I watched an opening clip of Jennifer's Body and Sorority Row.
Jennifer's Body
The protagonist is the character Needy Lesnicky. She is presented as a agressive teenage girl in a prison. It then flashes back to before this when she is a quiet timid teenage girl who follows her best friend Jennifer Check. Jennifer is the opposite character to Needy, she is very confident. Although they have nothing in common, they are like sisters. The language they use is informal as they play typical american teenagers. The opening scene is of a house in the distance. It is dark windy night which sets a spooky atmosphere. The music over the top creates suspense, certain sounds e.g wind are emphasised by increasing the volume over other sounds like the television. When it flashes back to high school, the clothes the characters are wearing reflect their personalities. Throughout the film Jennifer wears clothes that show off her figure, e.g. tight jeans, short tight t-shirt and tight zip up jacket. Needy wears a different look, baggy loose fitting clothes e.g loose fitting jeans, t-shirt and baggy cardigan. The audience gets drawn into the film because of it starting when Needy is in prison, you question why she is there and how she got there, so carry on watching to find out. At the beginning of the film there is no real horror element to it as nothing terrifying happens, it makes you want to know why Jennifer becomes evil and what she does.
Sorority Row
The protagonist isn't clear in the opening of this film but my guess would be the character Cassidy Tappan because she seems the sensible one out of the group of girls. The group of girls all seem to play a main role in the film, all having different personalities but all close friends. The clothes they wear also reflect their personality like in Jennifer's Body. For example, The film starts set in a chaotic, busy, typical teenage graduation house party. But the opening scene starts from outside the party, zooming in on to the house, it is very dark and you can hear the sounds of crashing building up the tension.. Then you hear a girl scream, which you then realise is only a girl having fun at the party. I think this is clever because it is unexpected to the audience. You then hear the music played at the party and the sounds of people chatting and enjoying themselves which sets the scene. Five of the group of friends are toasting each other in a bedroom and then the ring leader, Jessica Pierson, reveals the prank they are playing. The prank goes terribly wrong and one of the girls is murdered.
The protagonist is the character Needy Lesnicky. She is presented as a agressive teenage girl in a prison. It then flashes back to before this when she is a quiet timid teenage girl who follows her best friend Jennifer Check. Jennifer is the opposite character to Needy, she is very confident. Although they have nothing in common, they are like sisters. The language they use is informal as they play typical american teenagers. The opening scene is of a house in the distance. It is dark windy night which sets a spooky atmosphere. The music over the top creates suspense, certain sounds e.g wind are emphasised by increasing the volume over other sounds like the television. When it flashes back to high school, the clothes the characters are wearing reflect their personalities. Throughout the film Jennifer wears clothes that show off her figure, e.g. tight jeans, short tight t-shirt and tight zip up jacket. Needy wears a different look, baggy loose fitting clothes e.g loose fitting jeans, t-shirt and baggy cardigan. The audience gets drawn into the film because of it starting when Needy is in prison, you question why she is there and how she got there, so carry on watching to find out. At the beginning of the film there is no real horror element to it as nothing terrifying happens, it makes you want to know why Jennifer becomes evil and what she does.
Sorority Row
The protagonist isn't clear in the opening of this film but my guess would be the character Cassidy Tappan because she seems the sensible one out of the group of girls. The group of girls all seem to play a main role in the film, all having different personalities but all close friends. The clothes they wear also reflect their personality like in Jennifer's Body. For example, The film starts set in a chaotic, busy, typical teenage graduation house party. But the opening scene starts from outside the party, zooming in on to the house, it is very dark and you can hear the sounds of crashing building up the tension.. Then you hear a girl scream, which you then realise is only a girl having fun at the party. I think this is clever because it is unexpected to the audience. You then hear the music played at the party and the sounds of people chatting and enjoying themselves which sets the scene. Five of the group of friends are toasting each other in a bedroom and then the ring leader, Jessica Pierson, reveals the prank they are playing. The prank goes terribly wrong and one of the girls is murdered.
There is scope for a lot more detail here. How do the characters dress? What settings do we see? What kind of language is used? How do the sequences draw in the audience? Is there use of enigma?
ReplyDelete