Weekly film analysis-Jigsaw


Jigsaw is a movie that was released on 26th October 2017. It is a continuation of the 'Saw' franchise that recently came to an end after the seventh movie. Directed by Michael and Peter Spierig (who previously made movies such as Daybreakers and Undead), this movie falls into the Crime and Horror genres. It is a very violent movie and undoubtably has themes of gore, deranged and generally messed up. However, in correlation with this, parts of the movie focus more on the crime side. In comparison with a show like C.S.I. or N.C.I.S., there is hardly any difference between what the audience is getting at times. While trying to maintain their previous audience from Saw, the movie is clearly trying to broaden its marketing to reach some newer faces as the film looks to have been modernised a bit and puts emphasis on using a diverse range of actors from different backgrounds. 

 The plot has some major twists in it and is well-thought of, but the main focus on the film is the game inside of Jigsaw's trapped house. There are some very gory scenes in the movie every time someone dies. 

The acting in the movie is what you would expect it to be for a horror movie on its eighth instalment to the universe. There is nothing special, but as previously touched on there are a diverse range of people in the cast and this definitely makes the film feel nice...until they all die anyway. The film seemed to be predictable at first but the plot twist at towards the end came as a surprise to the audience. 

The cinematography was more advanced than it ever was in Saw movies. With the use of new CGI for one of the traps in Jigsaw's game, it lost n element of realism but it made it look good. Generally, the editing was more advanced again but there was not a great deal of it that could be used considering the film was filmed mostly in quite a claustrophobic  environment. 

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  1. Ben Ellis Media/Film26 January 2018 at 06:08

    It was really interesting to hear about how the film is adjusting to the movie market as apposed just to analysis. It really helped with context and added to the essay.

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