THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT

The Trailer for The Butterfly Effect

A brief 2 and a half minutes of the background information for the film.

The first 10 minutes for the Butterfly Effect shows us as an audience what it is like to be in Evan’s shoes. We understand how he feels and also feel very sorry for him in a way because he is only 7 years old and yet gone through so much in his life. For example he has lost his father and even though they weren’t very close, he is still his father and that will always mean something inside for the rest of Evan’s life. Secondly, he has done something  that should never happen to anyone especially not a 7 year old and also it must be confusing for him to have these black outs, one because of his age and secondly, this things that are cut out he and also the audience wants to know what happened during those moments. Anything could of happen and the audience want to reassure them of what did happen.

 First thing that you see it’s this quote. Why? Because this will give you the inside of the story and what could happen in the film.

48 seconds in and the audience must feel on edge because it had just placed that quote onto the screen and now a outline of something. It is mysterious and not even a minute onto the film and the audience are already anxious for what is about to come.

In this shot, the music is quick tempo to suggest he must feel rushed and in a hurry. The camera is looking down on him to suggest that the director wants the audience to see some surroundings and where he is and what he is doing.

'Save her' -

An insight of what the Butterfly Effect is about. could make the audience feel uncomfortable while the skill is on the screen because it isn't an everything image to like at and also they would want to know why they is a skill in the movie.

'thirteen years later' suggest time goingback and may suugest also a flashback with his life to tell the story of his life and what happened to her. Before, it was rushed and at the start it is confusing for the audience because so much what going to at a period of time. This shot shows the audience that Evan started of as a normal boy, typical boy, playing with his dog on the front lawn.

Evan is just in the for the bell (again) which suggests it isn't the first time that he is late. He is rushing up the stairs to get into class and be with his friends.



Why can't the audience the this lady's face? This is because it show authority, power and it is a mystery who exactly she is. Perhaps it will make the audience feel uncomfortable beause we do not know who she is and why she is talking to Evan's mum.

The first line in this scene 'Tommy' this suggest that Tommy is doing something wrong by hitting someone in his class with a blown up toy. It also suggest how aggressive Tommy is and shows he anger.

Genre - Thriller	Conventional (Typical)	Unconventional (Not Typical)
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. -Office desk, sofa, notebook -All the stuff is dark which makes the room seem mysterious and creepy. Seems like something is going to happen in that office or it’s important in the film further on.	The Journal is a very important prop, it is not normally in a typical thriller as it would give too much away about the character but in this film as it actually helps us understand him better and the way he is feeling mainly about the blackouts.
Characters As adults: Evan – Ashton Kutcher Lenny – Elden Henson Kayleigh – Amy Scott Tommy – William Lee Scott	Evan is a quiet boy who doesn’t like to talk much and has black outs when something bad things happens- he doesn’t remember what has happened. Lenny followers Evan and Tommy and do as they ask for example the letter box scene. Kayleigh is a sexually abused child by her father because she stars in his ‘movies’. She is very close to Evan. Tommy is a troubled abused child who is a bully at his school because the way he gets treated at home from his father. He gets in trouble at school for the way he acts and he is Kayleigh's brother.
Plot		Putting text at the start of the film gives some information about what will happen in the film. Normally it would be a shot of the scenery of where the first action or opening scene begins. The scene with Evan holding the knife is not common in a thriller as you as the audience don’t normally see a seven year old with a knife. It put more mysterious into the film because a few seconds later, he drops it and says to his mum ‘I remember what just happened’ - spooky
Setting	After the start of the film with Kutcher as Evan, writing that note and after the credits, the next scene is random but conventional to a thriller because it will keep changing scenery to try and create wonder and mystery to the audience. The opening shot with the two children playing to their bikes and Evan playing with his dog shows Evan had a lovely normal childhood and also starts that the film has gone back in time ’13 years earlier’.
Sound - Diegetic                 Non-diegetic	Creepy, fast pace music in this genre of film is very important because it gets the audience on the edge of their seats and gets their hearts pumping faster and faster and the beat of the drum in the sound could repreent someone hearts beating. This makes this scene seem more tense as the music and sound effects, lighting and all of the props all go together to give off an overall feeling to the audience. In the scene where Evan’s mum comes into a classroom, the music becomes creepy and mysterious.	In the opening scene while Evan is writing the note he says what he is writing to tells the audience how exactl he is feeling and that isn’t usually in a typical thriller has as the opening scene, Especially when the camera is not on the note and the audience can’t see what and is writing so he speaks what he is writing down. The last two words that he writes/talk to ‘save her’. Again it creates a sense of mysterious because the audience now wants to know who he is talking about and who she is which makes the audience think that something has happened to some girl close to him. There also sound effects which matched to the pace of the music to build up some suspense within the film. Evan does a voice over when he is writing in his journal, this is so the audience knows we exactly he is writing in the journal at that point in time.