Into the wild
A young man leaves his middle class existence in pursuit of freedom from relationships and obligation (first sentence is a very brief full summery). Giving up his home, family, all possessions but the few he carried on his back and donating all his savings to charity Christopher McCandless (Emile Hirsch) embarks on a journey throughout America. His eventual aim is to travel into Alaska, into the wild, to spend time with nature, with 'real' existence, away from the trappings of the modern world. In the 20 months leading up to his Great Alaskan Adventure his travels lead him on a path of self-discovery, to examine and appreciate the world around him and to reflect on and heal from his troubled childhood and parents' sordid and abusive relationship. (states the thing that changes the normality of the situation therefore indicating that the film is to be based around this change) When he reaches Alaska he finds he has been insufficiently prepared for the hardships to come. Despite making it through the winter his plan is ill-judged and prepares to return home in spring, only to find the stream he crossed in the snow has become an impassable raging torrent and that he is trapped. With no means of sustaining himself adequately he takes to eating berries and fauna, that he identifies using a book. Unfortunately, he awakes one morning to find that the berries he consumed the night before were in fact poisonous, and causes him to starve in his so sought after isolation. Throughout his epic journey the people he meets both influence and are influenced by the person he is and bring him to the eventual and tragic realization that "Happiness is only real when shared".
In my opinion this synopsis gives away to much of the film although there are parts of it i do think are good. showing what type of film it is is essential for a synopsis as it is a indication to the potential view what audience you are looking aiming for and this synopsis shows that ; it talks about the main charter learning things from the people hers around and finally realizing "Happiness is only real when shared". This to me indicates that it will be a hearty film possibly aiming at post 16/teens onwards mainly women However the other themes of the film show another audience. The hardships mentioned e.g poison berries not being able to get home and being i'll are all put there to raise questions , will he survive ? These questions indicates to me the film has elements of a thriller thus opening its audience more widely to men.
