OPENING SEQUENCE ANALYSIS

Film: The Ring

Genre: Horror

Plot Summary: A young journalist must investigate a mysterious videotape which seems to cause the death of anyone in a week of viewing it.

How did it meet the conventions:

Alone In A Dark house

Female Victim

Killer Contacts Victims Via A Phone

The Ring

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Fonts/ Titles

Child Hand writing “O” are emphasised to show the ring

CCTV style movement, Shaky/ Trembling framing

Camera Shots Close Ups On Characters to show exact facial expression and signal of emotion.

Close Up Shots Of Still Images, only showing the things the audience needs to concentrate on.

Sound

Non-Diagetic: Off key nursery rhyme melody, which makes it sound like the melody is broken and builds an eerie atmosphere because when you think of nursery rhymes you think of children which very disturbing.

Sound

Diagetic: High Pitch screeches, snow TV noise as a indication of a TV being broken or a video has finished, swing noise echoes like it is in a isolated place. The echo portraying ghosts or memories.

Special Effects

Shadow Of The Chair Moves Without The Actual Chair Moving itself.

Upside down spinning chair.

B+W COLOUR MANIPULATION

Contrast Of Lighting

Transitions

Inconsistent Crosscutting Overlapping Fade In/ Fade Out Edgy Effect

Editing/ Pace

Slow To Fairly walking speed pace Slow action Fast Zooms to create intensity Slows down to create tension

Mise-En Scene

School girl in uniform to represent the vulnerable and innocent stereotype(White, Blonde, Female)

Eyes Wide Open To Show how Alert She Is As She’s Reaching For The Door Knob.

Images Connotation &Denotation

Denotation:Blood In A Glass Of Water.

Connotation: Blood In The Water In Well Where The Main Villain Of The Film Got Pushed Into.