1. Cabin in the Woods - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyiYJhAsOeY
Name:IsisGarstang My Analysis Supporting Images
Cinematography& Camera
Techniques
The camera techniquesthey have usedare when theyget
close to the windowwhentheyare goingthroughitand
alsowhentheyare lookingatthe bookand theygetcloser
to the bookso you can see the writingbutnotclose enough
that youcan readwhatthe writingsays.Thisgivesthe
audience the impressionthatsomethingbadisgoingto
happeninthe house and whentheydo a close upof the
bookyou getthe ideathat something’swrote inthe book
or theyare writingstuff inthe bookduringthe film.

2. Visual Effects& Colour
Scheme
For visual effects are whenthere inthe woodsandthe
handscome up out of the ground and tisgivesthe audience
the ideathat itmighthave somethingtodo withzombiesor
people gettingkilled.Alsothere’saclipwhenthere inthe
woodsanda werewolfinthe woodsandit’slookinginone
directionthenturnsandlooksstraightat youand inthe
nextscene there’stwohandsouteachside witha spinning
blade inthe middle andinmosthorror filmsthere’salways
a murderand the blade showsthatthere’sgoingtobe
murders, the werewolf andzombie showthatitmighthave
some sort of supernatural theme toit.
Genre Conventions Most communallyinhorrorfilmit’sbasedina haunted
house or creepyplace like an insane asylum.The musicis
slightlylowall the waythroughit,the style of musicthey
usedwasviolinstogive ita more creepierfeel.There was
lowlightingthroughoutthe wholeclipbuttheystayedwith
the coloursblackand white togive ita more scarierand
sinisterfeelinsteadof puttinginintocolourwhichwouldn’t
give itthe same effect.
Narrative At the beginningof the filmyousee anoldhouse inthe
middle of the woodsandthisgivesthe audience anidea
that the filmisgoingto be setat the house andalsoin the
woods.Whenyousee the handand the werewolf inthe
woodsthisshowsthattheyare all linkedtogetherinsome
waywhichgivesita kindof mysteriesaffecttoitbecause
youdon’tknowhow itis.

3. EditingTechniques Throughoutthe whole scene everythingismovingslowly
whichgivesita scarierfeel toit andit makesthe audience
thinkaboutwhat mighthappeninthe filmandif itmoved
to fastthenit wouldn’thave the same effect.Inthe first
fewscenesthere aren’tanyclipsjustdarkand writingthis
makesthe audience thinkwhatmighthappenbecause
there’snothingthere togive themanyideaof whatmight
be happeninginthe film.
Title Credit Design For the creditdesigntheyhave usedablackbackground
withlittle redsquaresonitwhichgivesita Sci-Fi effect.The
writingonit isbrightwhite andit makesyou thinkthatit
mightbe a lightshiningthroughitbutincornersit’sfaded
alsoall the writingisincapital letters.The openingtitle
creditsare small,white veryclose togetherandall the same
heightandall incapital letterswhichmakes iteasierto
read.