Mad Max: Fury Road

 In the Furiosa Redemption scene, where Max and the others escaped Immortan Joe’s army and are making their way to the supposed green place, Miller intelligently uses the aspect of dialogue to dive deeper into the character of Furiosa. The start of the scene Max has a flashback from his past, he awakes in horror and throws a punch in the air, and Furiosa tells him “it’s okay, sleep, get some rest”. It cuts back to a shot of Max looking outside the desert and he asks her “ How do you even know this place even exists ?” and she responds to him saying “ I was born there”. He asks her “ Why did you leave ?’ she answers back saying “I didn’t, I was taken as a child. Stolen”. The camera is shown back to her face showing a slight sadness as she stares into the never ending desert. He asks her “ You done this before ? she says back to him “Many times, now that I drive a War Rig, this is the best shot I’ll ever have”. The scene cuts back to Max and he points at the wives and Nux and he asks Furiosa “And them ?” she answers back saying “They’re looking for hope” Max finally asks her “What about you ?” she says to him “Redemption”. Miller uses dialogue to adequately show the feelings and emotions of the characters of Max, Furiosa, and Nux all in one scene, to show what they are all fighting for. The director’s purpose in this scene was to show The Hero's Journey through Furiosa’s character. It was conveyed through Furiosa’s dialogue with Max, where she talks about “Redemption”. We also got an earlier look at the Furiosa’s Hero’s journey where Immortan Joe goes to find his wives and discovers they had escaped with Furiosa. An old lady appears out of nowhere and tells Immortan Joe that Furiosa did not want to take them, but they begged her to take them with her. We see the blueprints of the Hero’s Journey in Furiosa’s character when we discover that the wives had begged her before but she insisted they stay where they are (denying the Hero’s call). But Furiosa finally accepts the call and takes the wives with her in her endeavors to find the greenplace. The audience were introduced to an all new side to the character of Furiosa,they got to see her vulnerable side. This gives the audience an insight into what the journey is about and what they’re truly fighting for. The use of dialogue blended in with the different angle shots throughout the scene truly gave a deeper meaning. Miller uses a close up shot to mix with the dialogue, to show us the emotions that characters are going through. During the whole conversation Furiosa just looked sad and tired, whilst Max had a sympathetic look on his face while hearing Furiosa’s story. We then get a cut to Nux, Miller now uses a mid shot to show his interaction with the bug, and the sympathetic look on his face before he eats it.