Summary: In the aftermath of a family tragedy, an aspiring author is torn between love for her childhood friend and the temptation of a mysterious outsider. Trying to escape the ghosts of her past, she is swept away to a house that breathes, bleeds...and remembers.
Mise en scene: The setting is in Elizabethan/ Victorian times, and in a Manor in the winter, the characters
are wearing typical tuxedo's and dresses suggesting that they are wealthy, also considering that they own a
manor.
Some props include a candle, an umbrella, a knife, hats, coats, tuxedo's, earrings, pottery, saucepans,
lanterns, butterflies, a toy person, an old fashioned lift. and they use CGI, a cleaver. The lighting is relativ
-ly toned down so that it adds to the eerie aspect of the film.
Camera composition: The first few clips are quite different to what techniques most movies make, for
example a panning shot going inwards then followed by a panning shot moving horizontally going across a
character. This is followed by an over the shoulder shot and then a match on action style shot which
targets two character's hands' at waist level.
Following this, there are a series of panning shots showing the area so that the audience can become
accustomed to it. which is then followed by another over the shoulder shot of a character facing one of the
main characters. Also, there is then a close angle shot of a toy, followed by another panning shot.
After the first section of the trailer, there is a close shot of a character, which stays there for a bit more than
2 seconds. and then we are introduced to a panning shot of the manor which is the main setting of the
movie, then there is a close angle panning shot at eye level, which you could say uses the 180 degree rule
because the camera focuses on one character nodding then transitions to the other characters nodding.
Next there is a shot of a bathroom, where it is panning in and then has a close up shot of a demon's hand
whilst panning right to spark the audience's thoughts. then there is another match on action shot of a
woman stepping outside of a bath and the camera catches her foot touching the floor, which could
suggest to the audience that she is inspecting something which adds to the impact of fear factor.
At the end of the trailer there are a few cleverly used shots, for example fast panning of a girl falling and
a slow tense close up shot of a hand grabbing a woman's shoulders.
sound: First of all for the sound used in this trailer there is a mix of diegetic and non diegetic sound
used, for example a sudden sound of something dropping, and then a short sudden breath of a woman,
almost like a dying or panicked breath, and then a sentance is spoken saying '' ghosts are real''.
then a sudden bass drop and another breath. which is followed by a knife slicing through air sound which
in this case is non diegetic.
After the dramatic intro, some gentle piano music is introduced and a character introduction and a singer
is introduced along with the piano song and at sudden strategic points there is a character which speaks a
line. Further into the trailer the music becomes more tainted and distorted which makes the audience up on
their feet.
editing: First of all there is a cut from black into white, following that the use of transitions to black is fairly
common in this trailer, as it emphasizes the slow and calm atmosphere, until it suddenly changes. Following
this there is a cut from the movie to a CGI image and some text telling the audience what is happening.
However later on during the trailer there is a simple straightforward transition from one clip to another,
which suggests to the audience that things are speeding up and about to finish.
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