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KEY INFORMATION

Title The Rock It is an interesting

title because it is the nickname of the
prison in which this film is set
Alcatraz Island.
Genre(s) Action, Thriller, Adventure
Production Company Hollywood
Pictures
An alternate
DVD cover for
The Rock

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Director Michael Bay
Main Lead Actor (s) Sean Connery,
Nicholas Cage and Ed Harris. Sean
Connery John Patrick Mason. Nicholas
Cage Stanley Goodspeed. Ed Harris
General Francis X Hummel.
A snapshot of one of
the best car chases
Ive seen in any film.

Shot types and Camera Angles

Low
angled
establishi
ng shot.

Group
shot.

Closeup.

This is effective because it shows

where the scene starts at a low
angle so that the people to the left
are silhouettes and the viewer cant
tell who or what they are .

This is effective because it

shows all of the soldiers
and the coffin that they
are carrying.
This is effective because
it shows how Hummel is
feeling and is
(potentially) planning
something that will get
him branded a
terrorist/traitor to
America.

Camera Movements
T
o
Panning right with Hummel in its view. This
enables the audience to see that he is a key
character to the story.

Transitions
To

Cut from 1st to 2nd snapshot. This then means

that the audience can see the different
settings.

Sound
Non-diegetic: Music, Radio-chatter.
Diegetic: Sergeant giving orders for
gunshots(21-gun-salute), Hummel
talking to his wifes grave.

Mise-en-scene

Set: A military graveyard.

Lighting: All natural and so quite dark.
Costumes: U.S marine formal dress.
Make-up: Gives a sad effect but little used.
Props: M4/M16 assault rifles, MOH (Medal of
Honour), rings, dog-tags, military helicopters.
Acting/Dialogue: Acting like military personnel,
Radio-Chatter is distressed, While Hummel talks
to his wifes grave he is calm and collected.

Other
On-screen GraphicCentrally located,
Rugged-looking text,
Orange, Fiery colours suits
genres,
All blocky capitals.
Zooms in to the text.
Shows that Hummel has given up his
MOH. The viewer can assume from
here that he is doing something that
can have him called a terrorist. Why
else would anyone give up an MOH
than if there were
deserting/betraying/defecting from
their country or if they felt that they
no longer deserved said medal.

PLOT
The film is about Stanley Goodspeed (played by Nicholas
Cage), a nerve gas scientist, who, with the help of ex-prisoner
of Alcatraz John Patrick Mason (played by Sean Connery)
breaks into Alcatraz and SPOILER and SPOILER. This all
happens because an ex-military general, Francis X Hummel,
takes control of the prison and demands a ransom to be
given to the families of dead soldiers who were never given
any compensation after their loved ones die in covert-ops.
After the scene in
which the viewer sees
the effect of the VX
Nerve Toxin on the
human body by
watching one of
Hummels men die
after being exposed.

Distributers.
Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Brazil) (DVD)
Buena Vista Home Entertainment (1996) (Spain) (DVD)
Buena Vista Home Video (1997) (Netherlands) (VHS)
Buena Vista Home Video (1997) (Sweden) (VHS)
Buena Vista Home Video (2001) (Sweden) (DVD)
Divisa Home Video (2014) (Spain) (DVD)
Hollywood Pictures Home Video (1997) (Netherlands) (VHS)
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (2002) (Sweden)
(DVD)
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (2007) (Sweden)
(Blu-ray) (DVD)
Buena Vista Pictures (1996) (USA) (theatrical)
Buena Vista International (Sweden) (1996) (Sweden)
(theatrical)
Buena Vista International (1996) (Argentina) (theatrical)
Buena Vista International (1996) (Germany) (theatrical)
Buena Vista International (1996) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
Gaumont Buena Vista International (GBVI) (1996) (France)
(theatrical)
Lauren film (1996) (Spain) (theatrical)
Hollywood Pictures Home Video (1996) (USA) (VHS) (pan and
scan)
Hollywood Pictures Home Video (1996) (USA) (video)

Johns
interrogation

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American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1999) (USA) (TV)
Buena Vista Home Entertainment (2001) (UK) (DVD)
Walt Disney Home Video (2001) (USA) (DVD)
Touchstone Home Video (2002) (Germany) (DVD)
Walt Disney Home Video (2002) (USA) (VHS) (widescreen)
Hollydan Works (2003) (Yugoslavia) (DVD)
Criterion Collection, The (2004) (USA) (DVD)
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (2007) (Japan) (DVD)
Hollywood Pictures Home Entertainment (2008) (USA) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (2008) (Canada) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (2008) (USA) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
Abril Vdeo (Brazil) (VHS)
Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Brazil) (DVD)
Buena Vista Home Entertainment (1996) (Spain) (DVD)
Buena Vista Home Video (1997) (Netherlands) (VHS)
Buena Vista Home Video (1997) (Sweden) (VHS)
Buena Vista Home Video (2001) (Sweden) (DVD)
Divisa Home Video (2014) (Spain) (DVD)
Hollywood Pictures Home Video (1997) (Netherlands) (VHS)
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (2002) (Sweden) (DVD)
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (2007) (Sweden) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
Encore Entertainment (1997) (UK) (video) (laserdisc)

The scene in which

Mason and
Goodspeed remove
the deadly VX
nerve-toxin from a
rocket.

CONT. MORE
Encore Entertainment (1997) (UK) (video) (laserdisc)
Gativideo (1997) (Argentina) (VHS)
Hollywood Pictures Home Video (1997) (Germany) (video) (laserdisc)
Hollywood Pictures Home Video (1997) (USA) (DVD)
Walt Disney Home Video (1997) (USA) (VHS)
Hollywood Pictures Home Video (1998) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1999) (USA) (TV)
Buena Vista Home Entertainment (2001) (UK) (DVD)
Walt Disney Home Video (2001) (USA) (DVD)
Touchstone Home Video (2002) (Germany) (DVD)
Walt Disney Home Video (2002) (USA) (VHS) (widescreen)
Hollydan Works (2003) (Yugoslavia) (DVD)
Criterion Collection, The (2004) (USA) (DVD)
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (2007) (Japan) (DVD)
Hollywood Pictures Home Entertainment (2008) (USA) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (2008) (Canada) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (2008) (USA) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
Abril Vdeo (Brazil) (VHS)
Walt Disney Home Video (1997) (USA) (VHS)
Hollywood Pictures Home Video (1998) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
Gativideo (1997) (Argentina) (VHS)
Hollywood Pictures Home Video (1997) (Germany) (video) (laserdisc)
Hollywood Pictures Home Video (1997) (USA) (DVD)

A birds-eyed-view
over the exprison.