Nine Frame AnalysisBy Kayleigh Norris

The first frame

In the first frame, the little girl is sleeping in her bed with the lights turned off. This gives us the impression that everything is calm, however, people are at their most vulnerable when they’re sleeping so it also gives the audience an uneasy feeling because the little girl is unable to fight back if anything does happen.

The second frame

In the second frame, see that she is looking rather scaredhe little girl has woken up and we can. Just by looking at this image, we can make the assumption that she has possibly had a bad dream or she had heard something that startled her. This lets the audience know that the little girl is now feeling uneasy, thus preventing her from sleeping any longer. This then makes the audience feel slightly more uneasy as they now know that something is most definitely wrong.

The third frame

The third frame is a wide shot of the room- this is used as a point of view shot, showing everything that the little girl can see. This is to put the audience in the little girl’s shoes and then as a result they feel less comfortable due to their minds believing that they are actually in that room and they could be in danger. Not to mention the fact that they can no longer see behind her where she is most vulnerable. The little girl is clearly scanning her room for any signs of danger because she’s scared and there is no way she would be able to do anything else whilst being this scared.

The fourth frame

In the fourth frame, we can see that the little girl had gotten out of bed and is heading out to the landing to investigate. This again makes the audience feel very uneasy because ANY thing could jump out at her at ANY time.This is a mid shot, so it shows her from the waist upwards. From this we can see that she’s wearing pyjamas. Although pyjamas is the normal thing to wear to bed, it also shows hoe she is as a character at that time- she is vulnerable and despite her fear, she is probably not awake enough to be able to defend herself from any danger she may encounter.

The fifth frame

•The fifth frame is a long shot that carries on from the fourth frame- this shows match on action as she is walking through her bedroom doorway out onto the landing. There is a mysterious white light behind her suggesting that something is not normal about the house. This provokes the audience as they are humans and humans are naturally scared of the unknown.

The sixth frame

• The sixth frame is basically the same as the fifth one but the little girl has turned the light on. This shows that she is intrigued and wants to find out what woke her up. This also makes the audience want to know more but they also don’t because they know something bad is eventually going to happen - they have contradicting feelings- this leaves them on the edges of their seats but also hiding behind their pillows.

The seventh frame

•The seventh frame is a long shot, showing the little girl opening a door- this is probably to check and see if her parents are still sleeping and if they heard what she heard or not. This makes the audience feel uncomfortable because they don’t know what’s behind that door.

The eighth frame

The eighth frame shows the little girl making her way down the stairs. In other paranormal horrors, a lot of activity happens around the stairs because they can be very dangerous in some circumstances. This causes the audience (provided that they’ve watched other paranormal horrors) to feel very uncomfortable.

The ninth frame

•In the final frame, the little girl is turning the light on at the bottom of the stairs. The girl is standing in front of a door way, however, the audience can’t see through the doorway, so this then makes then a little bit couscous as to what is through the door and weather it is something dangerous.