Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief (The movie 2010)

Characters Emphasized: Percy, Annabeth, Grover, Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, Chiron



Characters Minimized: Sally, Gabe, Luke, Athena, Medusa



Naration: The movie was in omniscient. The first reason i feel it was in omniscient was because there was no voice over narrator. Another reason is because there were some scenes in the movie where Percy was not present. Even thought many scences had Percy in them, there were not from his poit of view, so it wasn't from first person or third person.



Reoccuring images: An image that kept reoccuring was Percy, Grover, and Annabeth traveling together. The three always seemed to be together throughout the film was because they were on the same quest.



Use of music/sound effects: The music and sound effects varied throughout the movie. When a calm scene was going on, or when there was no fighting, the music was very calm and nothing was going on. When a serious discussion was happening the music was very dark. The dark music would start to get louder when something suspenseful was about to happen. When the suspence happens, the music turned very loud for a moment, then lost its volume again. When fighting was going the music was very loud and suspenceful to make the fighting more appealing. The sound effects were used to match elements in the film. For example the soud of thounder was very loud to symbolize Zeus. The sound of water would also be uses to symbolize Poseidon, and also when Percy would be using water to fight.



Description of shot: One of the shots used in the film was a low angle shot. The shot was used to show the Empire State building, and it was used to show how big the building is and aslo to symbolize its importance as the entrance to Olympus. The same shot was also used as a point of view shot, because it was shown through the view of Poseidon as he was walking towards the building and looking up at it.