Analysis 3: Jet

Jet:

Plot: An unfortunate man who is caught up in the middle of a disturbing crime.
Budet: $10,000
Genre(s): Thriller
Written by: Jordan Chesney, Brett Gentile
Directed by: Jordan Chesney

The film starts off with a wide establishing shot of the protagonist in his car looking out into the distant at the mise-en-scene of this first scene. As the audience, we are able to establish the setting of this short film. The colours are already very nice and professional looking. All the colours in this scene seem to stand-out very vividly and create this cinematic experience that you would see in big feature films. We are also shown the scene in the POV of the protagonist. This allows us to begin to develop a connection with him and to see the world and what is going on from his perspective, creating a more personal relationship with character and audience.

We linger on this shot of the protagonist for around 15 seconds.
This lingering of the same shot allows the tension and suspense within the reader to grow as we don't know what will happen next.



We are then shown a medium close-up shot of the protagonist after he witnesses what happens to the little girl. Non-diegetic noise is heard as he see's the van drive off, which ultimately creates suspense within the audience. Because we have created this personal relationship with this character, we feel emotion towards certain actions he takes.

We then have a tracking shot of the protagonist walking through the field to what we assume is to help the little girl, however we are still tense because of the fact we don't know what will happen next. The same non-diegetic music in used to create continuity and tension from the build-up from when he first see's the girl, to the situation he's in now.

We are shown various close-up shots of the protagonist which again builds tension within the audience, mixed with the non-diegetic music which only adds to this tense atmospheric scene.

Another thing to note in terms of colour palette is the fact that the colour palette as a whole seems to get darker as the film progresses. This allows the tension to build even more because of the fact the colours match the emotions the protagonist is feeling.