Paranormal Activity 4  Analyse

In the opening of Paranormal Activity 4, we kind of get the idea that it is a horror movie because it starts off with the date  saying October 31st 2011 and everyone mostly know that this date means its Halloween. This is actually a good time for horror movies to come around as it makes the film more scarier but also makes the audience more engaged with the film. Also showing that it is a horror movie, there is children going trick and treating for Halloween, but also we see a little boy running away from the camera and it shows he might be scared or even excited because he is going to knock on some doors and get some sweets as he is a young boy and Halloween is around.There is one more thing in the opening of Paranormal Activity and that is when the man (known as Ben) holding the camera as he is filming everything, he goes towards a scarecrow, proving to the young boy that there isn't nothing to be scared of, but once he gets to the scarecrow, the surroundings become silent and Ben then gets a jump from the scarecrow. Paranormal Activity is actually a horror movie series and this film is the fourth one in the series.  

  In most horror movies, there is always tense, quiet music. In the opening of Paranormal Activity 4, we don't hear much music in the background, which is a little weird, but really it is actually good for the audience because it makes the scenes very tense and the audience will be engaged with the film more and will also make the film more interesting. As of course it is the opening scene of the film, so it may not start with music, but throughout the film, music can appear in some scenes which is good as if there wasn't any music in the film, the film would be slightly boring in a way as it would be just people talking, but with music, the film will be more scarier and fun to watch!

 Moving onto the camera shots of the opening of Paranormal Activity. In the opening of this film, we see a little boy making noises while running from the camera, when the boy is running from the camera, the camera is running as well, this is because a character from the film is using the camera to film parts of the film, to make it look like it is from his POV. The main camera shots being used in the opening scene are two people shot, this is where two people are in one shot and we see that being used a lot for the girl and the young boy and walking around doing trick an treating, but we also see a lot of medium shots as we get to see what the character is like and what type of body language they are using.