The document analyzes shots from a horror film about a sorority. It summarizes that the first shot establishes the isolated location of an abandoned mine which creates tension. The next shot shows a man pretending to kill a woman with a tire iron, but the prank goes wrong. Subsequent shots show the key character mourning alone and all the girls receiving a threatening text message, signaling the start of the main horror. The final shots cut between the first killing and glimpses of the killer to build suspense without revealing them, following horror film conventions.

1. SORORITY ROW ANALYSIS

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 harsh, light/darkness is a contrast of
dangerous setting as life and death.
opposed to a secluded
meadow.
This is a similar shot,
showing a tire iron falling
Mid shot showing man
towards the camera and
about to stab the women
down the mineshaft. This
with the tire iron. This
signifies the end of the
signifies he is going to kill
her, but she is only
scene and finality of the
incident within the story.
pretending to be dead, but
The shot is also used to
he doesn’t know this. This
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.