James Wan was born in 1977 in Malaysia and is a film director known for horror movies like Saw (2004) and The Conjuring (2013). The document discusses scenes from Insidious: Chapter 2, which Wan directed. It describes how non-diegetic sounds are used at the beginning to set a creepy tone. A medium shot then shows the protagonist pulling curtains away from a window, curious about what is outside and creating intrigue for the audience. The opening establishes the film's setting with a long shot of houses.

1. By Guedar

2. James Wan was born on February 26, 1977 in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia. He
is a writer and director and most known for Saw which was released in
2004, Insidious: Chapter 2 and The Conjuring which were both released in
2013

3. One of the films that wan has directed is insidious : chapter 2. The opening of insidious : chapter we are
introduced to a non –diagetic sound of melodic and manor keys . The purpose of the non-diagetic sound
was so audience gets the sense that its a valuable environment. The establishing medium shot shows
the protagonist, moving the cretins away from the window, so that she could see outside. The
impression the audiences get as she pulled the cretins away was that she seemed curious to know what
was happening outside. This creates an enigma code as the audiences want to know hat she thought was
outside.
we have a long shot of a houses, which establish were the film will be taking place.
Furthermore diagetic sound fades in, when something mysterious has happened e.g. when the buggy
suddenly begins to move on its own. Which creates the effect to the audience that we are now getting to
the part of the opening were thriller codes and conventions are presented by mysterious and weird
things happening.
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