The
conjuring - The scene opens with a woman stumbling into a large spacious hallway
then called out “first clap!” then the shot changes and the camera is
positioned closer to the woman from behind which reveals that she is
blindfolded with a red scarf, this makes us understand that the blindfold links
into what she said (“first clap”) that shows that she’s playing a game. The
colour red could be foreshadowing the woman’s future as red ties into danger so
this would make us assume that something will happen to her.
As
she’s feeling her surroundings, making her way through the hallway we hear a
clap that echoes into the room straight after the clap an ambient sound of a
grand clock starts ringing, this is used to startle us as more loud sounds are
introduced into the clip.
As she walks through the hallway she feels
around to guide her in the right direction but into the process of feeling
around she knocks down a few picture frames which shatters the glass, the sharp
sound again makes her jump back.
When
she begins to get further through the hallway she bumps into the stairs banister
that begins to get us paranoid for her safety as there is risk to her walking
close to stairs while being blindfolded.
The
shot changes to and the camera is positioned in front of her showing her
tightly gripping the banister, she calls out in a strained voice “ second
clap” strained because she had previously hurt herself when
she banged into the banister. Just like before after she calls out “second
clap” we hear another two claps but this time it’s louder which shows she’s
getting nearer to whoever she’s trying to reach.
The
next shot has the camera set in the corner of a poorly lit room with shadows
casting over the floor and furniture, key features of the room implies this
room belongs to a young girl because of the pink posters on the wall and a cute
wardrobe but the colour of the wardrobe contrasts as its dark, dull and appears
to look creepy.
The
woman then enters the room waving her hands around to find something to grab
onto something to gain stability The woman tries to reach out and slowly calls
out "April" after that we can hear a door creek and behind her we see
the wardrobe doors open this builds the suspense, the noise triggers the woman
to turn around and says playfully “oh I know where you’re hiding,give me the
third clap!” she pauses for a moment waiting, then we see the clothes ruffling
and two arms appear and clap for the third time.
The
camera shot changes to a mid shot and we see her facial expression is happy as
she’s grinning and she proceeds walk towards the wardrobe and say’s “I’m gonna
get you now” and has her hands reaching out to grab the girl she’s playing with
that we now is named ‘April’.
A
Non
Diegetic Sound (soundtrack) begins to play; the sound is quite eerie and
ghostly and as the volume begins to increase it builds anticipation for the
viewer, then there’s dialogue from the woman saying “I can hear you breathing”
which makes her acknowledge that there is someone in the wardrobe for sure.
When
she extends her arms into the wardrobe the camera changes into a close up of
her face as she changes from happy to frightened as she realises no one is in
the wardrobe, she then quickly pulls of her blindfold. A young little girl enters
the room and chants “Ha-ha, you took your blindfold off! I win, you weren’t even
warm mum” stating that she wasn’t even close to getting her, she then proceeds
to tell her “I was in Kristine and Nancy’s room” which confuses the mum as she
turns back around trying to look further into the wardrobe as she was sure that
someone was in there, and obviously us as the viewer we know for a fact that we
saw someone in the wardrobe and this leaves a mystery to who was in the
wardrobe?
The Ring - The scene opens with
a wide shot of the living room and a man is standing in the centre staring at
the TV as its making a loud noise, the screen appears to look static, he gets a
hold of the remote to switch it off then the room falls silent.
He drops the remote
on the couch and the camera shot changes to being in front of him and as he’s
walking towards the camera on his way out to leave the room he suddenly stops
walking when he hears the TV turn back on, the camera shot is a close-up of his
face in a pull focus as the background is blurry to keep our attention on his
facial expression as we see his face turn into a worried look and then he turns
his head around to look back at the TV the camera technique used here is that
the camera lens turns the blurry background into a clear view then blurs the man’s
head showing that the TV has grabbed our attention.
A non-diegetic soundtrack
begins playing and the music is quite sinister and menacing which is used in a
lot of horror films to build anticipation in a negative way as the music is
building up tension so we know that we are waiting for something to happen. The
camera cuts to a close-up of the television screen to reveal a low quality image
of a forest with a well in the middle of the field the colour of the image is tinted
blue, and the colour blue is used to represent/symbolize depression and
sadness.
