InsidiousHow the opening scene keeps the audience

watching?

The opening scene of insidious, interests the audience because of the music that is used, the music fits with the mood of the film; the music makes you feel tense, as the camera starts to speed up, the music does also, things start to get more intimidating so the music’s tempo changes, this is why people carry on watching it because of the adrenaline rush as you hear all the music and see everything in black and white.

After the opening, the title appears, the music gets louder and deeper, as a result of this, your adrenaline levels go up even more and you start to become intrigued and want to know what happens next. It gives you goose bumps as you watch it because of how tense things are.

As the credits are coming up, the music is quieter and more high pitched, to keep things in the same mood the writing is put in red which symbolised blood or death, this makes the audience keep watching because it makes you think that something bad is going to happen; it makes you question the movie in the first 5 minutes.

After the credits, the film starts. It starts off dark and dull and a women waking up and walking around the house. The house adds to the effectiveness because it’s a house they’ve just moved in to so there is stuff and boxes everywhere, she starts looking at photos and gets startled by her son which makes the audience question who is there but it ends up just being someone in the family and nothing bad happens.

TitleAs the title appears, the colours get more dominant, and the music gets louder and more high pitched, this happens for 6 seconds.

The colours of the title are quite intimidating and tense, the create a mood of fear, this is because the title is red and red usually symbolises blood or danger and this being a horror movie, you automatically think of blood; the black background, makes the red stand out more because it makes the red become a dominant colour. People also associate black with death, which makes you think that a lot of people will die. As a result of the effect used, it makes the title daunting because its flashing in front of you meaning you keep your eyes focused on what the title is doing.

The title appears quite suddenly, there is a black screen for about a second and then the title appears; this is effective because the music stops in that 1 second break which makes you assume that the film is going to start quite subtle but doesn’t and this is when the title appears. It disappears in a flash effect also this is good because then the film starts normally but it starts off quite calm meaning the suspense will be built up.

Watch the clip, to see the effect of the title.

Genre & target

audience

The genre of this movie, is a horror, drama and a mystery movie. The target audience of this movie, are people who are 15 or over, it is also people who enjoy watching movies that build up suspense and that are jumpy and have a tense mood.

From the use of characters in the trailer, I think this film is targeted at mostly teenagers from the age of 15 and over, this is because although adults are part of the main character list, there probably isn’t a great story line that adults would be that interested in, this is why I think it is mainly aimed at people aged 15-20.

I know that this is aimed at people who like horror movies, because of the content of the film, there are a few jumpy and creepy scenes in this. Some of the scene could affect people because they can get quite distressing.

Director & distributors

The director of this movie is James Wan, he has directed a lot of well known horror movies such as Paranormal activity 1-5, saw 1-6 and the conjuring.

Having the same director as these other horror movies, is a good thing because the other movies were big sellers and were good movies meaning people could probably guess that it would be a good movie because of the director.

The film distributors are:FilmDistrictAlliance FilmsIM GlobalIcon Productions

Main CharactersThese characters work well in this film, because of their qualities in acting. All of these characters made it very realistic using a good amount of emotion and dramatic techniques during the film for effect.

Rose Byrne is the only character who appears in the first 5 minutes of the film, she appears in the last 30seconds-minute, in that scene she is waking up and lying in a bed.

Lin Shaye

Elise Rainier

Rose Byrne

RenaiLambert

Ty Simpkins

Dalton lambert

Patrick Wilson

Josh lambert

Cinematography Click the

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- Camera shot types

- Camera shot types continued

- Camera angles

- Camera movements

- Transitions

Camera Shot Types

Close up:

This is effective because it doesn’t show us the whole scene and we have to wait to see what

happens next.

Cutaway:

This is effective because it allows us to see the subjects setting and allows

us to have the question, What happens next?

Wide Shot:

This is effective because it lets us

see the subject but its not extremely

visible and detailed.

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Medium close up:

This allows the audience to see a

main part in an effective way

because it’s a slight close up but still shows

the whole image.

Extreme Wide Shot:

This is effective because it allows

the audience to see part of the

scene and give a tense feeling.

Cut-In:

This is effective because it makes

you think that something is

going to happen whereas it just

showing her body and easing

in to the film.

Camera Shot Types

continued

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Camera AnglesBird's Eye:

This is effective because were it is

showing it from the top angle, it creates

a dramatic effect.

