Pain & Gain is a 2013 American biographical crime comedy-drama film produced by Paramount Pictures in 2013. Directed by Michael Bay and starring Mark Wahlberg as Daniel Lugo, Dwayne Johnson as Paul Doyle, and Anthony Mackie as Adrian Doorbaal. The film is based on a true story Pete Collins published in a 1999 series of Miami New Times articles, which shows the kidnapping, extortion, torture, and murder of several victims by a robbery gone wrong, by an organised group of bodybuilder criminals associated with the Sun Gym. The film's title is a play on the commonly used motivational phrase, frequently used in fitness: "No pain, no gain". The genre would be Action/Drama with some comedy elements to it and based on crime. And the target audience would include Crime Action lovers due to the tense but fast paced as well as people interested in how this story evolves as it is based on a true story.
Firstly we see an establishing shot of Wahlberg doing sit ups halfway up the wall on the roof of the notorious 'Sun Gym'.
This is a close up shot of Wahlberg doing his sit ups, the effect of using a close up of his face at this part is to add reality as you see him straining showing that the routine he's doing is hard and painful. This part could be seen as inspirational as his life was all about getting bigger and stronger so it's showing how hard you have to work to be like him.
This shot is a POV (Point of View) shot of Wahlberg turning his head around from being upside down as he has spotted the police cars and vans pulling up to the side of him. The shot and the turning of the camera is done very realistically.
At this point Wahlberg notices the mess he is in as all these police and SWAT teams are coming for him. This headshot perfectly shows how he is feeling at this point showing his shocked and helpless expression and that he needs to think of something quick to survive.
This shot is a handheld camera shot so it is quite jerky as it shows Wahlberg running erratically away from the police so the camera is mirroring this to show panic.
This is a wide shot that shows the first bit of key detail which is that it's set at in 'JUNE 17, 1995' and shows the police SWAT team jumping out of their truck with their guns and weapons. They are all wearing green/black uniforms almost looking like an army outfit, they are padded and are visibly strong men to show they have power over Wahlberg.
This shot is really zoomed out from the target (Wahlberg) as he jumps from the roof in order to try and escape the police, this is to show the height at which he is jumping from as in the shot his body looks small showing how far away the camera has to be to catch this.
This is another close up of Wahlberg's face showing his anger and panic. He knows that he will probably not come out of this situation well as he is blocked off in all corners but this face is showing that he will not go down without a fight.
This is the last shot of the opening sequence showing Wahlberg running from the police but getting hit by a police car. This part is shown in slow motion therefore we are able to see all his expressions very clear. And this slow motion is a completely opposite of the camera movement from the rest of the opening sequence which was very fast paced and jerky.
This opening sequence would be classed as Non-Linear as although we kind of understand what is happening as we can see someone clearly running from the police, however we do not know any details of who this is or what he has done as this is actually a scene from the end of film as after it shows Wahlberg in the gym therefore it leaves the audience confused and wondering why he is running from the police, and leaves the rest of the film to unravel this.
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