Camera cuts to his frightened
face then suddenly an ambient noise of the telephone ringing which the camera
cuts to then zoom towards the phone. The camera cuts to a different location of
a woman on the phone which shows us who’s calling he guy in his house and as
the phone is ringing while she waits for the guy to answer the phone she says
worriedly “Pick up the phone, Noah, Come on, pick up” showing she’s desperate
to talk to him and her worried tone suggests she’s trying to alert/warn him about
something.
Then the scene cuts
back to the living room and the camera shot is pointing at the TV from a low angle,
the camera begins to move back away from the TV, then the man that we now know
is named Noah walks into frame and in front of the camera but we can only see
his legs while he’s standing in front of the TV.
The phone begins to
ring again but this time Noah pays no attention to the phone as he’s staring at
the TV, the camera shot is now an extreme close up of the well on the TV which
we see a long black haired female emerging from the well, camera cuts to the
his face revealing how horrified he’s becoming as he focuses on the TV. We then
see a gruesome creepy looking girl with long black hair covering her face, the camera
keeps on cutting from a shot to his face then the TV screen then back again to
his face, and again to the TV showing that he is disturbed by this eerie
looking video of the girl approaching closer to the screen.
The scene cuts to someone
driving, a loud ambient noise of car tires
screeching which was used to startle us watching, the person driving fast and recklessly
through traffic is the woman that was previously phoning ‘Noah’, camera shot
changes to a close-up of her face while she’s on the phone shouting “Come on,
Noah! Pick up the goddam phone.”
Scene cuts back to
Noah sitting in front of the TV, then when the camera changes to a shot of the
TV, we can now see the female that had previously come out of the well is now
right up close to the screen, water starts to leak out the television screen
which is then followed by her coming out of the TV. This startles Noah which instinctively
makes him try to get away from her, he pushes himself to slide across the floor,
then the camera shot switched back to a side profile of the demonic girl
showing us clearly how her body is coming out from the TV screen and she makes
her way crawling towards him.
We then see him stumbling
to get up but keeps his attention on the girl and can’t seem to look away even
though he is petrified. The girl then stands up and we see a clear shot of her,
her height suggests she is young because she’s quite short and the white long
dress she’s wearing has rips and dirt all over it which suggests that she has
not been treated well.
Once she’s on her feet
she disappears then reappears right in front of Noah which shocks him causing
him to fall backwards knocking down a metal shelf stand which shatters glass that
makes him bleed as we see a close up of his hand with cuts and blood seeping
out.
It ends with a close
up of her head with her black hair covering her face but as she tilts her head
up it reveals her gruesome pale face showing her angry facial expression, then
the camera does an extreme zoom into her pale blue eyes, then cuts to Noah
helplessly bleeding and screaming on the floor which indicates that he will get
attacked by the girl.
Evil Dead - The clip
starts with the main character Mia which is the protagonist in the film, and she’s
struggling to push her way through a shallow pond in the middle of an eerie
looking forest. First few things I noticed about the location that this scene
was shot in is that they’ve used fog to create a ghostly atmosphere as things
in the distance appear to look darker and quite faint making it difficult to
see any figures that are lurking around which adds a mysterious ambience to the
forest. As she’s swimming to the edge of the pond we notice straight away that she’s
hurt because of the obvious cut and blood on her forehead this shows that she’s
in distress and has been a victim to an accident and because of her location we
can already assume that she is isolated from people as she’s in the middle of a
forest so she could be vulnerable as she’s alone and hurt. While she’s moving
her way through the water there is a soundtrack being played in the background which
is non-diegetic so only we’re (as the viewer) suppose to hear it, and the music
being played is quite dramatic/sinister and builds up tension which creates
suspense like we’re waiting for something to happen.
The camera then cuts to a
different location of the forest and the camera technique used hear is from a
point of view shot which is a subjective treatment as the camera is showing the
point perspective as its looking through the of eyes of a character. The camera
is travelling at a fast pace in this scene as its zooming past through the trees
in the forest showing that whoever this character is, is rushing to get to
something or someone. The non-diegetic soundtrack in the background in this
scene gets louder and the tone is a lot deeper which shows us that whoever this
character is that’s rushing through the woods may have bad intentions and could
be the evil one in this scene.
