red. Tony then trys to escape, however, doesn't succed and gets captures and injured by a bomb.
Throughout the first three minuites the audience becomes engaged into the film because of the sudden explosion, also what contributes to this is that most of the camera shots are shot as if you are Tony, the audience experience and feel what the Tony is going through and this helps you imagine what is actually happening and gives a more personal presperctive on the action which is happening.
Furthermore, the reprsentaion of Tony at the start we see him as a buisness man and an important man as he is dressed in a suit also he drinks a scotch drink which is very manly and mature. The lighting during these three minuites are all used using natural sun light they dont modify any lighting, however, as soon as he get captured the lighting drops increasingly to a blackness to create a gloomy and evil atmosphere within that scene.