Online Asynchronous Section
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In Person Section
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Media Analysis LecturesOnline Section
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Analysis Practice
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Analysis PracticeJohn, a former hired assassin for the Russian mob, managed to get out of the game (so he could be with his love) by completing an impossible task. At the time of this scene, his wife is recently dead. He is grieving when some young Russian men (the son of the mob boss) break into his home, kill the puppy John's dead wife sent him, steal his car, and beat him up. John will not abide this kind of indignity. In this scene, we see one the mob boss tell his son what a mistake he made.
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Analysis: Think about how camera angle, color, symbol, and light and dark all work together in this scene. In what ways does this scene portray John Wick as powerful?
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Analysis Practice
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In this Scene: Joan is freshly married so she is leaving her job (head secretary) at the ad agency. The office throws her a going away party. Simultaneously, an ad man lands the John Deere account and someone brings a tractor into the office to celebrate. A new secretary gets on it, rides it, and severs a man's foot. That man is with some cohorts from a London company. Joan goes to the hospital with this man. This scene shows Don (the protagonist) arriving at the hospital where Joan awaits.
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