Mis en Scene - Jumper

I have analysed a scene from the film Jumper, the film is about a boy that is capable of teleporting  to any location, but he is being chased by a secret society out to kill him.

The scene that I have analysed is set in a desert, I think that it is set in the desert is because it gives the audience that no where to go, run or hide effect. It is also set in an underground cabin in the desert. the props that were  being used in this scene where a knife, whip, fire spray, quad bike and bus, most of the props used where for violence or either to escape.

The costumes that the characters wore were dark and dirty clothing  for the ones that were being hunted down, and for the ones that was doing the hunting they wore light coloured clothes, which made out that the ones doing the hunting were the good people and the ones who were hunted down were the bad people.

There was a lot of different expression being used in this scene from confused, scared, angry, revengeful but in a happy way to being shocked. The expression seem to connect because they were similar feeling, I felt that theses expression made the scene come to life more because you could understand why the characters were feeling like this.

The lighting being used was very dark, I realised that even thought the hunters had light coloured clothing the lighting that was on them was very dark was created a evil, and moody effect on there characters and made you see them for who they really are. The lighting used on the characters being hunted was light giving them a soft side to them.

The girl in this scene was positioned to the right or the left of the screen which made her vulnerable because it showed she was alone and scared. The other character were positioned in the centre which gave them power.

There was music in the background which built up suspense, i realised that the music would sometimes stop when there was dialogue which was good because you focused more on what the characters had to say.

Overall the impression it gave the audience was the right impression it needed to give the audience because it was suppose to be a fight scene, and when it comes to fighting you feel scared, angry, sad and revengeful and the characters gave us these emotions also a fight scene is suppose to be moody and angry and the lighting gave us this.

I think the type of audience it would appeal to are people who are in to action as well as people who are in to romance because it has the action scene but in the action scene you can tell that there is a romance trying to blossom.