Slanted:

This is effective because it is

purposely tilted, this gives an interesting and dramatic effect

for the audience

Eye-Level

This is effective because it shows us it from the angle as if it

was real life and we could see it.

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Camera Movements

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In the opening scene, the film uses a variety of camera movements. It uses a 360rotation, a dolly in, a dolly, tracking and pedestal down. These are used throughout the clip to make the it more interesting and create a sense of a tense feeling.

The 360 rotation of the camera and stylised, this is used around the light.

The dolly in, this is used when it is moving side ways and around corners.

The dolly, this is used at the beginning of the clip and reveals the scene the main character (a boy) in a bed.

Tracking, this is used when the are going through the house and seeing it through someone else’s eyes.

Pedestal down, this is used when the camera is when camera movies down and moves in different directions.

TransitionsFade:

This is effective because the

scenes usually link in with each other

meaning that it will just look like one

scene because they fade.

Cut:

This effective because its

dramatic, its an instant change

from one scene to another.

To see the transitions, you need to watch the clips.

Crossfade:

This is effective because it

gradually moves in to the next scene giving us a tense

feeling.

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Sound Click the link to see the slide about sound - Non diegeti

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Non-Diegetic sound

During the majority of this clip it uses non diegetic sounds, the sound that is constantly used during the opening scene is violins and an orchestra, the tempo changes during the clip but only in the way that is gets quicker.

The violins are easier to pick out from it as they are more dominant because there sounds dramatic, it is effective in the way that creates a sense of feeling that its going to be a spooky, creepy film.

The other instruments are able to be heard but aren’t as dominant and clear to hear, this is effective because the tempo of some of the instruments is slow which is why it fits in well with the violins because it means that there is a mixed feeling throughout because of the style of music.

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Diegetic sound

In this clip, the director hasn’t used any diegetic sound, this means they haven’t used any realistic sounds and its all studio sound. Instead, The director has used selective sound, this means they have taken out all the realistic sounds, this is because it gives it more of a spooky effect meaning the audience will more gripped and they will want to carry on watching the film to see if the standards are as high as the music.

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MISE-EN-SCENE Click the links below to find out more:

- Set and Lighting

- Costumes and Make up

- Props- Acting/dialog

ue

Set and lighting

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Set

The set of insidious is quite dark and gloomy, it, has quite a tense feeling within in it, because it the colour scheme is like greyish colours and quite boring.

It is done as in if the lights are off in the house so you can only see a little bit of what is happening, this is effective because it gives more of a realistic feeling because its set in a house, and it gives you the feeling as if it was in your house, and as if you walking around but there are no lights on, the only light that is present is the light from the street lights peeping through the curtains. They create shadows around the house as if there are abnormal things there.

Lighting

The lighting in this film, is dark, this is effective because it creates a spooky atmosphere; this fits with the genre of film because it gives you a sense of fear.

Dull colours are used in order to give you the sense of something supernatural or bad is going to happen at some point throughout the film.

Costumes and make up

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This part of the film uses a lot of make up on this character, the make up makes them look old and scary. There is black eye make up, with makes them look distressed and quiteevil. The face make up, is like an off white with ahint of green, this suggest that the character is quite drained and rather old, the teeth are also rotten which suggests that the character has been there for a while and they’ve started to rot. The character has like a black veil over their face, this suggest death because you wear black veils at afuneral when your grieving.

The make up used on this character, is quite a basic look,there is much make up used because the character is in bed, this makes it more realistic because you don’t wear make up to bed. There is probably a thin layers of different make up.

Props

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In this film, there are a fair few different props used. There is stuff, from furniture, to toys to personal things such as family photos.

At the beginning, there is a teddy bear and a blanket, this suggests that this room is a young boys bedroom, I think this because of the things in the room and because of how the room is laid out, it has quite a cosy, young feeling to it.

There are various lamps used in this but all of them have a dim light and don’t light up the whole room, this is effective because it adds to the atmosphere and makes us question what will happen.

There is also a family photo, this suggests that the family are really close and are family orientated, as in the do things together and they like there house to be cosy and full of happy memories they’ve experienced.

Acting/Dialogue

Dialogue

In this clip, there is no dialogue, for the first 5 minutes of the film, there is just simple acting, the only noise there is, is the music.

Acting

In this clip, the only acting seen, is a boy sleeping, this is at the beginning of the clip. There is also acting at the very end of the clip, it is where the mother, is just waking up from being asleep.