The Hobbit opening scene analysis.

What/Who is being represented?
The Dwarven city of Dale is being represented through this scene.

How is it being represented?
It is represented as a nice and pleasant city. Then it gets attacked by a dragon.

Representation.
It is made to seem real and true with the extensive props and detail put into even the smallest of shots. The costumes are believable and the CGI used looks realistic. This coupled with the acting make the scene look believable and real. The city is in the foreground of the majority of the shots with the mountain and ocasionaly the dragon in the background. I dont think that dyers theory is relavent here as none os the sterotypes used ,such as dwarves with big long beards, occur in real life.It is the representation of the Dwarf people as you see there city being destroyed you feel sorry fpr them and suppport there side of the story. People understand that this is a bad scene because of the threatining music and the screams hered throug the opening scenes. I think in this scene some of the time you are made to look though the eyes of the male soilders on the walls of the city. Seimiotics are used throughout the scece. The city is full of vibrant colour and happy people to make people think that the city is very happy and neverreally hurts anyone. This makes the viewer feel even more sorry for the city when it gets destroyed. Semitotics such as the shine from the swords and the bright colours of the gold and flames give th idea that this is a fanatsy film and sets the tone for the rest of the film. Barthes theory agress with this trailer as at the start of the trailer the village looks very bright and almost angelic. This helps us to feel even more sorry for the village when it gets atacked by the dragon.