Crimson peak
At the beginning of the film sequence, there is low key lighting. This is used to show how dark and frightening the atmosphere is. The lighting focuses on the girl within the scene. We first see low key lighting within the scene by the darkness and shadows on her face. This gives the audience a sense of fear. Within the scene, we see the actor acting waking up in the middle night. From this we can see the confusion on the actor’s face - this is fairly normal within the genre of horror. A lot of horror films are set within the dark, dreary night to give the sense of fear and to scare the audience. This is how people can tell the difference between genres. Further on in the film clip, the actor goes to find her lost dog. While looking, we see a view of the other baloneys and the old looking stair cases. A lot of pathetic fallacy is used when we see this view as we can see how the director has used weather to set the scene for us as the audience. Within this one shot we see a point of view shot and a mid-shot. While seeing these buildings we get a sense of derelict and unsafety. The point of view shot gives the audience a hint that someone may be following her, which foreshadows an event which we later see in the film. This may have been used to try and provoke an emotion within the film- such as fright. The mid shot has been used to show the actor body language and emotion from waist up. It also shows props and the setting in the background, which helps the audience understand the setting and what props are used and why they might be used. This is also known as mise-es-scence. Throughout the sequence, we hear a lot of not diegetic sound such as the dog barking at the very beginning and doors slamming and creaking throughout the whole snip of the film. The director may have used this to try and evoke terror within the audience and show just how big the building is as there is a lot of creaking and slamming. Mid way though the clip, the actor thinks her dog isn’t in the same room as her. Her first instinct is to open the door to get her dog. While opening the door, the dog runs in, then the door slams shut creating a dramatic scene, which may provoke fright within the audience. This is a clear example of non-diegetic sound as the dog isn’t there, but we can still hear the animal, this creates a sense of mystery and spiritual sense from the viewers point of view. While this door is open, we get a sneak peek to what the demon creature that is haunting the girl looks like. When they are at the door, we see a red face with its hand wrapped around the side of the door with yellow looking eyes. This physically Shows the audience how close she was to the creature and how close she may have been to getting hurt. It also shows us what the creature looks like. This shot is called a two shot as it has two people in. This shot may have been used to show how we can see two people in the scene, but the girl only thinks it her which may create panic to us as an audience and make us fear for the girl’s safety. Then after the girl shuts the door straight away, the demon pops out of the ground. This is an example of a long shot. This was used to show what is down the corridor and what we as an audience see from the girl’s point of view. While the girl is trying to escape, we see all the emotions on her face-such as fear. While running, we hear the diegetic sound of her breathing really fast- like she’s panting like the dog. This creates a sense of fear as we question her safety. Near the end we come across a big box which the girl goes straight to. This creates a feeling of confusion to the audience as we want to know why she went straight to the box. While near the box, we get a close up of the top. This gives the audience a clue which may be foreshadowing something that may happen later on in the film.
