Wednesday 13 May 2009

Opening sequences
When a stranger calls:
Diegetic sounds of phone ringing- communication
Black screen
Establishing shot of house- murder scene
House in darkness, except bedroom window
Red balloon- blood
Pan to fair ground- sets scene
Night time setting
Diegetic sounds of phone, and fair ride- playing a game with her
Long establishing shot- high angle
Slow pace editing, speeds up
Long shot watching people
Close up of spoon charms-eery, detecting movements?
Close up of children on fair rides, suggests childhood- playing games
Close up of fair ride
Pan to house, link between fair ground and house
Diegetic screaming
Red balloon- low angle shot to high angle shot symbolism
Music changes
Mid shot of red balloon- blood
Tracking shot children running
Diegetic sound of police car
Mid wide shot of red ballon, 2 of them let down one still blown up
Blue colour-police
Zoom to close up of mans face
Fade to black
Credits fade in in white
Cut zooms watching people
High angle shot of houses in street
Blue balloon-police
Yellow colours
Room in darkness, light comes on, woman in window, diegetic sound of screaming
Blue room- police, crime scene
Close up of oil pump, in shape of axe- weapons- death
After girl killed bumper cars crash- death

Whisper:
Black screen, white lighting “And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light’ Corinthians 11:14
Eery music, tense and heart beat raisin€g
Diegetic sound of bird
Establishing shot of wood cuts to 1 second shots of someone running
Low angle shot of woods
Fast pace
Close up of bird
Cut to womans legs running
Diegetic sounds of beathing
Diegetic growling
Diegetic sound of whispering- don’t stop
Red hat
Close up of her face
Animal chasing her
Close up of yellow scarf
Yellow colour- men at work
Close up of beasts face
Blue eyes black fur
Point of view from car
Mid shot of woman being run over
Eye level close up of woman dead on floor- eyes
Close up of picture of woman, yellow and red colours
Pan to close up of hands playing with toy cars
Whisper fades in- black background
Close up of mans face peering through window
Establishing shot of corner shop
Shot, shot reverse conversation
Long shot, someone watching them
Red colour
White colour
Close up, point of view shot out of window?
Close up of faces- expressions
Close up of hands
Soft non diegetic music
Zoom through doorway
Light shines strong through window
Close up of boys face
High angle shot of car pulling into house
Lots of white colour used
Religious non diegetic music

The Amityville horror:
Non diegetic music represents heart beat, pulse raising, tense
‘Based on a true story’
‘November 13th 1994
Close up of mans face, pans to eyes, then to mouth
Establishing shot of house, close up of drawings
Close up of eyes
Kill them- diegetic sounds
Close up of tv
Close up of clock
High angle shot of book- Evil Proof of God and ash tray- stress and anxiety
Mid shot of man loading rifle, cut zoom to close up of hands
Tracking shot of feet up stairs
Lightening- bad weather represents mood.
Close up of eye
Dull colours
Diegetic sounds of gun shot
Fast editing
Long shot of man walking into bedroom
Mid shot of couple asleep in bed
Close up of mans face
Close up of gun shot
Mid shot of windows- eyes of the house
Low angle shot of man from girls point of view
Flash of gun shot in eyes of house (windows)
Blue lighting- police
Diegetic sound of phone ringing- communication. ‘Everybody’s dead’
Low angle shot of house
Pan of house
Close up of files
Close up of hands and feet
Diegetic sounds of news reports
Establishing shot of house (one year later) setting scene
Close up on womans face, brighter colours
Point of view shot from little boys googles
White colours- purity, innocence

The number 23:
Number 23 typed
Pans across page, then straight cuts
The number 23- written in red
Credits typed in- like a type writer
Numbers- symbolism
Red- ink? Blood?
Black and red, evil
Non diegetic music, upbeat and eery
Slow pace editing- very repetitive
Music speeds up slightly, heart beat
Close up of number 23
Fade to high angle establishing shot of houses- stting scen
Main character is voice over.
Camera pans to man in van
Mid shot of woman walking dog in red coat- blood
Attention is on woman’s hands- thriller conventions
Close up of mans face
Red cup
Clock convention- time- repeated
Rewinds to close up of Christmas tree, December 23
Red flowers
Shot, shot reverse 2 characters talking
Ribbon on cake red

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