FULL METAL JACKET (1987)

…A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the Vietnam war on his fellow Marine recruits from their brutal basic training to the bloody fighting set in 1968 Hue, Vietnam.
(http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093058/)

Themes of movie : Duality Of Man / Dehumanization / Stupidity Of War

Director: STANLEY KUBRICK
Writers: GUSTAV HASFORD and STANLEY KUBRICK
Star: MATTHEW MODINE as Pvt. Joker
VINCENT D’ONOFRIO as Pvt. Pyle
ARLISS HOWARD as Pvt. Cowboy


…..I am going to analysis in the part of Pyle was hit when he is sleeping by all of his friends because of they angry with Pyle that always do the mistake and Sgt. Hartman order that every time Pyle do mistake all of Marines will be punished instead of Pyle
the point is Marines revenge Pyle.

Descriptive analysis

Duration:
0:28:30 – 0:30:10 (1.40 mins)

Description:
At the start of this scene Joker lay down on his bed in awaking condition then he was get from his bed for look and check Pyle is he sleep tire(Pyle’s bed is above Joker’s bed). Then the scene changing to in another corner of bed room that have Cowboy looking at Joker next he and five to seven marines getting up and walking with silently to Pyle’s bed then Cowboy climb to Pyle’s bed stand at in front of Pyle’s head and bundle Pyle’s mouth with the rope at the same time with 4 Marines
Use the blanket to catch and lock Pyle’s body after that many of Marines with soap cover with towel in theirs hand come to Pyle and start to hit him with non-stop so
Pyle is waking up because of suffering and hurting from many hits of revenger Marines anyway Pyle can not move he try to move after hit to Pyle Marines getting back to theirs bed just only 2 people Cowboy and Joker are the last stay. At first of action of Joker he was stay still and not start to hit to Pyle’s body until Cowboy said
“DO IT” so Joker did it. He hit at Pyle’s body six times with max power. After that everyone gone and this time Pyle’s unlocked now he was scream with suffer and use his two hands touch at his body and crying like a baby who hit by cruel mother.The last scene was move to Joker he was lay down on his bed and he heard Pyle screaming and crying so he use his two hands for close his two ears because he did not want to hear.

Mise-en-scene:

Setting - In the night sleeping time(black white and grey color)
- The bed room
- Pyle’s bed (double bed Pyle use on top)
- Pillow
- Blanket (Cowboy and Marines use blanket for locking Pyle body)
- Rope (Cowboy use rope to shut Pyle up by bundle at Pyle’s mouth)
- Soap cover with towel(instrument of hitting)

Costume – White t-shirt (every Marines wear)
-White-shorts may be it is call boxer (every Marines wear)
-Eye glasses (only Cowboy and Joker wearing it)

Lighting -Natural (Night time)

Sound - In mixing of Diegetic sound(Pyle crying sound) and also Non-diegetic
sound(music instrument and the coming sound is make movie become more
excite and the volume is very loud before fade after Marines start to hit at
Pyle)

Performance - Hitting, revenge


Cinematography

Shot - Medium shot( at the first scene Joker lay down on his bed and also Pyle
sleeping)
- Long shot( Using when Cowboy and some Marines walking from
another corner of the room to Pyle’s bed)

Movement – Panning (Using when Cowboy and some Marines walking from another
Corner of the the room to Pyle’s bed)

Camera Angle- High Angle


Depth - Using deep focus


Editing

LONG TAKE