An American Haunting
The opening scene of this movie was different to the other two films I watched. It started in a forest during the winter time. The film was set in the olden times and was based on a curse. The camera angles in the first scene showed a girl running home with something following her which was not in the scene. The camera zoomed in to the girl when she fell over to show her innocence. The camera moved around really quickly to create suspense and the camera was representing the girl’s eyes showing her confusion and her feelings. The young girl is out of breath when she gets home. The clock ticking can show the time for to escape is going down maybe getting closer to her death. During the opening seen we see that it was a dream. The girl wakes up screaming and hugs the mother. She wrapped her hands around her knees to show that she is scared and the camera shows this shot to show her feelings once again. The camera does this with a close up of her body language to show this. The mother is an alcoholic she sits down and has a glass of alcohol in her hand. In this scene the camera had the mother in shot as well as the photo of the family. This can show that they had a problem because of her drinking, or that the mother is upset about the situation something that she cannot solve and finds the only way in drinking. The mother has a letter in her hand and the rest of the film carries on in a forest from the past. So they skip from the present back to the past. There is two lovers in a forest area and we can see them joking around. The camera in this scene then zooms in to a house slowly showing the whole family and the mise on scene. In the forest seen there is noone around apart from the couple. It is a green area with trees around which is like an area to hide away from other. The props and clothing shows that it was a long time ago and that people still believed in witches and curses. The important thing in this scene was that it was Christmas time showing that they were religious. The celebration and the theme horror clashes. This is unusal because its a good day which is celebrated by Christians. This is not expected in horror films but it makes a difference when the film is set during special times.The scene starts with a zoom in the fireplace. The sound of the fire burning can show that it’s coldand can be done to show relaxation. It is calm and cosy atmosphere which creates the idea that something might go wrong.Then this is disturbed by a crying noise. When the mother and father walks up the stairs the noise carries on they whisper to each other to create tension they look around the house. Their footsteps are heard and the creaking noise creates suspicion as well.
The opening scene of this movie was different to the other two films I watched. It started in a forest during the winter time. The film was set in the olden times and was based on a curse. The camera angles in the first scene showed a girl running home with something following her which was not in the scene. The camera zoomed in to the girl when she fell over to show her innocence. The camera moved around really quickly to create suspense and the camera was representing the girl’s eyes showing her confusion and her feelings. The young girl is out of breath when she gets home. The clock ticking can show the time for to escape is going down maybe getting closer to her death. During the opening seen we see that it was a dream. The girl wakes up screaming and hugs the mother. She wrapped her hands around her knees to show that she is scared and the camera shows this shot to show her feelings once again. The camera does this with a close up of her body language to show this. The mother is an alcoholic she sits down and has a glass of alcohol in her hand. In this scene the camera had the mother in shot as well as the photo of the family. This can show that they had a problem because of her drinking, or that the mother is upset about the situation something that she cannot solve and finds the only way in drinking. The mother has a letter in her hand and the rest of the film carries on in a forest from the past. So they skip from the present back to the past. There is two lovers in a forest area and we can see them joking around. The camera in this scene then zooms in to a house slowly showing the whole family and the mise on scene. In the forest seen there is noone around apart from the couple. It is a green area with trees around which is like an area to hide away from other. The props and clothing shows that it was a long time ago and that people still believed in witches and curses. The important thing in this scene was that it was Christmas time showing that they were religious. The celebration and the theme horror clashes. This is unusal because its a good day which is celebrated by Christians. This is not expected in horror films but it makes a difference when the film is set during special times.The scene starts with a zoom in the fireplace. The sound of the fire burning can show that it’s coldand can be done to show relaxation. It is calm and cosy atmosphere which creates the idea that something might go wrong.Then this is disturbed by a crying noise. When the mother and father walks up the stairs the noise carries on they whisper to each other to create tension they look around the house. Their footsteps are heard and the creaking noise creates suspicion as well.
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