The butterfly effect analysis

The butterfly effect

Genre - Thriller	Conventional (Typical)	Unconventional (Not Typical)
Mise en scene (what is put in the scene) Lighting Costumes Props	-Dim lighting is used for dramatic effect, so you know something is going to happen – suspense, mystery, only character, tension, Audience is jumpy. The blind distorts the light which makes the scene distorted, don’t know anything about the character, and only see an outline – uncomfortable. -Casual clothing. -Everyday person. - Office stuff. -Desk, sofa etc… -All the stuff is dark which makes the room seem dark and mysterious but also creepy and almost scary as well like you know something is going to happen in that office or it’s important in the film.	The Journal is a very important prop in this film, its not normally in a typical thriller as it would give to much away about the character but in this film it actually helps us understand him better.
Characters Evan – Ashton Kutcher Lenny – Elden Henson Kayleigh – Amy Scott   Tommy – William lee Scott	Evan is a quite boy who doesnt talk much and has black outs when bad things happen so he doesnt remember what happens. Lenny is a follower he does what Evan and Tommy says. Kayleigh is a sexually abused child who only lives with her dad to be closer to Evan. And Tommy is a troubled abused child who is horrible and gets in trouble lots and is Kayleigh's brother.
Plot		Putting text at the start which is a quotation of a chaos theory isn’t what you normally see in a typical Thriller as normally it would be a shot of the scenery of where the first either action or opening scene will start. The scene with Evan holding a knife is no common as you dont normally see a seven year old with a knife.
Setting	Opening shot – nice place, typical American suburb, this shows that it has gone back in time as it is going back to the start, sense of reality, realistic settings so the audience thinks a normal life.
Sound - Diegetic Non-diegetic	Creepy music which gets faster to symbolise a heart rate going faster or someone rushing around, this makes the scene more tense as the music, sound effects, lighting and props all go together to give off an overall feeling which is suspense. The music on the scene where you see the drawing becomes scary and creepy and it doesn't stop till mid shot of the institute shot. The music then picks up again when the doctor talks.	In the opening scene while ‘Evan’ is writing a note he says what he is writing, which isn’t normally what a typical thriller has as the opening scene, but he talks about ‘saving her’ which makes the audience think that something has happened to a girl. There also sound effects which matched to the pace of the music build suspense. Evan does a voice over when he is writing in his journal, this is so we know what he is writing and feeling at the time.
Representations Of death Of mystery Of gender	Already know  there has been a death as ‘Evan’ talks about it in the opening scene, which makes the audience know the mood of film and that something is going to happen, and they want to know what happens to the girl he talks about. In the opening shot, the mother is in overalls which shows there is no male role in the family, its a representation of gender and of not following the rules of a stereo typical womanly role in normal society.
Editing	Time, understanding the time for 13 years later, playing with a dog, young, carefree 7 years old.	The butterflies over the brain scan to show that something psychological is going to happen.
Camera shots/angles	Camera travels with him like a human following him, in the opening scene.	Not typical cutting.