"Rise of the Planet of the Apes" analysis exercises

Ruben 2022-03-22 09:01:06

The whole movie is one and a half hours long, about 120 minutes.

The first 10 minutes of the movie show how the whole story will unfold:

First, a set of beautiful shots showing tropical rain forests, people hunt gorillas from their growing environment, and then the shots take us into the laboratory where the experiment is being carried out. The performance of the gorilla, we know that the experiment has made a breakthrough, the protagonist takes us to his boss, we know that this experiment is a commercial funding project, the most important role of drugs is not to treat diseases and save people, but to bring profits .
With the protagonist’s report on funding and the cross-editing of "Ming Eye" in the laboratory, the situation became more and more critical. Eventually, "Ming Eye" was shot and killed, and the project was forced to terminate. This is the first plot point of the transition from the'beginning' to the'building' part, and the protagonist has encountered obstacles.

The movie ends here, exactly about 10 minutes.


Subsequently, the scene changes and the camera shows the home of the protagonist, and the audience learns that the protagonist did not kill the young Caesar. We also learned that the protagonist studied this medicine because of his father’s Alzheimer’s disease. This is the protagonist’s needs and his motivation.
The following fragment shows the subtle relationship between Caesar and the protagonist’s father. In this passage, the protagonist’s father named Caesar and discovered Caesar’s super long intelligence. The link below is a longer transitional passage, with the protagonist’s experimental recording as a growth segment that runs through to Caesar, until the next plot point is encountered.

(1) At 16 minutes into the film, there was a small incident that was the deterioration of the protagonist’s father’s condition. The protagonist’s solution was to secretly take a few cans of experimental medicine 112 that had been forced to stop from the laboratory for his father’s use. .

With the smooth piano sound of the father, we know that the protagonist's father's condition has made a breakthrough.

(2) Another small wave followed: the young and curious Caesar ran to the neighbor's house, and the neighbor was frightened and injured. The injured Caesar led us to the heroine's clinic, and then ushered in the most relaxing and pleasant passage of the entire film.

The movie is here for 20 minutes.

The family took Caesar to the red shirt forest, where Caesar was granted permission for the first time. With a quick special show, Caesar grew up, the whole film ushered in the next stage, and the movie is here. It's 25 minutes.


After growing up, Caesar began to doubt his identity. The protagonist told Caesar his true identity. At this time, Caesar was no longer a child, he had his own thoughts and requirements, and the focus of the movie shifted to Caesar.
When Caesar examines his unique birthmark in the mirror, the movie reaches the 29th minute.
----------------------The construction part is over

(3) Then there is another plot point: the protagonist’s father's condition deteriorated and his neighbor was damaged. Caesar’s car was scolded by an unreasonable neighbor. An angry Caesar bit off a neighbor’s finger. This bloody behavior made people criticize. However, this was only the beginning of the next "rise". Caesar was arrested and taken into the asylum.
The movie has lasted about 34 minutes here.

The protagonist began to run for his two most important people. On the one hand, he wanted to rescue the wounded Caesar and on the other hand he wanted to heal his father. This is the most exhausting and sad passage in the movie, but the drama The character is like this. Once in trouble, he must take the initiative to seek a solution. When the protagonist decides to find the boss to fight for the project again, the film progresses to the 39th minute.

Seeing the profit-making potential of this project, the boss of Weishitu quickly recruited funds to develop an improved version of 112. At the same time, Caesar also experienced a personality change in prison. At the 43rd minute of the movie, Caesar leaned against the round window in the prison that he drew to carry his happy childhood with humans and looked sad. The role of Caesar is very convincing.
In the next two minutes, a gorilla with a terrifying face appeared. After many experiments, he must hate humans very much in his heart. It contrasted with the little Caesar who grew up under the care of humans in the previous scene. Kind of complaint. (4) When experimenting with this orangutan, the tube for delivering the medicine leaked, and a colleague of the protagonist was infected with the virus, leaving a foreshadowing.

(5) When the protagonist came to visit it for the second time and abandon it (what Caesar thought of abandoning), he made up his mind to fight against humans, and the movie passed exactly halfway.

The behavior of the prison guards has approached the limits of human tolerance (bringing girls, alcohol, electric shocks), (6) Caesar released the ferocious chimpanzee in a special cage, symbolizing the release of his hidden power.
(7) At 58 minutes, the protagonist tried to treat his father with improved medicine. The father shook his head feebly and finally passed away at dawn. The protagonist lost two of his most important things, and at the same time laid the groundwork for Caesar to go home and steal the medicine.


The protagonist took the initiative to leave this project that can obtain huge economic benefits, bribed the warden to take Caesar home, but Caesar refused, he has found a position in his own group, after all, Caesar is not a human being.

Basically at this time the protagonist has lost the goal he was striving for, so at this time, the protagonist of the film has completely become Caesar. 63 minutes.

(8) Caesar returned home and stole 113. At this time, Caesar walked out of the prison for the first time, standing on a high altitude and looking at the colorful human world.

