Tenacious D in The

Pick Of Destiny
Opening scene
analysis

Establishing shot
of a white
bungalow, the nature
of the shot is simply to
show where the first
peace of action takes
place. The rest of the
shot is blacked out so
that the focus is on the
house
The shot brightens up to
show the area around the
house and simple white text
appears that tells the viewer
where we are exactly. The
music is fast and simple
mise en scne: The house is
white to contrast with the
black sky, representing the
innocents and religious

Jack Blacks voice starts to

sing and the camera zooms
into the crossed part of the
window frame and then the
shot changes to zoom out
of a cross on a wall to
transition from shots.
This shows the viewer that
the family is religious and
blends well with the song

mise en scne: The

cross shows the purity
of the family and the
shadow cast represents
Young JB and his
contrasting personality.

The camera zooms out and

shows the family who are
sitting around there table
praying. There is one empty
seat tells us that something
is not right.
The bright whiteness of the
walls contrasts to the dark
night of the previous shot.
The cross on the wall is
highlighted
using
spotlight.
The
shot then
cutsa to
the
chair up close and then a
mid shot of the mother and
son. There is finally a close
up of the fathers face so that
it is clear that he looks to
the empty chair then up at
his wife.
mise en scne: All of the
shots are white and the
family are dressed in light
colours to show purity and

mise en scne: The

camera cuts to a panning
shot across posters, CDs
and an upside down cross
that is brown.
This shows the viewer
that the main character is
into rock music and is not
religious, the fact that the
cross is brown hints that
Young JB in darker than
The
camera
cuts
and
the rest
of his
family.
zooms in as a childe
wearing black and holding
a pick and guitar jumps
from the corner. The music
stops and then stars up
again but with a more
hard-core tone
mise en scne: The black
cloths show that he is not
innocent and his long hair

The camera zooms into

Yong JBs face and he starts
to mouth what the narrator
is singing as the family
looks on shocked, his face is
very expressive just like
Jack Blacks.

During the song the

father smiles as if he is
enjoying the music and
performance

But the previous scene ends

with him dragging Young JB
into his room and beating him
with his belt., The camera
zooms out from Young JBs

The camera follows the father

as he gets up and walks around
as he starts to sing and lecture
his son. (the father is played by
meatloaf) the music now
features trumpets and brass
intruments.

The camera periodically cuts

back to JB

The father then proceeds to tear all of the

posters off of the wall and turn the cross
the right way round as the camera follows
him

At this final line the father

slams the door as he leaves.

mise en scne: The cross is

Upside down to show Young
Is not religious.

It cuts to a wide shot of

Young JBs room to show the
aftermath of his fathers
rampage, and to show the
one poster that is left. (A
poster
of Dio)
the music
The
camera
fades
into a fades

zooming mid shot of Young

JB praying to Dio and
mouthing what the narrator is
singing again. There is then
an over the shoulder shot.
music as
slow
miseThe
en scne:
The
red and
of the poster
acoustic
directly
contrasts the blue walls to fo
on it

There is a mid shot of the

poster as it suddenly
becomes animated and
Dio starts to sing to
Young JB. The music
takes another hard-core
turn. The camera
occasionally cuts to
Young JB to show his
reaction to Dio.

The camera cuts back

to Young JB as he
jumps up and
desperately looks
around before there are
close ups of

mise en scne: The room is mes

Again to show the difference
between Young JB and his fam

There are then

close ups of all of
the items that
Young JBs

It cuts to an over the sholder

shot of Young JB sliding open
his window and throwing his
guitar out of it. The shot is dark
a not much is visible save the
guitar

It cuts to a mid shot of him

sliding comically out of the
window into a bush. The shot is
brighter so that you can clearly
see the house and bush.
mise en scne: This shot could symbolis
JB leaving his past (the white wall) and
jumping unprepared into the future
(the black bush)

The camera cuts to a close up

shot of Young JBs back and as
he runs away he stays central to
the shot as he gets further away

Young JB is green
screened onto the
places he has
travelled, his then
coved up by his wrist
giving a thumb up to
show he is
hitchhiking, this
transitions into a
Indiana jones-esc
map scene

The map shows him

going to many
hollywoods around
America until he
finally finds the right
one from which a
sign fades into the
camera o transition
into the next shot.

The next shot being a close up of

Jack Black writing and singing the
song, (he was the narrator who
was singing through out) This
establishes our hero as Jack Black
and sets up the rest of the film as
his quest to find a counterpart and
to form the worlds most awesome
band

The bus stops and Jack

jumps up, the shot cuts to a
wide shot of the bus alley
as he runs down it and out
of the bus.

The holly wood sign is

shot so that Jack can walk
in front of I and then the
camera blurs the sign to
focus on him
mise en scne: The Hollywood sign is supposed
to show the audience exactly where the action
is taking place