The document provides analysis of cinematography techniques used in a scene from the horror film "Drag Me To Hell". It discusses the slow-paced title sequence with contrasting dark backgrounds. Camera movements are used to track characters in trouble seeking help, with close-ups showing a distressed boy and trying woman. Low camera angles give the helping woman power over the distressed family. The editing is fast-paced to build suspense, and sound gets louder when the villain attacks.

1. Drag me to hell

2. titling The names of actors, directors etc are behind a montage of pictures of damned people. They are in a block white font which contrasts the background which is very dark. The timing of the titles are slow paced as it moves from one name to another. There is a hand that changes into what seems like an inkblot when moving from one picture to another.

3. Camera movement The scene starts with the camera panning down to the approaching. The camera tracks the family to the woman who helps the boy. It shows how they are in trouble and looking for help. The crane shot is used to show how the boy is near to his impending doom and on the floor.

4. Framing of the shot There are many close up sjots of the boy who seems deeply worried. Another close up shows the woman trying to save him. Close ups are also used to see the parents distress and confusion. There is a mid shot when the father is cradling his son which shows his vulnerability.

5. Camera angles There are many low angle shots of the woman who is called upon to help them, this may illustrate how she has a high power. There is a high angle shot on the family which emphasise their lower status to the woman that is healing the boy.

6. Mise-en-scene The characters are clearly in distress, you can see this from their facial expressions. They are in a spanish speaking country and are not of wealth as the family arrives in an old truck and their clothes are tattered. They appear to have escaped to a chapel because when the boy falls, he falls in front of an altar. Alot of the lighting is natural light and candles.

7. Editing directions The editing is very fast paced which is seen to build suspense throughout the scene. There are many reaction shots as when the boy is thrown off the balcony and onto the ground, the camera turns to his family and the woman to see their expression.

8. Sound techniques You can hear a choir singing in the background throughout the scene. The scene gets louder when the villain begins attacking everybody.

9. Actors positioning and movement The actors are either running or waiting. The family often positioned lower than the woman helping them to show the hierarchy in the scene. The woman maybe seen as pure and the family are seen as corrupted by evil.

10. narrative The villain is a supernatural being as you cannot see it physically attacking people, also the way in which the family come to the chapel for help from the villain instead of the police which suggests to the viewer that it is a supernatural evil. The hero is the woman who attempts to heal the boy as they come to her for help. The story is set in a Spanish speaking country and in a chapel. The setting of the chapel suggests a struggle between good and evil. This suggests that it is a horror. There are four principle characters. The story is told by following the story of a boy who is being tormented by what seems like a spirit. This gives the viewer a close relationship with the characters. Questions you are left with what is the boy scared of? Why have they come to the chapel? What has he done to deserve his fate? What is coming to get him? Where has he been taken to?