1. House Of Wax- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4edZV0K_xPIhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4edZV0K_xPI
Name:IsisGarstang My Analysis Supporting Images
Cinematography& Camera
Techniques
The camera techniquestheyhave usedisinthe firstscene
whentheyare movingupthe side of the cookerand getting
close upshots of the wax drippingdownandthe higher
theygetup yousee more wax andthenthe pan of wax
bubblingastheygetcloserto the wax in the pan yousee
someone take some outwiththe spoon. Thisgivesthe
audience the ideathatthe filmmighthave somethingtodo
withwax like someone ismakingsomethingwithitbut
there notsure whatyet.

2. Visual Effects& Colour
Scheme
For visual effectsitshowssomeone intheirhouse makinga
face out of wax and there tryingtoget one of theirchildren
to eat itsbreakfastalsothe firstscene issetin1974 which
givesthe audience the ideathatthe firstpartof itis setin
the past and it’ll have somethingtodowiththe children
whentheirolder.The colourscheme isall kindof the same
veryblandcolourwhite,cream,brownandblackthisalso
showsthe firstscene issetin the oldendaysbecause there
aren’tany brightcoloursanywhere.
Genre Conventions The most thingthat standsout the mostis the woman
puttingwax intothe model of the face and howthe kidsare
treatedthe waytheyare treatedshowsthe audience that
bad thingshappentothe kidswhentheydon’tbehave also
that the parentscant control or handle theirkidssothey
have to strap themdownandthis makesthe audience
wonderwhyitalsogivesthe filmascary but sad feel toit
and throughoutthe openingscene thereisn’tanymusic
playingjusttalkingbutinmosthorror filmsitstartsoff with
musicplaying.
Narrative Throughoutthe openingscene it'smainlyconcentratedon
the kidswhichcouldmeanthat the story revolvesaround
the boysand everythingthathappensislinkedtothem.We
see that one of the brothersisbehavingandeatingandnot
beingstrappeddownthisshowshe mightbe youngerbut
hisotherbrotherdoesn’tbehave andhasto be strapped
downbecause theycan’tcontrol him.At the beginningthe
womanisputtingwax intoa model thisalsotellsthe

3. audience thatthe wax will alsohave animportantpart in
the film.
EditingTechniques The firstseenmovesquicklysoitdoesn’tgive itascary feel
as it wouldif everythingwasdarkerandmovedslower,we
followwhathappenstothe boywhenhe’sgettingstrapped
downit movesquicklyfromwhenhe’s gettinghisfeet
strappedto straightto gettinghisarmstapedthisgivesita
more dramatic effect.Everything’sbrightandat firstit
doesn’tlooklike ascaryfilmuntil the dadcomesinholding
the boy who’sscreamingandtheystraphimdownbut you
don’tknowwhythisis happeningsoitalsogivesita very
mysteriousfeel toit.
Title Credit Design For the title designtheyhave usedablockof wax and cut
the title intoitand insome placeswax isdrippingoutof it
as if its meltingoritsstartingto drythis alsoshowsthatthe
filmisbasedaroundwax.For the openingcreditsthe
writingiswhite andall incaps withlittle gabsinbetween
each otherandsome of the writingisbiggerthanothers
and afterawhile the writingstartstodriplike hotwax has
beenpouredonit,thisgivesita scary effecttoit.