Drag Me To Hell Analysis
This is the opening of a horror movie called Drag Me To Hell. By knowing it is a horror movie, the start of the scene, is a little boy's parents asking a woman to help their son as he can hear voices as he had stole something from other people and hadn't given it back. Other thing showing it is a horror movie is that when the young boy is laying down on a little sit and hands are coming from the roof, looking like the hands are going for him and while this is happening, tense music is in the background to make the scene more scarier for the audience while watching it. There are more things to show that it is a horror movie and the finally one I am going to talk about is when the boy has been thrown onto the floor and the floor starts to crack up, while this happens, the boy tries to escape but a demon creature grabs the boy and takes him down into the ground also known as "Hell", when this has finished the floor goes back to normal and the film title pops up with high pitch music.
We then have the camera shots and angles in the opening of Drag Me To Hell. At the start of the clip, we can see a long shot of the house, this is effective because we can see where the scene is being set but also what is happening and the audience will get an idea of how the scene is being presented. The next shot is a close up shot of the young boy laying day on a rug, this shot is very effective because we can see the facial expressions of the boy and by his facial expressions we can see how scared he is and the sweat on his face makes him look nervous, the audience will be more engaged into the film because they want to know more what is happening but also why the boy is scared. The final shot and angle is a a medium shot, low angle. This is shown when the women in leaning over the banister as the boy has fallen off it, this makes her look like she is in power because of how the camera is being used. This is effective because we can see the type of clothes she is wearing, how her body language is and also seeing her facial expressions, which by the looks of it is worried, scared and really not sure what to do. The audience will be very engaged into the film as the scenes are becoming more tense and frightening.
Of course we have the music in this film, because with the music it becomes more exciting and tense for the film but also for the audience. At the start of Drag Me To Hell, there is non-digestic music being playing which sounds very mysterious but also tense at the same time, this sets the mood for the audience being intrigued and curious of what will happen next. Towards the end of the opening scene, the music comes back again. The music is very dark and tense and this makes the scene more of a horror because of what is happening in the scene and as you can see, we see the boy being dragged down into the ground while the music is increasing each time. This is called Non-Digestic music because the characters can not hear the music being played but the audience can.
We then have the camera shots and angles in the opening of Drag Me To Hell. At the start of the clip, we can see a long shot of the house, this is effective because we can see where the scene is being set but also what is happening and the audience will get an idea of how the scene is being presented. The next shot is a close up shot of the young boy laying day on a rug, this shot is very effective because we can see the facial expressions of the boy and by his facial expressions we can see how scared he is and the sweat on his face makes him look nervous, the audience will be more engaged into the film because they want to know more what is happening but also why the boy is scared. The final shot and angle is a a medium shot, low angle. This is shown when the women in leaning over the banister as the boy has fallen off it, this makes her look like she is in power because of how the camera is being used. This is effective because we can see the type of clothes she is wearing, how her body language is and also seeing her facial expressions, which by the looks of it is worried, scared and really not sure what to do. The audience will be very engaged into the film as the scenes are becoming more tense and frightening.
Of course we have the music in this film, because with the music it becomes more exciting and tense for the film but also for the audience. At the start of Drag Me To Hell, there is non-digestic music being playing which sounds very mysterious but also tense at the same time, this sets the mood for the audience being intrigued and curious of what will happen next. Towards the end of the opening scene, the music comes back again. The music is very dark and tense and this makes the scene more of a horror because of what is happening in the scene and as you can see, we see the boy being dragged down into the ground while the music is increasing each time. This is called Non-Digestic music because the characters can not hear the music being played but the audience can.
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