The Conjuring opening
scene Analysis
The
conjuring opens with a close up of a creepy looking doll and off screen sound
introducing the main characters talking about the events that took place
leading up to this moment. This straight up highlights to the audience
that the film genre is horror.The close up shot of the doll slowly zooms out
and creates a medium shot, this makes the audience feel like the problem is
getting bigger and bigger. The diegetic sounds makes the audience feel a part
of the experience making what the girl is saying seem more real. The crack
in the doll's eye represents that there's something wrong
and that something bad is going to happen. The fact we can't look
the doll straight in the eye makes the audience feel
like they can't trust the doll and that the characters shouldn't trust
it either.
The medium shot of the doll after the characters reveal that they gave the permission for the spirit to move into the doll symbolises that the doll is the source of all the strange things happening later on in the film. The close up shot of the girl has low key lighting which predicts that something bad and mysterious is going to happen to her. This also creates an enigma code as the character says "but then, things got worse", this makes the audience feel intrigued and unsure as to what happened, it makes the film more engaging and makes the audience want to carry on watching. This then turns into a medium shot of the door showing us the two girls walking in and finding a piece of paper on the floor saying "miss me?", the writing is in red which signifies danger and makes the audience feel on edge. We then see an extreme long shot of the doll in a dark corridor, the darkness creates a sinister atmosphere. We then see a close up shot of the dolls hand holding red crayons. This makes the scene even more sinister as suggests that it was the doll who wrote the note.
The girl then walks into the room and sees smashed photo frames and red scribbling everywhere, there are also flashing lamps which have
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