Lovely Bones was originally a book by Alice Sebold, and then
in 2009 Peter Jackson directed a film on the story. Lovely Bones is a drama
fantasy thriller as Susie, the protagonist, terribly dies within the film. The
film would be classed as a fantasy as the young girl is believed to be waiting
in the ‘in between space’ between life and actual death, to move on.
The two important micro-features which make the film so amazing and grips the
audience in is sound and mise-en-scene.
The non-diegetic sound that plays at the beginning when Susie is a young child is very slow, soft and peaceful which reflects the life she is living, the sound however does have a creepy feel to it which may foreshadow something that happens later in the film.
The film is narrated by Susie who tells her story of how she died, at times she says certain things which again, foreshadow what happens next, such as “He is stuck in a perfect world.” When talking about the penguin in the glass.
As the scene changes to another time period the music also changes to a faster paced tempo showing how happy life was for herself and her family before she died.
The final music change in the opening scene is as Susie says “It’s funny the memories you keep.” The music is slow and has a creepy feel to it, maybe symbolizing the locations importance.
The non-diegetic sound that plays at the beginning when Susie is a young child is very slow, soft and peaceful which reflects the life she is living, the sound however does have a creepy feel to it which may foreshadow something that happens later in the film.
The film is narrated by Susie who tells her story of how she died, at times she says certain things which again, foreshadow what happens next, such as “He is stuck in a perfect world.” When talking about the penguin in the glass.
As the scene changes to another time period the music also changes to a faster paced tempo showing how happy life was for herself and her family before she died.
The final music change in the opening scene is as Susie says “It’s funny the memories you keep.” The music is slow and has a creepy feel to it, maybe symbolizing the locations importance.
Mise-en-scene shows the moving through time through the
parents of Susie, at the beginning of the film the parents are in bed and are
shown to be young through their actions and costume. The photo on their bedside
table is of Susie when she is young, then the picture changes to a more recent
in time photo of Susie to show time has moved on.
Photos are an important prop in “Lovely Bones” as they are being taken a lot during the film, which represents the memories Susie is narrating on, almost like the whole film is a memory to Susie.
When the family are at the farm Susie seems to be quite detached from what is going on, maybe foreshadowing to the audience that later on in the film the family will be a tight family unit again without Susie there in walking life, however watching over them.
Photos are an important prop in “Lovely Bones” as they are being taken a lot during the film, which represents the memories Susie is narrating on, almost like the whole film is a memory to Susie.
When the family are at the farm Susie seems to be quite detached from what is going on, maybe foreshadowing to the audience that later on in the film the family will be a tight family unit again without Susie there in walking life, however watching over them.
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