Soul Plane

General Overview 

Soul Plane is about a man trying to succeed in life by owning a first airline that accommodates Afro - Americans who find general airlines not acquiring to their specific needs. As the title hints to what the movie is about, the overall plot is about the airline trying to compete along side the other airlines and whether or not there first journey is successful or not.


Narrative Expectations:


- The Credits are clever for how they are shown as the luggage traveling onto the plane are the casting members names, this signifies the movies plot and also the genre as the music and the background sounds e.g.: planes passing over and the intercom.

- The Background music towards the beginning and the coloring of the opening scene and the  credits running through the film suggest that its not a thriller genre but a comedy.

- The Lighting had a vital part as there was a lot of light, this intended that the movie wasn't in the horror genre as there would be a sinister and menacing feeling within the movie scene.

- As the man within the toilet brought humour within the scene which clearly signified that the movie was clearly not a genre of horror of thriller but a comedy.

 Shot Types: 

- There were a lot of mid shots and close up focusing on the reaction of the characters.

- Right at the beginning there was a panning shot of the main character running as he was about to miss the plane, this lured the audiences attention.

- High and low angled shots when he was stuck within the toilet in the plane, this brought humour as this was shot from an angle which showed his expressions.

Character Types: 

- The main character got thrown straight into the scene as he was running to catch his flight. 

- As he gets trapped within the toilet, this resembled the comedy side as he had indigestion problems to start with relating to the comedy aspect.

- The opening scene when the dog got thrown away and then died brought humour to the audience, the expressions on the main characters face also made the audience laugh with signified the comedy aspect of it.