Mise-en-scene + soundAdam Green

Lighting• The green tint is used to suggest the fact that she feels lonely, and isolated. She is in an abandoned, uninviting place, and this is represented well by the tint. This contrasts very well with the other scene that the movie alternates to periodically. This scene has orange tints to it, which makes everything seem more happy.

• When we realize that this scene is just a dream, the lighting goes pure white, very bright, as is in a normal hospital. We get a sense of cleanliness. Harsh shadows are eradicated and so we can see everything clearly so there isn’t an element of fear to anything anymore.

Lighting• At the beginning of the scene, we are lead to

believe that the only light source is the Petzl light that is on top of Juno’s head. This represents the darkness of the cave and presents large shadows creating a level of fear.

• We also get a view from Holly’s night vision enabled camera which gives us limited vision which makes the viewer more worried as to what is going to happen.

• The green tint alongside the limited vision gives that uninviting tone to the scene again.

Location• The hospital at the start of the clip is more of a surprise to the viewer. We see all of the deliberately placed medical instruments and tools. This isn’t a scene we are as such expecting to see. The environment is different to the one the viewer has just been presented with. We are almost pulled away from the action of the car crash and the birthday cake because of this weird new location.

• The lack of other people in the corridor creates a sense of fear in the place, alongside with the tint. The shadows that are casted are really intensified with the green tint as everything darkens.

Costume• The costume that Sarah wears during the scene

remains the same. She is wearing a hospital gown which suggests to the viewer that she is vulnerable, hurt, something isn’t quite right.

• Other people in the scene are wearing clothes typical of nurses, doctors and paramedics. They are wearing white lab style coats and wearing other medical equipment.

• Juno is wearing her normal clothes because she is a guest in the hospital

Props• There are a total of two important props in this sequence. Those are the birthday cake and the heart rate monitoring device.

• The cake symbolizes the importance of Sarah’s daughter. It shows that Sarah is imagining the events that never happened.

• The heart rate monitor is important because it makes an eerie noise when Sarah walks off. The monitor shows a rate of zero, which could be a foreshadow to the inevitable death of the characters.

Clip 3 - Hospital

Shots 1 & 2

This shot is somewhat inviting. We see the birthday cake, its bright, yellow, it invites us in. However we are then greeted with the greenish scene of Sarah on the hospital bed. The

way the scene is lit is quite eerie, but we see the clothes she is wearing, some of the equipment in the background, and learn she is in a hospital. This is quite contrasting from

the inviting, warm colour’s and props used in the previous scene. We see that in the hospital she is also worn with medical equipment on her face. We also learn that she

could’ve been in a bad accident.

Shot 3

This shot is again lit with a green style light (or tinted in post). Either way we understand that she is feeling confused, something isn’t right. It is quite an eerie scene. The green makes it look uninviting, a little grimy. Added with the shadows, makes everything look not quite right. She is in a hospital corridor, she has just

exited her bed. She is still wearing the hospital bed robes. Her movement is slightly unusual, she has just woke up, we learn she is still dazed by the accident, and is

very confused.

Shot 4

This shot is lit in a different way. The subject is still lit up, we can still see her sub-clearly. However the background lights have gone. We can still see Sarah however, so we get a sense of again, being dazed, still confused, not quite properly awake. She slowly looks around as the lights drop out, because she is trying to work out what is going on and

attempting to piece the situation together in her head.

Shot 5

Here we can see she has entered the real world again, so the lighting is how it would be expected in a hospital, everything is well lit, there are not any shadows, everything is

clearly visible. All of the doctors/nurses are wearing clothes/uniform typical of that of a hospital. Other people there are wearing normal clothes. Sarah is till wearing her bed robe,

she is out of place in this corridor. We can see that everyone around her is moving fast, they all have something to do, they walk straight past the two girls in the middle of the

corridor, about their business.

Clip 4- cave sequence

Shot 1

Here we can see the dripping water of the stream in the cave. As you can see, the surrounding area is very dark, meaning that we have to pay more attention to what we can

see in order to learn as much about the scene as we can. We can see the shine of torchlights, and some cave wall, and not much else.

Shot 2

This shot is better lit, as we see that the girls are wearing head-torches. We can see a little more of the cave, but still very little. A lot of what we see is either formed by a silhouette

or a shadow. However we can begin to identify each character again thanks to the better lit scene, and can again, see the water dripping from the top of the cave. Some of the head-

torches were actually product placements.

Shot 3

Here we can see the girls are approaching something. However, again the girls have become nothing more than a silhouette.

Shot 4

Here we can see that the girl is struggling against something. We as a viewer struggle to see what is happening. Again, we have the water dripping from the top of the cave, which

helps to create an outline of what is happening. However the scene is still lit dimly, to create the illusion that we are actually inside a cave. The girls are still wearing their

headgear and explorers clothes.

Shot 5

Here we see so called “Night Vision” footage that is supposedly captured by the girls with their camera (also a product placement). We see bones, other structures and artefacts, and

w start to wonder if any of the objects are alive.The scene is lit green, because we are led to believe that it is night vision, but also, a green

tint also makes the scene look more scary, and somewhat more isolated.

Shot 6

Here we see one of the girls has been seen by the inhabitants of the cave. We can see the girl is no longer wearing her headgear, so we are led to beiileve that she took it off or it has fallen off. The scene is still lit/tinted green, as we are supposed to believe that it has been

captured on the girls’ night vision equipment.

The lack of clear lighting means that a lot of the monster is made up of shadows. Meaning he looks more intense and scary.

Clip 4- sound (diegetic)• There are lots of diegetic sounds in Clip 4.

Examples include the sound of the waterfall, footsteps, breathing, groans, dialogue, screams, and growls from the monsters.

• Some of these would have been produced live, some would have been added in post, through the use of existing sound effects, or a foley artist.

Clip 4- sound (nondiegetic)

• There is little non-diegetic sound in clip 4. there may be some background music every now and then to help create atmosphere. They also prevent the scene from becoming silent.