1. The scene starts with diegetic dialogue of a
voiceover with a character describing events that
have happened in their house. The tone of the
voice creates a sense of fear in the person however
we can’t see anyone, so cannot see the emotions
on their face. A little sinister doll then appears on
screen. The doll appears to have wounds on her
face , which creates a feeling of danger and leaves
the viewer ill at ease. The close up on the dolls eye
makes it look like she is looking at us and could
imply the doll has life in it.
There is then a long shot of 3
characters who all look
uncomfortable. We see this from
the girl in the middle constantly
fidgeting and playing with her hands
which then forms a duality with the
viewers emotions watching this
scene.
2. There is then a long shot of the doll,
wearing a white long dress which is
normally presented as innocence and
purity, however this contrasts with horror
films as it adds a sense of danger and a
threat as the character wearing it is
normally a little girl who has evil in her or
is possessed.
There is then a flashback of events that happened
involving the doll. As the match on action shot
shows the two girls coming in their flat a note is
found on the floor. A music sting then starts whilst
a close up of the note reads out ‘miss me?’ the
note has been written in red crayons. The crayons
are associated with children so this could mean the
ghosts or demands are children. Also the colour
red means danger and blood which could be a
theme of death which might occur in the film.
3. There is then a long shot of the dark
corridor which creates a mystery and a
unknown atmosphere. There is then a
tracking shot as the two girls walk down
the corridor to find the doll on the floor,
looking up at them. A close up of the dolls
hand shows a red crayon in it. This tells us
the doll wrote the note but we don’t know
how.
Another match on action shot shows the
two girls entering the room the doll is
sitting outside of. The room is dark but is
trashed which creates fear. The music
sting becomes louder and more
aggressive. A point of view shot looks
around the room and sees all the
scribbling on the walls with the same red
crayon.