The document provides analysis of genre conventions, narrative elements, mise-en-scene, soundtracks, editing, and camera work of the horror film "Insidious" and the psychological thriller "Shutter Island." For "Insidious," key points include the use of red typography, low lighting set in a suburban home, and ambient music. Narrative elements involve a boy sleeping as ghosts lurk and a family's recent move into a possibly haunted house. "Shutter Island" opens in a prison cell, establishes an isolated island setting, and features orchestral music with cymbal crashes for a feeling of brutality.

2. Insidious
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3. 0 Genre Conventions-
0 The Red Typography connotes blood, violence, gore and death.
0 There is very low key lighting, - black is prominent throughout .
0 Slow, ambient music which is typical in any horror film.
0 It is set at night time.
0 Set in a middle class suburban household.
0 Slow pace editing.
0 Hand held camera
0 Red, black and white are the only colours featured.

4. 0 Narrative ideas-
0 The opening credits takes place at night time in a typical suburban house -hold
in America. The camera introduces the audience to a young boy sleeping. This
connotes innocence because of his current weak, helpless state. The boy being
introduced early on in the film represents significance for later on in the story.
There are grotesque monsters in the form of silhouettes lurking in the dark. This
signifies that this housed is haunted.
0 There is an establishing shot of the big house. This represents that the main
narrative will evolve around the house. The significance of the house to the plot
is reinforced by the hand held camera walking into most rooms. There are
moving boxes left scattered across the house. This represents how this family
have just recently moved into ‘their dream house’. But… perhaps the house is not
all it’s cracked up to be.
0 The red typography dissolves during the opening sequence. This signifies death
and disappearance of the characters.

5. 0 Mise-en-scene
0 Setting and Props- set inside and outside of a big house. Props include the
every day household items. There is a large clock which is featured heavily. The
vintage type clock represents how there is a haunted history to the house.
0 Costume, hair and make up- The boy is wearing Pyjamas.
0 Facial expressions and body language- All the ghosts in the house are
wearing black. The ghosts have very white make and there faces are tattered.
0 Composition- Big clock and moving lamps are made a focal point.
Contrastingly, in the dining room the chair just suddenly moves. This creates a
‘blink and you’ll miss it” vibe.
0 Lighting and colour – Low key lighting. Only colours used are white, black
and red.

6. 0 Soundtrack-
0 The music is non- diegetic.
0 The music is eary and fuzzy. This creates an uncomfortable experience for the
viewer.
0 The music starts of very slow and ambient. Then, the tempo and volume starts to
increase to build up tension.
0 There is a violin playing extremely high notes which create the idea of
‘screaching’. This seems like psychological torcher because the violin is very hard
to listen to.
0 The dynamics and tempo increases suddenly when the title ‘Insidious’ is
introduced. The music becomes very frantic.

7. 0 Editing-
0 The editing is generally slow.
0 The hand held camera moves around the house very slowly to create
the idea of ‘tension’,
0 Then suddenly, the editing becomes much faster to create chaos.
0 There are a lot of dissolves. This connotes disappearance.

8. 0 Camera Work-
0 There is an establishing shot of the house.
0 Lot’s of Zooms (in and out)
0 Close ups of objects

9. Shutter Island
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10. Genre Conventions-
0 The use of red typography
0 First shot is in some kind of prison cell.
0 Establishing shots
0 Chains, connotes torcher.
0 Mixed pace editing. Slow editing with sudden glimpses of fast pace
editing.
0 Orchestral music.

11. 0 Narrative Ideas
0 The first shot is a prison cell. As a viewer I wonder if in fact if it is mental
institute. This connotes possible mentally ill behaviour e.g.
schizophrenia
0 The gun connotes that one of the characters has a violent streak
0 The chain connotes violence and torcher
0 The establishing shot of the river and the background might be where
this prison/mental institute is situated. If so, this is very far away from
any life or urban civilisation. It is therefore assumable that a lot of
suspicious activity takes place on the island
0 The empty prisons create enigma’s

12. 0 Mise-en-scene
0 Setting and Props- Prison and gun. Both go hand in hand to connote
danger
0 Costume, hair and make up- No characters
0 Composition- Establishing shots of the mental institute and the island
show the sheer size and scale of the places
0 Lighting and colour- High and low key
0 Facial expressions and body language- No characters

13. 0 Soundtrack
0 Orchestral music- Trumpet is playing long sustained notes.
0 Xylophone plays at regular interval
0 Crashes of cymbals create an aggressive- brutality feel
0 Varying tempo and dynamics doesn’t allow the music to become familiar.
It is designed to keep the viewers on their toes.

14. 0 Editing
0 Mix of slow and fast paced editing.
0 We see the film at the camera’s point of view.

15. 0 Camerawork
0 Establishing shot of the possible mental institute.
0 Close up at someone's hands where we can see someone shaking.
0 Close up of the gun, brings our attention to the violence in the film.
0 Hand held camera.