Red Eye is a thriller film directed by Wes Craven, released in 2005.The main antagonist is Jackson Rippner (Cillian Murphy),a young man introduced in what seems like a friendly manner. He first intervenes as 'back-up' for Lisa against an arguing passenger. He doesn't hesitate to step in, and remains clam throughout the dialogue - this can tell us that his character has a confident and collective manner about himself.He tries to explain things clearly and rationally, but you can see hints of the true nature of his character one the passenger begins to argue once again. He's instant reaction is to grab the mans arm discretely. This sudden and shrouded violent act grabs the passengers attention, and shows he's not afraid to turn to violence if people don't listen to him first time round. H continues a mildly friendly and calm speech, not changing his tone of voice, until his final line. After saying “a lot more thankless than yours.” The passenger's attention is drawn straight to his eyes. From the close up we then see of Jackson, you can see nothing but confidence and a threatening vibe in his sharp eyes. Usually, a low angle shot would show intimidation to the character, and show their vulnerable to the situation. But Jackson turns this situation around – even if he's shorter than another person, he's not intimidated in the slightest and holds his ground. This tells us a lot about him, and gives hints to any possible motives he may have further in the movie. His actions would be seen as heroic from Lisa and the airline worker's point of view, and he plays the passenger off as the 'villain' by making a face that suggests so.
Whilst on the plane, Lisa finds he seat is coincidentally located next to Jackson's. As they sit down, he turns to her with a straight look and asks if she's stalking him.The close up shows the serious look in his eye, and a bit of worry or fear in his features. A mid shot, two shot then shots Lisa's surprised reaction, she also looks quite worried at this point, obviously believing he thinks she's some sort of stalker. The situation diffuses after a moment silence, when Jackson lets a laugh out, and apologizes for the joke, portraying him as a friendly and humour loving man. Since women usually tend to love these types of qualities, it shows that he knows how to act to gain a woman's interest.
As the plane departs, we can suddenly see a dramatic change in Jackson's attitude and personality. At this point, Jackson's character has the light on above him, keeping the audiences focus on him. This can also be seen as mise-en-scene, since Lisa is literally kept in the dark. She doesn't know Jackson's true intentions or motives. He has a small monologue about how some days things just end up going wrong, little does Lisa know, he's talking about himself as being that 'bolt that's not attached properly'. When he admits he's keeping the focus on her and her father, the non diegetic music starts softly in the background, giving the audience their first hints to his ill intentions. His outer appearance hasn't changed, he's still smiling as if trying to be friendly, and his tone of voice is still in bright spirits. His dialogue starts to dramatically change though, revealing little things he knows about Lisa that she's never mentioned. At the mention of his job, he also becomes more fidgety and can't sit still for long. This could portray that he's excited about what he knows, or he's eagerly anticipating seeing her reaction when she finally finds out the acts been a big set up.
As the plane departs, we can suddenly see a dramatic change in Jackson's attitude and personality. At this point, Jackson's character has the light on above him, keeping the audiences focus on him. This can also be seen as mise-en-scene, since Lisa is literally kept in the dark. She doesn't know Jackson's true intentions or motives. He has a small monologue about how some days things just end up going wrong, little does Lisa know, he's talking about himself as being that 'bolt that's not attached properly'. When he admits he's keeping the focus on her and her father, the non diegetic music starts softly in the background, giving the audience their first hints to his ill intentions. His outer appearance hasn't changed, he's still smiling as if trying to be friendly, and his tone of voice is still in bright spirits. His dialogue starts to dramatically change though, revealing little things he knows about Lisa that she's never mentioned. At the mention of his job, he also becomes more fidgety and can't sit still for long. This could portray that he's excited about what he knows, or he's eagerly anticipating seeing her reaction when she finally finds out the acts been a big set up.
He tells her what he does with a serious face, the same one he used when joking about Lisa being a stalker. From this and some suggested smiles, Lisa seems unsure whether to believe him or not, but soon gets scared when she finds he's being serious. As she goes through a list of 'top secret' jobs, he gets a more serious tons, ending with "the money's shit." In response to the mafia. At this point, Lisa realises he's not pulling an elaborate joke, and tries to diffuse the situation yet again.
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