The Dead Zone Film Analysis

Mise en scene and montage has developed the content of film for many years. Dating back to the silent film era, the elements of these particular formats have shaped the film industry. David Cronenberg and Sergei Eisenstein have mastered the core attributes to successfully bring life to film. Cronenberg ability to display brutal graphics and incorporate an exceptional story line infused with Eisenstein montage theory creates an interesting film, “The Dead Zone”. The title itself sets the viewer up to believe that it will be a film about people losing their lives, but however; this film illustrates a story of a man with special abilities (gained after car accident) to help save a small town from a cruel murdered and corrupt politician. Throughout

At 12:22 the doctor and Johnny face appears the same amount of time. The camera goes back and forth between the two while having a conversation of what happen to Johnny and his road to recovery. At 13:09 metric montage happens again between, the conversation with his parents and himself. The conversation consists of his trance or coma like state and Sarah, the woman he was deeply in love with. At 15:46 metric montage resurfaces, allowing Johnny to experience an event connecting the nurse to her daughter in a supernatural way. The film moved between Johnny, the nurse and the child caught in a fiery blaze. 27:13 marks another example of metric montage. This is now the interview of Johnny and these powers that have bestowed upon him. The camera consistently moves back and forth between the two characters, discuss his condition. Beginning at 1:01:56 metric montage is in action again. The chat is about Johnny helping the father’s young boy. He has discovered that his child is seclusive and distant. A final example of metric montage starts at 1:07:49, this sample shows the two characters and the television being rotated. They all share the camera

5:37 begins the set up for the tragic event that will take place within the next couple of scenes. The music plays throughout their interaction slowly and then speeds up by the time of the crash. It then slows down once the driver finds Johnny in the car. At 26:14 music begins to play as Sara drives away from seeing Johnny. I believe the music is entwined to this frame because of her emotional state of seeing Johnny after five years. Starting at 40:59 a kissing goes into effect. It starts between the ex-lovers standing in the cold having a conversation, immediately the kiss happens and the music gradually builds to put emphasizes behind the action. 44:45 immediately when Johnny touches the used box of cigarettes the music come in. The music is chilling as he rubs the box in hopes of finding something but, however; the music continues to lead to another horrific