Brainstorm:
What happened – The mother is locating the cause of the noises when she encounters supernatural disturbstances.
Lighting: artificial – matches, lamps around the house.
- Warm – comes from the matches, lamps, creates a sense of safety away from the darkness.
- Dim – only illuminates parts of the room, not the whole environment, lights feel unstable when it might go out.
Colour→ Pallette – Grey, Black, Brown, yellow, beige
→It’s dark, you can’t see much,
→Everything is dull, lifeless, uninteresting, feels uninviting. Atmosphere-uncomfortable, afraid, unnerved, unwelcomed
Music/sound → Diagetic- music-piano-minor, loud, fast
Non-diagetic – Footsteps, doors, slamming, falling down the stairs, and clapping
-minor- unnerving, puts you on edge
-loud- frightened-jump scares, dramatic
-fast- builds tension and anxiety.
Camera→Shots/angles/movement/focus
Dutch tilt-used to make viewer uncomfortable, something bad is about to happen
-used to zoom out of door after it slams and locks women in the basement with the ghost
High angle-Used to make the subject look weak and vulnerable.
– used when women ‘falls’ or is pushed down the basement stairs. POV of demon that pushed her.
An eeire uninviting atsmosphere is created in the ‘hide & clap’ scene through the use of a dutch tilt. The mother is locating the cause of the noises when she encounters supernatural disturbances. A dutch tilt is used as we zoom out from the door after it slams and locks the woman in the basement. This makes the audience feel like something bad is about to happen; the world is suddenly off balance. Chaves and wan did this to not only make the viewer feel uncomfortable, but to let us know that the spirit has sinister intentions. Coinciding with this is the use of dull, dim and dispearsed lighting which adds to the ominous atmosphere of the scene. Viewers can connect with this story because it is based on actual events, and many people fear discovering an intruder in their homes in the dark