The opening of Jennifer's Body establishes several key themes through its cinematography and soundtrack. It begins with a tracking shot at night in a garden, setting a creepy tone. Close-ups of a girl's face emphasize beauty. Shots reveal a stalker peering into the girl's bedroom. A voiceover says "Hell is a teenage girl," linking the film's themes of hell and teenagers. The opening sequence introduces the protagonist and hints she may have done something bad through her references to "fans" and needing to "accept Jesus." It establishes the piece will address teenage desires and relationships through its lens of horror.

1. Jennifer’s Body Film
Opening Analysis

2. Jennifer’s Body and our piece
Jennifer's Body is a film I would say in a way is
similar to our piece. It has themes such as
blood, envy, beauty and the teenage
lifestyle. In the opening of the film brings on
the genre of the film which horror by using
lighting to create the setting, similar to how
we did in our piece.

3. Poster Analysis ‘Hell yes!’ – plays on
words. Has dominance as
it’s on a blackboard.
Image – protagonist (Megan Fox)
Costume – red high hells, low cut
red top and short grey skirt –
emphasis’s on the sexual desire of
the film, the influence of
teenagers girl and their desire to
look like Megan Fox and the male
gaze. Desk – typical American High
School Desk – emphasis’s on the
setting and theme
Lighting - dark however, there
is a spotlight over the
protagonist. It’s similar to the
way the spot light is always on
the star of something, showing
how important they are.
High school baseball font – shows it’s
in a high school – teen horror
Bold red – shows danger, anger and
blood.

4. Opening of Jennifer’s Body
The film opens with a tracking shot through someone's garden. The tracking shot makes it seem as if
someone is walking through the garden, showing that there maybe a stalker theme to it, making
the scene seem creepy. It is also set in the night like most horror films are, so the use of shadows
and not being able to see around you has the audience fearful of what might jump out from the
shadows. The music here has a kind of spiritual feeling to it. You can here the sound of a violin
playing on a low string, and a low humming sound, like a male choir, which you here often in a
church. You can also hear the sound of owls, showing how the setting maybe near a forest, as
you don't get many owls in big cities.

5. While tracking through the garden, the camera cuts to a close up of a
girls face, showing her nose and lips. The way in which she is
chewing some kind of rope, seems like it is trying to come across as
sexy, showing one theme of the piece which is beauty. At this point
the music has become a lot softer in tone as the violins have
become higher in pitch, however, an eerie atmosphere is still kept.
We can also hear the sound of someone talking in the background
about exercising, this also links with the theme of beauty and
wanting to look good.

6. It then cuts back to the tracking shot, and we see the camera approach
the house, this makes it look as if someone is looking into the
house, and there focus is on this main girl we just saw the lips of,
this also continues the idea of someone stalking someone, and
what makes it interesting is that we are unable to see the persons
face. The framed shot, also shows the focus on the inside of the
house, and how there something about this girl that interests
whoever may be approaching the house.

7. Here the camera tilts up from the
bottom of the bed to reveal a long
shot of a girl lying on her bed. At
the same time we are given a shot
of her surrounds and can see what
type of girl she is by looking at the
colour theme of her bedroom, and
her posters, showing she might be
a feminine girl (colour theme is
pink) and her posters are of rock
bands, showing she might have a
darker side.
At this point, the sound of a
piano is added to the music.
This maybe hinting at the fact
the girl is actually evil, as the
sinister tone of the piano kicks
in when she is revealed.

8. We then cut to a medium close up of the girl lying on the bed side ways, but
a long shot of a girl looking in through the window. This reveals that the
person outside was the girl in the window, and she’s not to happy, as you can
see from the look on her face. This shot also shows that the girl lying down is
oblivious to the fact the girl is outside her window, giving a creepy feel to
piece as it seems like she’s a stalker

9. We then have a shot of the girl turning to face the window, but the other girl
outside of the window is no longer there. At this same time, the wind kicks in and
seems quite ghostly. This is effective because it gives it a sort of supernatural
feel, as the girl just suddenly disappeared, or is she invisible?
We then have an voiceover of a girl speaking. She says “Hell is a teenage girl”, at
this point in time, we don’t know who exactly is speaking, however, they give
hints to the two major themes of the film, hell and teenage girls and links them
together.

10. We then cut to a mid shot of a
girl, we assume it’s the girl from
the window as they have similar
hair styles. The way she is
dressed and the bars on the
window suggest that she is in
prison, this allows the audience
to think maybe it has something
to do with the girl she was
looking at through the window.
The over voice continues, and the girl
says “I guess, I'm not exactly perfect
myself. But at least I have my fans. I
mean, I get letters every day. Mostly from
perverts and chesters, but still...”
While she says this the camera then tilts
down to a pill of gifts on the floor, the
ones she is referring to in her monologue.
This shows that she may have done
something bad previously or maybe
something good as she calls the people
her “fans”. At the end of her speech she
says “I’m kinda the shit”, showing that
she must have done something bad.

11. The camera then cuts to an over the shoulder shot of a man entering the room, over the
shot of the girl. The man tells her that break time started 5 minutes ago, yet she's not gone
out yet. This could show how she may be an outcast and socially rejected and maybe prefers
to be alone, showing how she is very different to most people, and maybe that’s why she's
in there, along with the fact she comes across as a stalker.

12. The camera then cuts to a
shot of the girl changing
from behind. The shot pans
left across the screen
revealing that the girl has
scares on her back. This
could hint at two things;
either she is a self harmer
because she seems
depressed, or she has been
in a fight.
The camera then cross dissolves into
the camera panning right across the
girl again, but instead revealing that
she had a scare on her arm, showing
that she’s been a hard time. At the
same time she says “Sometimes the
letters are from people who say they
are praying for me. They say
everything will be okay if I just except
Jesus Christ into my heart” showing
how there may be a theme of religion
in the piece, and that what ever the
problem is, she needs help

13. The camera then pans down to reveals a picture on the window ledge of a
boy, showing his significance to the film. When the picture is revealed she says “I
say the words but nothing ever happens, no one ever comes back, nobody gets off
the cross” showing that the boy could have been someone she’s lost and show
she is starting to not believe in Jesus Christ how nothing is actually happening to
change what happened.

14. When then have a mid shot of the girl wondering across a place dressed in orange clothing
and the people around her also wearing orange clothing, showing that she is probably in
prison. Her voice over then says “Welcome to the Mental Olympics” explaining that she isn't
in a prison, she's in a mental institution and by referring it to the Olympics, she shows how
she doesn’t take it seriously as she is using sarcasm.

15. We then have a high angle shot of the girl crossing the feel and we can see all
the other inmates, showing that she is on a playing court, and that’s what
she meant when saying “Welcome to the Mental Olympics”. At this point the
voice over says “Supposedly it helps Venter our aggressions showing that she
might be in there because she’s got an uncontrollable rage that may cause
people harm.