The Karate Kid is a film about how a young teenage boy named Daniel is forced to move to Reseda, Los Angeles in order for his Mum to work at her new job (Rocket Computers). Daniel, being the optimistic boy that he is,gladly follows along. Daniel slowly adjusting to his new lifestyle gains a friend named Freddy albeit not how you would expect though, as Freddy was behind a gate and Daniel unknowingly, kicked the gate open sending Freddy flying which sent Daniel into a panic and had him racing to pick Freddy up from the ground, which he then introduced himself after apologizing for the whole incident. Freddy later talks to Daniel about a party and invites him along and Daniel gratefully accepts, so later that day the party is being held down on the beach and everyone is having a great time and Daniel has found a girl who he likes and she happens to think the same so he introduces himself to her and discovers her name is Ali. So they get to know each other better and Daniel teaches her a new skill which she gladly continues to become better at. But as the night progress’ a group of Cobra Kai who were riding on motorbikes happen to stumble upon the party and go down to the beach to investigate, Johnny being the Head of the group confronts Ali as she is his Ex and he would like to have a word with her, so he snatches at her radio and teases her about it but in an attempt to get it back he throws it to the ground breaking it, which Daniel then steps in and gets shoved to the ground, Johnny interested in making a complete idiot out of him agrees to fight him and slowly starts wearing Daniel down and then cripples him with a Stomach Kick which he then coughs and falls to the ground. Daniel sits there for a few more moments when Johnny gets closer to drag him to his feet so in an attempt to get back at him he throws a quick jab to Johnny's nose which actually connects but sadly only results in a black eye for Daniel. The next morning Daniel has woken up and has put on glasses to cover the damage and is now trying to leave quickly to avoid his Mum but she requests that he eat dinner before he leaves “i’m not hungry” is what Daniel tells his Mother in an attempt to leave but then she confronts him about the glasses and asks to see his lovely brown eyes which he then refuses but ultimately reveals his scarred face which only makes his Mother worried and she asks what happened but he didn’t want her to worry so he make up a lie and told his Mum that he had “tripped” whilst riding his bike. She was a bit skeptical but she didn’t know what to say so she believed and begged that he be more careful next time, Daniel then set off on his first day to school with a blackeye and with a body lined with bruises. He then began school off with a nice lesson of P.E which he happen to have run into Ali so he began speaking to her and seeing how she was and discovered she was learning how to be a cheerleader and had also told or more like showed Daniel that she had practiced what he taught her and that she was getting better at it, but then the Coach/Teacher whistled for everyone to get ready as the lesson had now begun. Unfortunately for Daniel, Johnny,Dutch,Tommy and Bobby were conspiring against him and had planned to aggrovate him in order to get him to fight them which led to a fight breaking out and Daniel launching a punch at one of the boys resulting in Daniel being kicked off school grounds. A while later a Halloween party has begun and everyone is celebrating at the party but Johnny is about to light a joint when Daniel pours water on him from a nearby tap which enrages Johnny causing him to rally his goons and beat him which they succeed but as they are about to potentially kill him an Unknown figure steps forth stopping the attack and then proceeds to beat them, making them run scarce. The Unknown Figure wakes Daniel up and Daniel thanks him but then the Unknown figure introduces himself as none other than Mr Miyagi, who picks Daniel up from the ground which Daniel is thankful for but is wondering how he knows so much Karate and then humbly requested that Mr Miyagi teach him Karate which Mr Miyagi refused at first when all of a sudden another Unknown figure steps forth also known as the Cobra Kai Sensei and as he confronts Mr Miyagi about the beating he gave his students he vows to make him and the boy pay. So in hearing this Mr Miyagi then tells the boy he will teach him, so they go through vigurous trainings which all seem pointless to Daniel at the time but would later make him a great Martial Artist. Daniel then learns of a Tournament for Young Martial Artists like himself and wants to enter which Mr Miyagi thinks about for a few seconds and then says “yes”. So they train for the fated day learning new techniques and how Daniel needs to find inner-balance until Daniel’s Birthday arrives and Mr Miyagi gives Daniel a new set of Clothes and even a Yellow Car which he drives to see Ali and break the news to her and set things right with her. Then the fated day arrives, and Daniel recieves some trouble from Dutch and his friends as Daniel was in the changing room and Dutch wanted to fight him then and there which was stopped by a nearby referee. But it didn’t get any better, at least not yet as Daniel was unclear of the rules so he started out rough as the fight progressed he learns the rules as he fights then becomes more and more confident and ultimately allowing him to win the match, but sadly for Daniel there was much harder people than this as he later confronts Bobby,Dutch and then Tommy who is forced to cripple Daniel to ensure that Johnny wins. Johnny had taken notice of this and was annoyed by how his fight would play out and how he wouldn’t be able to get the satisfaction of beating Daniel, so in a fit of rage he proceeded to beat Darry Vidal, his current opponent to a certain degree which slightly scares Daniel. Daniel now lay silently in the changing room where he is unable to walk until Daniel requests that Mr Miyagi use a special technique that may enable him to walk a bit better which Mr Miyagi is unsure if he should as he is already proud of Daniel,but Daniel refuses to lose like this so Mr Miyagi uses it to help his leg even it was a little. And as the trophy is about to be given to Johnny, Ali runs to tell him that Daniel will fight, so now the fated match between Daniel and Johnny begin with Daniel taking the early lead before Johnny hurts his leg again and starts raking points back but before Daniel loses he recalls when Mr Miyagi was doing The Crane Technique which he wasn’t sure if it would work but he had no other choice so he raised his leg and lifted his arms accordingly and as the whistle was blown, Johnny ran at Daniel as Daniel sent his leg flying towards his face giving him the point resulting in Daniel becoming the new champion of the Undervalleys under 18 Karate Tournament.(For Now).
My favourite character would have to be Daniel as he showed great development and growth throughout the whole movie and even though he was struggling he never gave up and in turn made him one of the most formidable opponents Johnny has ever fought and has shown that even people who know absoloutly nothing about karate can become Pros.(Given Time)
An event which surprised me was when Mr Miyagi decided to train Daniel as he knew almost nothing about him but still decided to train him, maybe he felt seen Potential within Daniel and decided to train him and see how far he could take Daniel or maybe he just felt like Daniel should at least defend himself instead of being bullied by people who knew Karate better than him.
I would recommend this text to other teenagers because why not, it’s a great movie that’s filled with oohs and ahhhs and maybe some parts that make you just laugh out loud. There are many reasons why you should watch this movie, for one, you can watch Daniel try to keep his cool with Mr Miyagi or wonder why Mr Miyagi truly chose Daniel instead of just staying a Janitor but overall it’s a really good movie that deserves more popularity than what it has now as it was a really good movie back then and still is now.
We have also been learning about different film terms and techniques.
Below is what we have been learning about over the past few weeks as we need to know these things if we are to pursue careers such as Photography or something else that requires you to be able to point out specific shots. We have also been learning how to pointout shots in a movie and what type of shot they are and also how to analyze what’s happening in the shot. Example-Here I did some analyzing that I hope I did good at.
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Also below you can see some shots that we were doing.
Hope this helps.
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