1. Step outline for film opening of ‘Two Eyes Staring’ (2010)
Genre: Horror
Description of action
Timings
Mise-en-scene
Sound
From black screen an
odd shape appears with
something like water
filled in it, the camera
zooms in slowly as this
shot is shown.
Black is still the
background; another
shape appears with a
shadow of what appears
to be two young girls,
one brushing the others
hair.
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Odd looking
shape, black
background.
Dramatic violin, the Mid shot
sound increases.
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The same sound
increases at a
higher pitch.
Mid shot
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Black remains the
background where
another shape appears
with what seems like
water flowing.
Another shape appears
with something being
poured into a glass.
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The background
remains black
throughout and
the odd shapes
appear
throughout
every shot. In
this there is a
shadow of two
girls.
Odd shape,
liquid flowing
within it.
The sound goes
into a much
mellower tune.
Mid shot
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A glass is
present on a
table with
something
being poured
The sound gets
higher as the glass
appears.
Mid shot
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Camerawork
Editing
Typography

2. Another shape appears
with two young girls
walking through bushes.
As this is shown the shot
zooms making it larger.
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Another shape appears
showing writing on what
seems to be a book and
it moves across to show
more of the writing.
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Another shape appears
with the same two young
girls who seem like their
dancing outside.
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The same shot is shown
however it is turned
upside down so the two
girls are seen dancing
however the shot
portrays them upside
down or as if it is
reflected on the water.
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into it, this is
shown through
the shape while
the background
remains black.
This appears to
be a scene
present in a
garden area
where two girls
walk through.
Writing is shown
in black ink on
what appears to
be a book. The
writing is also
hand written.
This also
appears to be
filmed within a
garden area,
with a small
lake.
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The sound
increases slightly.
Mid shot
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More of a soothing Mid shot
sound, going at
the same
wavelength.
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The sound gets
more quite and
towards the end
only a few violins a
played.
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The sound is much
more quite as if
something sad has
happened, the
sound comes
across unhappy.
Mid shot
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3. Another shape appears
however this looks like
the colour black is slowly
spreading across the rest
of the shape.
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This shape that appears
slowly zooms into the
screen discretely showing
a newspaper.
A young girl is looking at
something or someone
behind a gate wearing a
cardboard mask around
her eyes.
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Another shape is shown;
the shape gets bigger as
if to show the writing
inside the shape with
something liquid
dripping off of it.
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Another shape appears,
inside it looks to be a
shadow of ballerinas
dancing.
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It is hard to
establish what is
within the odd
shape where
darkness seems
to overtake the
lighter colours.
Writing on a
newspaper.
The sound slowly
increases with a
higher pitch.
Mid shot
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The same sound is
played.
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There is a large
green gate and
behind the
young girl it
seems to be
bushes and
trees so the area
looks like it is in
the countryside.
Text which is
handwritten and
a droplet of a
liquid substance
dripping down
the side of the
piece of text.
A shadow of
ballerina’s
circling around.
The shadow
seems to be
The sound stays in
the same tune and
pitch throughout
this shot.
Mid shot
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The sound comes
across as a higher
pitch, a type of
ringing that stays
like that
throughout.
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Slowly gets quite
and then a child’s
nursery rhyme take
over and slowly
fade as the music
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4. appearing on a
wall.
The name ‘swart water’
appears as the
background slowly
begins to fade to black.
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builds up.
“ “slowly fading
to black with
nothing on the
screen apart
from a name
written in white.
The sound builds
up into something
dramatic and then
fades out slowly.
Mid shot
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