In the opening scene of the Warriors we are
immediately introduced to the hyperbole of this film. The film opens up to a
comic book story board which is where the film does originate from however they
include this to re-enforce the fantasy gangster genre. The gang ‘The Warriors’
are immediately compared to soldiers in the Greeks day of 401 BC we can see a
clear contrast in time and comparison the comic book image of the wonder wheel
turns into real life as the film begins. A train begins to flow across the screen
title L to R telling the audience that we will see traveling on a train , this
is the form of transport that ‘The Warriors’ will use. The film is filmed at
night so hard lighting plays on the mood of this film being very dark and
scary. The mise-en-scene used shows a heavily graffitied environment
exaggerating on how gangs/ rough area’s appeal to the eye. ‘The Warriors’ are
all wearing the same leather vest as costume with the warriors on the back of
their vests showing that they are all part of the one gang, this shows that
they are proud to be stuck wearing the same as others as it shows belonging a
cut is used to then show the other gangs some of which are all dressed in
purple , mime look alike , cadets
uniform , Koreans , bright yellow jock jackets, silver jackets.
When using this amount of costume to differentiate the gangs from each other
and in groups all wearing the same we can clearly see that they all belong to
their own gangs. Costume is heavily used through out this film as it separates
the gangs , this has been shown from the minimalistic to the exaggerated for
instance one of the gangs wear jeans and vest tops however the baseball furies
are covered in face paint in baseball outfits with a bat the costume difference
ad make-up also show the exaggeration on the gangs as they are all wearing the
same clothes to belong to one unit. All of the gangs have been called for to
have a meeting with Cyrus who has the biggest gang in the city. We see a
gathering of 9 reps from each gang a gathering of 900 at this meeting many
other gangs. This clearly shows an exaggeration in number of gang members in
one area , the meeting clearly depicts the issues of the gangs wanting to
become one and take over the police force by doing this they will all become
equal not as little gangs but one gang just back to normal life really. This
film uses the radio as a form of medium to tell the story and give messages to
other gangs , theses scene’s show clips of a woman’s lips next to a microphone
giving the messages across not directly but with hidden meanings such as the
opening scene of the radio DJ saying ‘ alright now , for all you bumpers out
there in the big city , all you street
people with an ear for the action . I’ve been asked to release a request from
the Gramercy Riffs , it’s a special for The Warriors that’s that real live
bunch from Cony and I do mean The Warriors here’s a hit with them in mind’ and
plays track on a record player which may suggest a time in which the film was
set in , the lighting used in the shots are of red tints showing a colour connotation
of danger to the messages by using this medium to publish the messages it
allows everyone to know what is going on , making them aware and involving them
which is where we see the story play when The Warriors are getting hunted down
by many gangs as they believe that they killed Cyrus this message glamorizes how
a message can be sent to everyone as this Is on the radio is can’t be hidden
from the police force however we don’t see much action from the law side
suggestion a one sided story of the gangs views by using a female to tell the
story hints to a seductive manor of telling especially as the only thing in
shot is her lips.
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