This textual analysis is about the thriller film 'Red Eye', which is about a main protagonist Lisa Reisert (Rachel McAdams), and a main antagonist Jackson Rippner (Cillian Murphy). Rippner is a terrorist operative, which you find out later in the narrative, who is working alongside a group that are intending to assassinate the Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security Charles Keefe (Jack Scalia), as well as his family. This assassination is taking place in Miami, at a hotel Lisa is acting manager of, the Lux Atlantic Hotel, trying to prevent the assassination from taking place.
Characters
Clearly we see the acting role of Lisa Reisert, as a protagonist, the moment she boards her flight back to Miami, even though she is terrified of flying, and when Rippner reveals that he's a terrorist operative, working alongside a group of people wanting Keefe dead. She tries all she can to stop them, being careful not to get caught by Rippner, especially with the messages she tried to give to people, so that they know what is happening, but she failed. A clear antagonist is Rippner, who has been threatening Lisa to do his dirty work, one threat is a deal. If Lisa did what he asked her, then he wouldn't deploy a hitman to kill her father Joe (Brian Cox). But if she doesn't then her father will be killed. One other threat is the part in the bathroom, where Lisa made a message out of soap on the mirror. Rippner found out and well, pushed her back in and threatened her like you see in the picture. He also cleared the message from the mirror, and took her back in to where they are seated.
Narrative
The narrative of Red Eye is a straight flow of continuous events from start to finish. This is what helps the audience to understand what the film is going to be like, and the enigma that is set up is, How come Rippner is a bad guy? This would suddenly confuse the audience because, from the very beginning, you haven't a clue that Rippner is a bad guy because his actions are none other than a kind way to Lisa, when her flight is delayed. There is also suspense in the film, with the threats on Lisa, and the chase in her fathers house.
Cinematography
In terms of the use of cinematography, the director has decided to use quite a lot of medium shots, and a fair few medium close ups. These medium shots help to show the suspense and the reactions of some of the surroundings. The medium close ups help to give more of the suspense, and the facial and body expressions as well. An example of a medium shot is a part of a scene in Lisa's fathers home, where she is thrown down the stairs by Rippner, a hard stunt to pull through.
Location
The film Red Eye is a mixture of locations, from an airport to a plane, a hotel near a lake, Lisa's fathers home, and other places. This gives an idea of the thriller genre with these locations. These locations are realistic locations because many of us can understand what they are.
Enigma
The enigma is set up near the beginning of the film. It is basically when Lisa's flight is delayed until the next morning, and when she meets up with Rippner. To start with, you would think Rippner is a good guy, especially when he talks to Lisa and other things. Later in the story, when Lisa finally gets on her flight, she is glad to be seated next to Rippner. The only thing is, the moment the plane leaves the runway, Rippner reveals to her that he is a terrorist operator, working alongside a group who are going to assassinate Keefe, the Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security, and that he needs Lisa to help him with it, otherwise he'll deploy a hitman to kill her father. This is what the narrative of the film will flow from, start to finish.
(Some of this is taken from wikipedia.org)
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