Plot:
Spider-man first of all is a 2002 superhero film directed by Sam Raimi. Based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name, the film stars Tobey Maguire as Peter Parker, a high school student living in New York, who turns to crime fighting after developing spider-like super powers. high-school senior Peter Parker visits a laboratory with his friend Harry Osborn and romantic love interest, Mary Jane Watson for a school field trip. When he arrives , Peter is bitten on the hand by a genetically engineered "super spider". Shortly after arriving home to his Aunt May and Uncle Ben, he goes unconscious. Meanwhile, Harry's father, scientist Norman Osborn, owner of Oscorp, is attempting to preserve his company's important military contract. He experiments on himself with a new but unstable performance-enhancing chemical vapor that increases his speed, strength, and stamina. However, it also drives him insane and he kills his assistant, Mendel Stromm. The next morning, Peter finds that his previously impaired vision has improved and his body has transformed into a more muscular and powerful physique. At school, he finds that his body can produce webs and his quickened reflexes let him avoid injury during a confrontation with bully Flash Thompson. Peter discovers he has developed superhuman speed, strength, the ability to stick to surfaces, and a heightened ability to sense danger. This proves very useful and eventually he partakes in a bit of wrestling to gain money to get a car to impress Mary Jane however after a misunderstanding between him and his uncle. uncle Ben is murdered, which leaves him with a valuable life lesson and the heart of whom he is "With great power comes great responsibility".
Mise-En-Scene:
The movie of spider man is set in New York, originally the producers and directors were going to include the twin towers in the production of spider man however after 9/11 this was decided against. The scenery includes many buildings in new York. The famous newspaper building the daily bugle is also shown numerous times throughout the film. there are different props and costumes such as peters famous spider man costume, in the movie it has a red and black webbing texture to it and is meant to resemble a spider - as peter has all the similar powers of a spider so this is both effective and relevant. also there is scenery of the park resembling central park in new York.
Camera shots/angles:
the different camera angles and shots in spider man 1 are varied. there is close-up shots of peter parkers face being shown in a interesting facial expression, while there are also high-angle shots were peter first discovers his powers and is jumping over the rooftops, the camera shows the angle below the building, this is done very effectively and beautifully as to create a escapism effect.
Editing:
the editing within the movie is done accurately and smoothly in some scenes where peter is spider man the swinging action is edited to make it look realistic such as when hes swinging through the city, and when he does back flips it is edited from one slow motion shot to suddenly normal speed, they had to change the frames per second.