The Mist Anaylsis

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Plot

“After a brutal thunderstorm pounds a small town,

the residents discover a malevolent mist hanging

over their homes, killing anyone who remainsoutside. Now trapped in a grocery store, a band of

survivors must make a stand against the deadly

fog.”- Plot description from Netflix.



Camera Work

1st shot- Tracking- Long Shot- moves in a tracking motion through the room which the character is located in. This is used as an establishing shot to introduce the audience to where the film isgoing to set.

2nd shot- The camera then Zooms and moves slightly changing the angle it is in changing the

shot in a gradual motion and pace this helps with continuity with match-on-action into the thirdshot. The match on action means that there is a flowing continuity rather than having severaldifferent shots cut together.

3rd shot- Over the shoulder shot- This lets the audience get a more detailed view at thecharacters features, this means that they gradually get introduced to the character first of all froma long shot previously and now they can see him from an angle over his shoulder his facialprofile, so that they can see his main facial features.

4th shot- shot- Zooms Out into a long over the shoulder shot, of the three characters looking atthe situation. This is almost like the audience are taking a step back slightly away from thesituation, it makes the audience see from the characters point of view the chaos and danger which is starting to unfold also because they are standing as a family with a little boy it makesyou feel empathy for them because little children are thought of as being vulnerable.



Sound

Diegetic sounds have been used to imply that there

is danger for the characters ahead, it is also

because it is a common code and convention usedin horror films to create tension and an eerie

atmosphere to achieve the purpose horror films

have which is to make the audience feel scared. The

diegetic sounds which have been used are weather

sounds of thunder and lighting.



Lighting

Low lighting- This type of lighting has been used in

the sequence this creates an eerie atmosphere

because the black connotes death in westerncountries which the film makers had in mind where

this film was going to be mainly distributed.

Natural lighting effects- Thunder and Lighting- This

creates and eerie atmosphere this is becausethunder and lighting is used commonly in horror

films to symbolize that danger is around for the

characters.



Mise en Scene

Characters- The main characters you see in the opening titlesequence are a family of three a: mum, dad and their child who isa young boy. This makes them seem vulnerable this is means thatthe audience can relate to them because they are ordinary peopleliving their lives.

Costumes- The characters are wearing casual style clothing inlight colour tones. By having the characters wearing casual style itmeans that the audience can emphasize with the charactersbecause they are normal people living their lives and then thingsstart to go wrong this means that they can put themselves in thecharacters position and get more invested in the film because itmakes it more realistic and relatable.

Props- Red objects Rose, paint etc.- The colour red has beenused a lot in the first shot of the movie this could be connotingdanger.



Editing-Credits

DIMENSION FILMS PRESENTS- This lets the

audience know what product company the film

belongs to and who is responsible for making it.

„The Mist‟- 1.12 credit- The name of the film is

placed at the end of the opening credit intro. The

name is placed in the opening credit intro with the

purpose of the making sure that the audience thename of the film they are going to be watching.



Editing- Effects

Ghostly figure – There is a ghostly figure of a

woman‟s face seen in the opening title sequence.

This is a common code and convention of a horror film. It creates tension because there is the

association with spirits and death with ghosts.

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The Mist Anaylsis