In this movie there are many aspects as to how they’ve made it a successful horror movie. Although they use many cliché conventions that have already been done in most horror movies, the director has managed to manipulate the scene to make it more intense and horrific. In the particular scene I’m analyzing it uses various techniques to make the audience think everything is good where deep down we all know that something bad is going to happen to the innocent family.
At the start of the scene we have quick and sharp cuts between the father picking up the recording and the lights switching off. Now we don’t really know what the recording is about. All the director lets us know is that it’s the “lawn work”.This makes the audience think nothing of it as in nothing suspicious to it but as we continue to watch nothing is as it seems. The quick cuts create a fast, dangerous, deadly pace which sets a more sinister mood and makes the audience think something is coming and something is coming fast. The camera then slowly moves up towards the fathers face to let the audience know what sort of emotions he is feeling as he finds this recording in the new house he’s just bought. Although we don’t know what the recording beholds, we can sympathize with this character because we are also in the same position. This engages the audience and begins to make us question what we would do in that particular situation.
From the father opening the recording we have a cut to the part where he switches off the light. We may think the obvious that you can’t watch an old recordings with the lights on but if we go deeper we realize that light represents hope, security, and in religious terminology if someone were to die they’d say move him to the light because they believe it has a relieving and replenishing feeling whereas with evil we normally connote it with dark colors such as black, grey, red, very powerful grim colors. It’s also in extreme close up to highlight the importance of the light going off. If the light goes off then all hope is lost.
We have an extreme close up and fast cuts at the part where there showing the camera player. This may represent a change from human civilization to the “other” world as we continue watching the “lawn work” scene as one of the horror convention in movies is not being able to see spirits in real life but recordings.
In addition the close up to the button flicking from stop to start very slowly creates an extreme atmosphere amongst us as we are too scared to see what lies behind the rest of the clip, this shows that their is no going back, once you flick that start button nothing will ever be the same. this causes the viewer to feel uncomfortable and almost suffocated as they have no escape but then again that’s the beauty of horror movies you never expect things to happen.
The non-diegetic sounds in the movie work so well in this scene and the movie all together because although it creates tension it doesn’t prepare you for the horrific climax you are about to experience. Especially in this scene where everything is very quiet the sound of a heart beat is just repetitive till you reach the end and you hear the sound of the lawn mower cutting through the victim and a paranormal scream.
The camera work while the scene is playing looks very amateur. At first its very well set and professional then when it cuts to the part where the victims are vulnerable , Its showing us the perspective of the protagonist and puts us in his/hers shoes which makes us feel distressed because it makes us think about what we are capable of and what forces lie beyond that we barley know about.
Because of this we then sympathize with the victims of this clip as we discover their fait after. We wouldn’t expect anyone or anything to go after an innocent family but then again the demon that targets the families is a demon called debuk well known for feasting on childrens souls as it regenerates him and makes him feel youthful and powerful
The lighting in this scene is very significant because its sets a specific atmosphere to get the audience thinking specific things to scare them like what maybe lurking in the dark. We normally associate darkness with supernatural beings, superstious tales and other paranormal activities which is what this film is based on; supernatural beings. Its also very dim in the scene at the beginning because in order for both us and the father to see the "lawn work" it has to be dark or we wont be able to see it and feel the way we are meant to feel which is intense.
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