Dexter
As you watch the Dexter title sequence write down you initial thoughts on what it is communicating to you as a viewer.
- Image look horrible
- The music is interesting
- The thing aroung him
- Psycho
- Every day routine
- Music = ironic updeat but creepy
- Odd
- Contrast between shots - dark , and music - upbeat
- Makes you think of blood and guts even though there is none
- Shows potential weapons - blades , scalpels , coffee , grinder
- Scalpel to cut steak - maybe he's a surgeon
Mise - en - scene
Lighting -
- Dark lighting , day time lighting at the begining , amn in the room but still day time , low light , dark in side light out side.
Props -
- Showing strick , tissue , meat , eggs , knife , orange , lacss , flossing string . coffee maker.
Setting -
- Wakes up in bedroom , Shaves in bathroom , Cooks in kitchen , Flosses teeth in bathroom , Walks outside.
Costume -
- He's topless whilst getting ready (shaving, making coffee + breakfast, whilst flossing, whilst putting shoes on)
- Puts on shoes and ties them Puts on his top (looks like he's suffocating himself)
- At the end when he walks out of his house, he is dressed in white which makes him look innocent.
Facial expressions -
- Smiles: makes him look like he knows what he's doing
- His eyes are mysterious and eyebrows are bent
- His face is focused forward and it makes him look like a killer.
Performance -
- Shaves his neck like he's cutting someone's throat
- He ties his shoe laces as if he's strangling a person
- He cuts the orange like a murderer
- The first thing he does is kill a mosquito
- He cleans the blood from his neck with a tissue
- When he was putting on his shirt, he acts like he's suffocating himself
- He uses floss to clean his teeth
Make Up -
- His eyebrows are thick, his face is fresh - different colour from his beard
- His face is greasy and his lips are shiny
