Media Presentation

1. 6.) Dexter Analysis

2. Mosquitos are known for being insects that
suck the blood fro other animals. This
represents Dexters nature and how he may
have the sam characteristics, not literally but
loosely based.

3. He then goes on to squash the
insect with his hand, implying that
he seeks dominance through this.

4. The name is faded with blood and has
drips all around it to imply a washing
sort of affect. This hints at his job or
profession.

5. The meat is used to represent
the body’s and meat of a human.
Many of the slides in the
sequence are a visual
representations of something or
are symbolising an idea.

6. The egg is cracked by smashing down on a surface,
showing his aggression and anger. Dexter uses fake
heads filled with fake blood to try and recreate a
murder scene. By smacking the head in he gains an
understanding of use of weapon. This foreshadows
those events.

7. The splatter of ketchup is as simple
representation of blood splatters,
dexter’s profession. All the shots are of
extreme closeups which imply intensity
and obsession.

8. The name of the actor who plays Dexter glitches
when it appears on the screen. This shows the
characters dark side and how he can change
instantly into something more dangerous. The
back of his head is shown and a blurred version
of his face.

9. When making coffee he presses the filter
down and bubble rise to the surface. This
symbol represents how he disposes of his
bodies, by dropping them in the sea. The
darkness of the coffee also indicates tot he
darkness of dexter.

10. This floss string is pulled tightly around
his finger and causing his small
amounts of pain as well. This brings
him pleasure and joy. The string is a
symbol for strangling someone and the
shot of his neck when flossing, re-
instates that.

11. The extreme close up of the shoe being
tied represents the bags being tied that
he keeps the bodies in. The motion of
the string is fast and quick just like
dexter when killing.

12. This is the clip just before we get to see dexter fully and the T-
shirt is pulled over his face and he does this in a low action.
This use of the shot shows that methods he uses to contain
his victims, i.e plastic wrap over their faces. He pulls it tightly
and his face comes through slightly showing how he likes the
feeling of suffocation.

13. finally we see his face and it looks tired and
relaxed. We can see that he is a very lied
back character and is not on edge which
juxtaposes the actions he takes when he is
darker, which is represented by the dim lit side
of his face. Showing his darker side, literally.