Mise-en-scène analysis of “It” It (dr. Andrés Muschietti, 2017) is a film that explores the horrors and nightmares of children and brings them to reality. “It”, a clown that consumes children with fears, kills Georgie known as Bill, the main protagonist’s brother. This starts the journey of Bill and his friends to find the truth about Georgie and all the missing kids in his town. The first five minute of the film is one of the most popular scene of the movie that spread on social media. This five minute explores the first sight of “It” and Georgie’s terrible death.
Mise-en-scène is used in this clip to make the scene terrifying to many through acting and costume. Starting with setting, which occur during a rainy and gloomy day while Bill …show more content…
One of the cut in the scene was of the street sign where Georgie turns a corner on the intersection showing his distance from his home. The custom of Pennywise is frightening to the audience because of the blood like liquid in his lip that continues to drip while he was talking to Georgie. The clown’s makeup was defined and almost perfect as if it was done by someone experienced. In his makeup the red color went from his lips to above his eyes and drawn similar to a devil’s horns. Pennywise has yellow eyes, defining his ominous look which also made it stand out in dark and looked inhuman. Georgie had a bright yellow raincoat which could’ve represented his innocence before he met It. The raincoat also represented something extremely visible to audience but invisible to the characters in the film while he was murdered. Which is exactly how It was viewed throughout the movie. He was invisible to adults while standing out to the kids. The lighting that was used was low key soft lighting on Georgie and low key hard lighting on the clown to define his features while he is in the sewer. The acting of Bill Skarsgård as It for this scene was very impressive as he tried to convince Georgie as well …show more content…
Youtubers and pranksters were trying to recreate the scene in order to bring back the fear of someone watching this scene. The director in the film was trying to create a huge impact on the audience from the start of the film. Many horror films start with a murder or a story where in this film the director showed someone’s innocence being taken away and giving the hit in the face by a graphic scene of a kids arm being bitten off. The director wanted to start with a kick of sad and frightened emotions which I believe was a success. The sadness was because of the murder of a innocent kid who just had a touching scene with his brother before getting killed. And the fear comes from the clown murdering a innocent kid in a
Mise-en-scène is used in this clip to make the scene terrifying to many through acting and costume. Starting with setting, which occur during a rainy and gloomy day while Bill …show more content…
One of the cut in the scene was of the street sign where Georgie turns a corner on the intersection showing his distance from his home. The custom of Pennywise is frightening to the audience because of the blood like liquid in his lip that continues to drip while he was talking to Georgie. The clown’s makeup was defined and almost perfect as if it was done by someone experienced. In his makeup the red color went from his lips to above his eyes and drawn similar to a devil’s horns. Pennywise has yellow eyes, defining his ominous look which also made it stand out in dark and looked inhuman. Georgie had a bright yellow raincoat which could’ve represented his innocence before he met It. The raincoat also represented something extremely visible to audience but invisible to the characters in the film while he was murdered. Which is exactly how It was viewed throughout the movie. He was invisible to adults while standing out to the kids. The lighting that was used was low key soft lighting on Georgie and low key hard lighting on the clown to define his features while he is in the sewer. The acting of Bill Skarsgård as It for this scene was very impressive as he tried to convince Georgie as well …show more content…
Youtubers and pranksters were trying to recreate the scene in order to bring back the fear of someone watching this scene. The director in the film was trying to create a huge impact on the audience from the start of the film. Many horror films start with a murder or a story where in this film the director showed someone’s innocence being taken away and giving the hit in the face by a graphic scene of a kids arm being bitten off. The director wanted to start with a kick of sad and frightened emotions which I believe was a success. The sadness was because of the murder of a innocent kid who just had a touching scene with his brother before getting killed. And the fear comes from the clown murdering a innocent kid in a