2. Sound
The film conjuring starts of with a girl talking and there’s a voice over when
talking to a man about her traumatic experience. This is a sound bridge as
the whole screen is black and all you can hear is the voice over. This then
cuts to a shot of an extreme close up of a dolls eye. The object of the doll is
significant to the story which is why its featured in the beginning of the film.
After all that horror and tension from the two girls who explained their story
we see later on in the film a family moving into their new home. You hear
shouting from kids saying ‘I get my own room'. This creates a family feel to
this part as the sound is just noises of a family moving into a new home.
There is writing shown on the screen talking about one specific case the two
demonologists have kept away and not told anyone about it till now. There
is the same haunting music being played and the sound gets louder and
louder making the audience feel terrified but also eager to know what had
happened in the case.
3. Mise-En-Scene
In the opening of conjuring there is a creepy doll called Annabelle who is
possessed by a demon. This is the main prop used in the beginning of the
film when the two girls explain to the demonologists what kind of psycho the
doll is. This gets the audience feeling some suspense as this is only the
beginning of the film and there is already dangerous things occurring.
There is broken lamps, broken picture frames, writing on walls etc. This
shows that someone has damaged the props purposely showing the
audience that the creepy doll has done it as it is possessed by a demon.
4. Editing and Lighting
The lighting in the opening of the film was very dark and the scary music going
along with it is making the audience think that this is going to be a frightening
film.
When the two nurses are talking to the demonologists the camera gets a close
up of their faces showing how terrified they are when explaining their torturous
story.
I can apply Roland Barthes theory as ‘’miss me’’ creates and enigma code as
the audience don’t know why it is written.
