Donnie Darko is a 2001 psychological thriller by Richard Kelly in which a young boy called Donnie Darko who has mental problems befriends Frank who is a man in a bunny costume, Frank tells Donnie that the world will end in 28 days, 6 hours, 42 minutes, and 12 seconds and Danny has to try stop it.
The film opens with low key light which sets the dark tone for the film, and whenever Frank appears we have a very low key light and he is often lit by moonlight or a faint light source which gives him this eerie and unsettling aura especially when paired with his striking metallic bunny mask and furry costume. As we open the film Donnie is in his pyjamas far from home outside, this is unusual which again helps set the tone for this supernatural film, and Donnie’s lack of any sort of confusion shows how he is used to unnatural occurrences in his day to day life, also the fact that he is in his pyjamas away from home shows how he is out of place both geographically and in society as an outcast.
