Jeepers Creepers - Mise-en-scene
I have decided to analyse a movie which I really enjoyed watching, the movie is called Jeepers Creepers and its a horror movie.
The setting… car, road graveyards, church, tunnels.
This trailer is absolutely brilliant ! It starts of with two 20 year old -ish students who are literally on a road to nowhere ! The road they are on looks very secluded and quiet and now that obviously gives you that scary feel because you know exactly that something bad is going to happen, and of course now that's what we want anyway because we want to be all entertained.
The use of the certain settings such as the car, graveyards, church and tunnels work very great within this trailer as they all have eerie symbolics to them because of the way the setting is being portrayed. The darkness and the dimness of the area is reflected quite well as the use of the lighting that is used is very well complimented. The fact that crows are a big part of the trailer and you can hear them quite well, shows you that this film will end in a bad way as crows symbolise death. I also really like how the characters are in an abandoned area(It kinda looks like a forest in a weird sort of way) because again you know there's something going to happen as the area is pretty much secluded.
The lighting that has been used within the trailer is absolutely great considering that it goes very well with the theme of the movie, which of course is horror. I think that the lighting as the trailer evolves gets even better as the lighting is very dim and dull. The colours such as red and yellow are also shown as being very dull which is a bit strange because you'd think they'd be bright but no, the way the colour has been shown is vey muted and its this is great because it shows you that the story may not end very well and the fact that everything is so dull makes it much better. The use of the single spotlight on the villain as he is shown in the trailer is great because the shadows cover his identity and that's what keeps you very intrigued. I really love how the torch lights and flashes have been used because it makes everything oh so much more intriguing as sometimes it'll go bright and then other times it'll just go into a black out. The blackouts to me, are such great effects in this particular trailer simply because they give you so much more suspense and they literally keep you at the edge of your seat. Flashing lights have been used too, in this trailer and this is definitely a good idea as that creates so much more of an eerie feel because you cant see clearly what's going on and that's what brings out the suspense.
The props which are used in the trailer are items such as swords, rats, birds, religious symbols, and graves - these props are perfect as they symbolise the way the movie is going to progress. The use of these effects are very good and they've been used in the right way because these props are perfect especially for horror genres.
The costumes of the characters, especially the villain is great because he's wearing a black clock and a black hat, the fact that he's wearing black shows the negativity and symbolises he's not a good character, and that he's going to cause chaos and commotion. It also shows you that as a character he has a lot of importance because of the fact that the cloak is long, it gives you the idea that his character is very significant and has a great impact as well as importance because generally important people mainly wear long types of clothing.
Down the pipe.
The placement of the character(Derry) is great in this shot as the character is pretty much blacked out and this is great because it shows you that the importance in this scene is not on the character but instead its of what is going on around the character. The spot light further down the image definitely goes very well as its shows you the scene and that is what needs to be in the main focus as that's what the character is seeing. it also shows you the horribleness of what is going on around him. The colour red in the corner is quite bright the symbolism to this shows that there is going to be some danger the colour red symbolises danger and death.
The creeper ! (jeepers)
I think that this shot is perfect. I really like how the emphasise of the creepers eyes are in the main focus. The fact that the background is fully black and intense gives the image so much more meaning because it catches your attention completely and makes you look into it a lot more It's also very scary to look at because at this point of the movie, this is the villain's opening scene and that is what will definitely make you want to watch on(if your not too scared) because at first you would have just thought the villain was an old man who didn't really look THAT scary but then as he's shown your see for yourself.
The shadow which is below his face gives a lot of detail to the image too, this is done because it makes the character seem way more scarier. The hat is a good prop that the villain is wearing and I think its good thing he is because it covers parts of his identity and you cant really see him fully and I think its a good thing as it creates impact. The lighting also gives you shadows which is perfect as it keeps you much more intrigued.
The make up which is used on this villain is done absolutely amazingly, the fact that he looks like such a scary, evil, weird, human/half animal thing really has been done well. The make up colours which are used on him are dark colours which again is great because it gives you that eerie feel and the costume is black too which represents death and danger and there is a lot of that in this movie(trust me).The lighting on a whole in this still is very you could say top heavy and that's what makes this scene great as it gives so much impact on the character, even though you cant see all the face of the character you don't really need to as the lighting shows you exactly what you need to see.
The facial expression on this character seems very aggressive and you know that he's not happy and that he's going to do something as you can see the crinkles under his nose which shows he's angry and literally ready to hunt for its prey as he is hungry.(Literally!)
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