Locket Possession
Camera Angle
- The camera was on a wide angle and set up on a tri pod in order to keep the camera steady so that the only movement was coming from the girl on the screen.
- It is on level with the girl which makes the audience feel like they are just like her and therefore we have more of a connection with her.
- She is at a personal distance and therefore you do not feel as strong a connection than if she was at an intimate distance. This therefore shows that the director does not want the audience to feel closer than just acquaintances with the person on the screen.
- The is non diegetic sound of music that has been laid over the top of the screen in order to create dramatic effect of when the possession is taking place. The music goes in and out of being quite loud and of high pitch to being low and deep. This therefore backs up what is happening in the scene.
- There are jumps cuts between each shot which are filled with darkness and then followed by another shot of the girl doing something different to what she was doing before.
- There is continuity editing shown through the shot being overlapped with other shots and slowed down in order to show that time is moving forward but at a slower pace as though something is taking place which is slowing her brain down.
- The scene is in black and white which connotes this idea that she is making the transfer from innocence to a threat and this is shown just through the colour of the scene.
- They have used over laying and slow motion in order to create a sort of possession scene as it is distorted and plays with the viewers mind as there are multiple shots of the girl in one scene therefore showing that she is being replicated into many other things. Or that certain parts of her personality are being changed.
- It is shot within what looks like an old castle ruins which makes in quite sinister as the place is probably deserted and also shows that the locket is also quite old and who ever left it there probably didn't determine that someone might find it.
- As she puts it on over her head it has to pass her mind and sort of push her hair towards her head showing that the mind might be the form of possession.
- She is dressed in black and white which shows that this form of threat is present however with the white cardigan it shows that it is not yet unleashed and contained within this innocence.
- The darkness between each shot could be someones eyes blinking however the shot doesn't seem of point of view and therefore could be using the same effect that is seen in the Weeping Angels.
The Stairway
- Again the camera has been set up on a tri pod in order to look down the stairs but not move and therefore makes the filming less wobbly and keeps the viewers attention fixed.
- It is a more narrow shot this time filmed at a high angle looking down the stairs at the person coming out of the basement.
- It is quite a tight framed shot but however by having the darkness at the bottom of the stairs it gives this person a place to go because the stairs have been made to look never ending. Therefore the tight frame may be trapping the other person in the house rather than the person in the hole.
- The sound is non diegetic again and this time it is music that they have made in order to go over the top of this scene.
- It sounds similar to the RING music with the child like voice singing in the background and therefore it makes the entire scene much more sinister as children are made to seem innocent and therefore by making them a form of danger it makes the viewer uncomfortable to listen to.
- Again there is the jump cut editing of them getting closer to the camera before it cuts away which is another reference back to the Weeping Angels and the use of stop motion.
- There is continuity editing which is used in order to show the time moving forward.
- There is mainly horizontal lines which are created by the steps however there is also the introduction of the vertical lines made by the door and also the carpet which is covering the stairs. However there is also the diagonal line present in the scene which is made by the bannister and therefore connotes that whatever is coming out of the basement isn't entirely human anymore.
- There is the use of crawling which is show in the Excorist which conforms the idea of the fact that it creates a jolting form of movement and also makes them look quite robotic and inhuman.
- The character is now dressed completely in black and therefore this shows that there has been a transformation from the beginning screenshots to this scene as now she is seen as a complete threat.
- There is high contrast lighting as the bottom of the stairs is in complete darkness whereas the top of the stairs is mainly bright and this therefore conforms the idea that the threat has now entered the innocent and that perhaps they should not mix.
- By having the character at an intimate distance in the end it will make the viewer more uncomfortable as she is coming into a space which generally the audience don't like.
- She makes eye contact with the camera constantly and it never breaks and therefore the audience are sort of forced to look at her although they may not want to as she is placed in the middle of the screen as also is the main point of focus so the audience do have to constantly look at her for the entire scene.
Not Alone
Camera Angle
- The camera is set up on a tri pod again however there are slight movements which could indicate the camera was moved slightly whilst the pictures where being taken.
- The camera is zoomed in to start with and then zoomed out in order to indicate to the viewer that something was being written.
- On a wide angle and this shows that it has been written on her desk which is a place of personal privacy and also somewhere that she will use everyday.
- At a slight low angle in order to give the words more power and emphasis on what is happening within the room.
- Again the non diegetic sound of their piece of music playing over the top with again the child like singing involved which is quite trance like.
- This has been done through taking pictures and then putting them together and therefore it is stop motion which is also used in the Weeping Angels. This can be used in order show writing increasing or to make inanimate object move forward each shot at a time.
- Continuity editing shown through the writing being added to each shot.
- This is being written on a white surface with a black pen and therefore indicates back towards the running theme of black and white throughout the video. By having black on top of white it means that the threat is starting spread into the innocence that lives within the house. Also it shows that they might not be safe anymore.
- By not having anyone in the scene writing the words it connotes to the supernatural idea that this person is a ghost and that they have been made visible for the audience in order to show their actions.
- The words NOT ALONE are quite scary on their own as the idea of being not alone within a house where you may live alone plays on your mind and therefore this short trailer fits in with the psychological genre as well as the supernatural.
- The bottles of products in the shot indicate this as it being set in the protagonists bedroom and has been written somewhere that she will use everyday and therefore cannot be missed.
- The composition is vertical which suggests strength and therefore this shows that the antagonist has a lot of power over the protagonist and therefore she is even more of a threat.
- High contrasting lighting which is shown through the writing being quite lit up but one of the shelves being quite swamped in darkness as though to conceal or hide something.
- The blue surrounding the writing indicates that this place may be a place of calm perhaps a bedroom or a sitting room.
Hello?
Camera Angle
- This time it is a point of view shot as the protagonist is holding the camera and taking us on her journey as she tries to escape this demon/monster.
- The camera is quite jolty in order to show that she is scared and therefore adds a good effect in order to show horror.
- The camera has many different angles but when the girl appears she is shot at a low angle and therefore this shows her with more authority and power of the girl with the camera. Therefore when it goes dark at the end you immediately think that she has been killed.
- There is non diegetic sound to start with of a piano fading out and I have found that pianos are quite common within horror music.
- There is the first use of diegetic sound as the protagonist keeps saying 'HELLO' over and over which builds up the tension as nobody is answering before the other girl appears in the scene.
- There is again the diegetic sound of the scream at the end which indicates that she has either been captured or killed.
- Continuity editing is only used during this shot in order to show time moving forwards.
- Low Key lighting is definitely used during this scene as there is only one source of light which is lamp and everything else around it is in complete darkness which has been done in order to create fear and tension within the viewer.
- The antagonist has red eyes which connotes the idea that she is danger towards the other girl.
- The lamp is white which connotes the idea that the person holding it is innocent and the victim of whatever is about to happen.
- There is no explanation at the end of the scene it just cuts to the scream which makes it a good trailer as it doesn't give too much away and also keeps the viewer thinking what happened and also what is happening.
- When the girl is revealed she is in a inmate distance with the camera and directly staring at us which will make the audience feel uncomfortable and also make them jump as they will not expect something coming up that quickly and that close to the camera.
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