Watchmen movie intro

Key actions

• In the opening we see the superheroes in the film at the highest point of there fame and then slowly become infamous as the need for them slowly dies away. We see different actions from the heroes which give a background of how they were and how they are changing to become the people they are in the film. The narrative is moved forward through the use of music in the opening, the song in the opening (times are changing by Bob Dylan) gives you the feel for how the film will progress and how it could end.

Enigma codes

• The questions posed in the opening are who are the characters and how did they become who they are and what will happen to them in the film?

Characters

• Some of the main characters in the opening are the comedian, Dr Manhattan, nite owl, Ozymandias, Rorschach and silk spectre.

Cultural codes

• In the opening we are shown the different time periods that are shown within the film. The film is set from the 80’s to the present day. And takes place mainly in the US but for parts of the film it is set in Vietnam during the Vietnam war. And also due to some of the occurrences during the Vietnam war shown in watchmen leads Richard Nixon being re-elected as president.

Key themes

• The main themes within watchmen are:

• Power is one of the main themes within the film. Power Is shown in the opening through the way that the superheroes slowly lose power as the years go by showing there age and how they are not fit to protect the public anymore because they are slowly losing power.