Genre Research: Journey Movies

I decided to research journey movies for my genre research. I used Cast Away, Life of Pi, and Rescue Dawn as my role models for journey films. 

In terms of narrative and structure, usually such films are psychological or ideological journeys from start to finish. Sometimes they develop a partner, such as Wilson the ball or Steve Zann's character in Rescue Dawn or the tiger in Life of Pi. They encounter hardships through their journey, usually with the environment,  but overcome them , sometimes loosing this partner. And thus, many times these journey feel a lack of fulfillment by the end of them. In terms of chacrter acting and style, the main character usually has strength when everyone fails, such as the plane crash during Cast Away or Pi's escape from the ship or Christian Bale's escape from the crashed airplane. They eventually also stabilize their motivations. 

In terms of setting, they are usually set in a hostile environment such as a forest or jungle, but they make their way out. In terms of cinematography,  many wide angles are used to accentuate loneliness. Similarly the sound design is ambient music to also create lonesomeness.

A man goes on a journey with his friends to get rescue from the forest before the sun goes down.