2. This is a long shot used This is a high angle shot
to illustrate the fact that showing the characters looking
they are in a secluded down into a mine shaft. This s a
location, which is way of showing that they have
conventional of horror obviously thrown the dead
films. The particular person into the mine shaft. The
location is an circle of light surrounded by
abandoned mine, which darkness signifies death and the
creates a light/darkness is a contrast of
harsh, dangerous life and death.
setting as opposed to a
secluded meadow.
This is a similar
shot, showing a tire iron
Mid shot showing man
falling towards the camera
about to stab the women
and down the mineshaft.
with the tire iron. This
This signifies the end of
signifies he is going to kill
her, but she is only
the scene and finality of
the incident within the
pretending to be dead, but
story. The shot is also used
he doesn’t know this. This
to cut to another scene
creates a situation where a
further along in the story.
prank has gone
wrong, ending in disaster. It
is conventional of a horror
film that someone innocent
dies. It is also a significant
shot as it is the moment that
the situation turns bad.
3. The scene on the left cuts to the scene on the
right, and shows that the girl on the right isn’t as
happy as her friends on the left and is standing
alone, away from them. This signifies that she is still
mourning the incident and is a subtle way of showing
that she is the key character in the film.
The scene on the left cuts to the scene on the right.
In the first scene there is diegetic sound as the phone
rings. In the second scene there is multiple diegetic
ringing to show that all of the girls have received the
same text. This signifies a turn in the story and the
beginning of the main horror of the film. Multiple
phones ringing is a convention used to create a sense
of fear as there is someone teasing them .
The three shots above cut from left to right and show the first killing in the film, and
what the killer looks like. It is conventional of horror films to show a small piece of
the killer, as obviously the killer will not be revealed until the end of the film. It is
also conventional of horror films that an alcoholic in the film gets punished, in this
case by murder. The scene goes from serene to instant violence, which shows the
audience and is also a convention of horror films. The First to second shots are an
eye line match from the women looking at the killer this is also conventional, as the
film would be boring if the victims never saw the killer.
