KyraJones- Heathers

Beginning of the movie introduces the three main colors: red, yellow, and green. The movie puts emphasis on red.

This cafeteria scene where JD shoots blanks at bullies but doesn't get expelled. Very metaphorical. Dull colors.

Veronica and JD see each other at gas station. There are very colorful signs all over the store. JD is always seen in black and Veronica is seen in dark colors as well.

Heather Chandler is seen wearing red. She is the leader of the Heathers and the leader always wears red. This scene is very upbeat since they are at a college party.

Veronica confesses to JD she wants to see Heather Chandler puke her guts out. This scene is at night so there are hardly any colors shown. It has a very dark feel.

Veronica and JD sneak into Heather’s home the next morning. Heather Chandler's room is very colorful. Again, emphasis on shades of red.

Heather McNamara, who is always seen in yellow, asks Veronica to go on a double date with her. The seen is very dull except for the nature. The fact that the guys are drunk and tipping cows shows something about the time period, considering that is the most exciting thing they can think of doing.

Veronica and JD kill 2 jocks. The scenery is all very drab. There is nothing colorful, and it feels lifeless. The police in this scene are shown slacking off and smoking weed. All the adults in the movie are portrayed as useless in a sense.

JD tells Heather Duke that she should be the new “Heather Chandler”. He gives her the red bow that Heather Chandler used to wear. Heather Duke now becomes the Heather in charge, and this is the first time the color red reappears.

Martha, a girl who is often showed being bullied in the film, attempts suicide by walking into traffic. She fails and is teased for “trying to be like the popular kids”. Suicide is beginning to be seen as "cool" within the school.

Heather McNamara attempts suicide by overdose, but Veronica follows and stops her. Heather McNamara is wearing a little bit of yellow, but the most yellow in this scene is all the pills that she spits out.

JD tells Heather Duke to get everyone to sign a petition for the popular group Big Fun to perform their song “Teenage Suicide Don’t Do It” at prom. Veronica asks Heather why she’s such a “mega-bitch” and Heather replies “because I can be”. Heather Duke has completely turned into the new Heather Chandler.

Fed up with JD’s actions, and knowing he is coming to kill her, Veronica pretends to hang herself. JD gets to her room and is upset she beat him to it. He then tells her about his plans to blow up the school the next day at the pep rally. He tells her that the petition everyone signed was actually a mass suicide note. The seen is the darkest of all the other scenes to reflect the severity of the situation.

The next day Veronica finds JD in the boiler room under the gym setting up explosives. They fight. Veronica demands JD to tell her how to stop the bomb, and JD refuses, which results in Veronica shooting his finger off. Up until this point the scene uses the shadows and darkness of the basement to its advantage. The only vibrant color is the blood from JD's blown off finger.

Veronica, relieved, walks outside the school. JD follows. He opens his coat to reveal a bomb strapped to his chest. He blows himself up while Veronica watches and smokes a cigarette. Veronica goes back inside the school and goes up to Martha, who is in a wheelchair after her accident, and asks if she wants to watch movies with her. She says yes, and the movie ends with them walking away and Martha doing circles around Veronica. It is a very cliche ending.