69 minutes: All the orangutans in the prison have high IQs. Finally, the powerful chimpanzee came out of the tunnel, but only a vague shadow can be seen slightly, and his deep breathing can be heard. In this paragraph, I like Caesar gently patting the chin of the orangutan who was right before. This action is full of human nature and very moving.



Immediately afterwards, I also cut a news clip of humans launching a manned spacecraft to Mars, which seems to be telling the audience that all of this may come true.

70 minutes: (9) The warden discovers that the orangutans have been organized, and Caesar is their leader.

This very dangerous drug has been put into production

(10) The previous foreshadowing is realized here: the infected research institute finally passed away for

73 minutes: When confronting the cruel administrator, Caesar shouted no, symbolizing the ape The rise of the clan brought the film into a small climax.

74 minutes: (11) Caesar rushed to the prison guard holding an electric baton with a water pipe, causing him to be electrocuted to death. This action design seemed to tell the audience that it was his own work.
76 minutes, (12) Orangutans fled in large numbers, a very spectacular sight.
------------------------- There are 30 minutes left in the movie, so it is transferred to the final part (true standard) The


next 30 minutes is the movie There is not much to say about the ending of the plot. The apes rushed to the laboratory under the leadership of Caesar and released the orangutans in the city to rush to their territory. The mangrove forest where Caesar grew up began their Life.

The first time I wrote an analysis, the starting point was still a bit messy, and I don’t know how to proceed in this paragraph.

The most fascinating thing here is the action design lens design and the foreshadowing explanations, such as the sacrifice of chimpanzees and the scarfaced orangutan pushing the profitable boss off the bridge, etc., which are the most infectious chapters of the film. All of the emotions broke out here, and the theme of the movie was also revealed. The beginning of the movie shows the home of the primitive gorilla, and it ends with Caesar standing on the top of the tree and looking at the civilized world of humanity. The first echoes.



Generally speaking, this movie is very enjoyable. I wrote based on some chapters in "Basics of Screenwriting Writing" and added my own understanding, trying to analyze this very standardized and excellent American commercial film learning framework, and study how the story unfolds step by step, plot points Settings and so on.




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Extended Reading
  • Kellie 2022-03-25 09:01:05

    Compared with the main story, the prequel chose a more convenient and sharp entry point: the ape riot is not for dominance but only for freedom, which makes it easier for the audience to be substituted into the perspective of the ape; the excellent and not exaggerated special effects are used again. There is a high degree of fit with the film itself; in addition, people who have not read the original story may find it difficult to understand some of the interesting details in the film, such as the model of the Statue of Liberty played by Caesar and the destination of the infected pilot.

  • Adella 2021-10-20 18:59:58

    The Chinese should be translated into "The Emerging of Orangutan Stars" to taste enough! James Franco's aura is weak. I found that he was born with a kind of "gentle delinquent" temperament, which could not support the stage or the whole movie. Dangdang supporting roles are very brilliant, such as the boyfriend of Shaw Paine in Milk. For all the roles that Franco has played in various movies over the years, if you can summarize the fate of the characters in one sentence, it is: "This is bad! What should I do...

Rise of the Planet of the Apes quotes

  • [first lines]

    Robert Franklin: [administering chimp intelligence test] Okay, okay. Here you go. And let's go again.

    [gives Bright Eyes treat and clocks timer]

    Will Rodman: Which one's this? Number nine?

    Robert Franklin: Yeah, this is number nine. Bright Eyes, we call her. Are you watching this? This is unbelievable.

    [Bright Eyes does the tower fast]

    Robert Franklin: Oh, my God. Oh, my God.

    Bright Eyes: [grabs treat and eats it]

    Will Rodman: How many moves was that?

    Robert Franklin: 20.

    [Will looks at them and starts to head out]

    Robert Franklin: Yeah, a perfect score is 15. Doc, what are you giving her?

    Will Rodman: [heads out] Hey, give that video!

    [runs out the hallway and opens the door to Steven Jacobs' office]

    Will Rodman: Chimp number nine, just one dose.

    Steven Jacobs: [looks at Will and holds a phone down] Aren't I seeing you later?

    Will Rodman: [puts file on desk] We're good to go.

    Steven Jacobs: I'm going to call you back. Yeah, all right. Thanks. Bye.

    Will Rodman: The 112. It works.

    [walks to a large screen]

    Steven Jacobs: On just the one primate.

    Will Rodman: One is all we need. Full cognitive recorvery. We're ready.

    Steven Jacobs: Look are you sure you're not rushing this?

    Will Rodman: I've been working on this for five and a half years. The data is clear. We're ready, Steven. All I need is your approval for human trials.

    Steven Jacobs: For this, you're going to need the board's approval. There's alot of money riding on this, Will. You only get one shot.

    Will Rodman: One shot is all I need.

    Steven Jacobs: [sighing] All right. But I'll need to see all the research.

    Will Rodman: [bangs on the desk] You got it.

    Steven Jacobs: And, Will...

    Will Rodman: Yeah?

    Steven Jacobs: Keep your personal emotions out of it. These people invest in results, not dreams.

    Will Rodman: Okay.

    [leaves office]

  • Caroline Aranha: I love chimpanzees. I'm also afraid of them. And it's appropriate to be afraid of them.