Mise en scene analysis

 Mise en scene analysis

In this still image you see a man in a bus. The costume the man is wearing a black jacket, the colour black represented mystery, evil and death which can foreshadow what happens later to the man clarifying the shocked look on his face. In the image, the lighting is bright however as you move further away from the man it becomes blurry and harder to see. The blurring could link to how the character feels confused and astonished. The actor  in the image has a frightened and terrified expression on his face showing that he is terrified and is a state of panic and fear and also he is in a hunched position so that he can be avoid being seen which shows that he is uneasy, timid and reserved.  It looks like the character has dark rings underneath his eyes which could be the result of make-up which shows how the character is restless and is in a state of discomfort and uneasiness. The prop the character is holding is a pink jacket which he uses to hide and conceal him which shows that he doesn’t want to be seen or is apprehensive at anyone looking at him which shows that he is a nervous person. Also, it looks like inside the pink jacket that a baby is  inside which if it’s true, explains why the character has a tight grip on the jacket as it has a baby in it and he wants to protect and defended from any oncoming harm. The setting the character is in, is a bus and is sitting in a passenger seat at the front. He seems to be isolated and alone with no-one in the bus except him however there seems to be an unusual silhouette of a figure behind him that is blurred. The figure is blurred and you aren’t able to see any of his facial features, the figure seems to be looking at the character which could be the reason why the character in the centre of the image looks so frightened and scared. This escalates the suspense and tension and makes the viewer fear what happens to the the character in the centre of the image thus engaging the viewer.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P37_c4u-G4I - John Wick - Action

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xP-ZwmCPBAs - Limitless - Sci-fi

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7ZUnbObrgo - Jeepers Creepers 3 - Horror

In John Wick, the costume used are normal every-day clothes used by people, in Limitless the costume used is also normal every-day clothes just like John Wick as both movies are set in modern times however in Jeepers Creepers the costume used the most are police uniforms as the scene is police officers inspecting a scene. The lighting in John Wick and Limitless are both bright and vivid making the scenes more visible and discernible to the viewer however it is dark and bleak  as it is a horror movie and this allows it to add to the tension and suspense which allows the viewer to be engaged into the movie. The actor and protagonist in the John Wick is Keanu Reeves who is going to a gas station but then encounters a gang of Slavic people. The actor in Limitless is Bradley Cooper who takes a pill which enhances his intellect. In Jeepers Creepers however there is a group of actors who are police men in the scene but aren't as notable as the actors in the previous movies. There isn't any glaring examples of make up in Limitless and John Wick however in Jeepers Creepers there is the monster at the end of the scene. The monster's make up makes it seem as frightening and makes the skin of the monster scaly like a reptile. In John Wick, there is a Mustang that the protagonist uses to drive to the station and also the man who John gets into an altercation with is smoking a cigarette which is a prop used in the movie. In Limitless the props that are used is a house key and a pill that makes him clever which is the premise of the whole movie and when the character uses the pill it makes him complete a bunch of chores and the props used in that scene is mainly kitchen utensils. The setting of John Wick is a gas station however the setting in Limitless is first a street then a corridor and then the inside of an apartment and the setting of Jeepers Creepers is a road in the middle of a place with crops which could make the road set in a rural area in the country.