In the dead wood opening scene, the first shot is of the woods, this is the establishment shot, it lets the audience know where the situation is taking place. When the camera is making its way down to the puddle, they use the sound of someone singing very creepily which is very ghost like. Its very taunting and works very well as indicating that something bad is going to happen. This a non digetic sound as anyone in the film would not be able to hear this wailing sort of sound. It then also introduces the sound of a piano being played very slowly which is used in many other horror films. It sounds very haunting and has a very good effect on the audience. The piano is then discarded and further more introduces the wailing singing once again. Very softly you can also hear birds chirping to further more create the scene. They both soften off into silence with the main character of the opening scene running through the puddle. The camera at this point is very close to wear his steps to increase the intensity. This was used very well to jump scare the audience. The film also made the sound much louder than real life to have an even greater effect. When he is running a metal sort of sound is introduced in sudden bursts to add tension. The camera is also not fluent when he is running, this insinuates the camera man is also running with the actor. There is also many trees in-between the camera man and the character. Due to the forest being dense, the man indefinitely runs into a lot of branches and leaves, leading him to fall over. This demonstrates to the audience that danger is very prominent. This is a very common convention of teen horror films as it adds tension. Although at this time the audience has no clue to what he is running from, but it is made very clear from his facial expressions and the way he is running that there is some threat he has come across which has led him to run this particular way. When he is on the floor after he fell over he also looks back, this shows the audience the blood on his forehead making it more obvious that some attack happened. The metal type of sounds also get much quicker at this point to add to the intensity. There is also this constant deep sound, which makes the scene much more tense. The camera is then behind him when he's running after he struggled to get up. The camera after that, is then used as his point of view when he is running, this is used to show the tent in the near distance. This shows to the audience what he is aiming for and a sense of safety for the character. This is used to transfer the panic to the audience. He then comes to a standstill when he's stopped by a stream 2 metres below where he's standing. A high angle shot is used when he stops. Then a low angle shot is used to show when he nearly goes over the edge, this is combined with leaves falling on the camera also showing even more danger. These are shown how much of a dead end he is in and how his solutions are limited. At this point the only sound is of that of the stream and him panting. It then goes into a close up shot of his face to show how battered and bruised and tired he is. He then starts to hear things like a bird in a tree which makes him look to his right very frantically. A non digetic sound is introduced to add to the tension. A shot of his back is then used to insinuate something/someone is behind him. This is followed by a ruffling of the leaves behind him and the sound of a snapped branch, this causes him to look behind before making the decision to jump over the stream. With the ruffling of the leaves introduced it shows how the threat is so close to him. Slow motion is then used on his run up and his jump. On his run up, a thudding of a drum is used to add drama. On the jump a low angle shot is also used. When he gets to the other side, he is hanging on for his life and this makes it very clear to the audience that he isn't going to make it. Another low angle shot is used to insinuate something/someone is below them. When it is back to his face again, he is struggling when all of a sudden he stops. Blood then spills from his mouth and he is then dragged down to the stream. This makes it very clear to the audience that he is dead, and gives some clues to the audience as to what the threat is. The camera then rises to the tent, with the girl unzipping it. She staggers out confused and calls out for him. The fact that she's a girl tells the audience that she will be dead too soon enough. The camera continues to rise giving another establishing shot and further more shows she has no sort of safety near her. The piano sounds are also introduced, this further more shows the audience that she's going to die as these were the sounds we heard before the man died.
In the dead Mary opening scene it begins with a black screen with a metal creaking sound , when the screen clears we get to see a chain which is swinging. This continues with many close up shots of the chain. In the background you can also hear birds which set the scene. These are both digetic. The camera then zooms out to show us its a gas station sign, you can see its very worn down showing the audience its quite a run down area. It also says on the sign 'last stop for 100 miles', this tells the audience just how secluded they are. This is a convention used in many films as it shows the imminent danger. It then shows the tyres of a car, then has a close up shot of a girl tapping on the roof of the car. This shows how bored she is and insinuates she's been waiting a long time. She then looks behind her showing she's waiting for someone. We then get a shot of the branches with the car in the far distance. This gives the audience a feeling she's being watched by someone. There is also a slight sound of a laugh at this point making this scene quite creepy. She then attempts to find a radio channel with the radio in the car, but this fails as nothing can be find. Making it even clearer they're far from civilisation. Once again we get a shot from the woods with a creepy sound in the background. This is followed up by a close up of the phone in front of the windscreen, she grabs it in attempt to call someone. This fails due to the fact they're so far from civilisation that theres no signal. She then chucks it back to the front of the windscreen, this shows how annoyed she is getting. She then opens the glove compartment and ruffles with things until she brings out the flare gun. This gives them some safety and shows the audience that they will use it in the film later on when they encounter trouble. Then there is a long shot which is blurred and only focused on the ariel of the car, in the distance you can see someone walking towards the car carrying something. This concludes who she was waiting for. He then drops the gas tanks which is used as a jump scare as its a close up shot of them and very sudden. She asks him what took so long after she looks at him in disgust, and he explains that no one was around which shows even further how secluded they are. The shots switch from close up shots of the female and the male whilst they are speaking to each other. The girl is dressed very 'slutty', she has a tank top which shows a lot of skin and also has shorts on. This is a common convention of horror films as the females are very sexualised in horror films.
In the wrong turn opening scene, the first thing we see is an establishing shot of a forrest. This is to show how secluded they are which is a convention of horror films and it adds to the fear of the danger. There is a deep constant sound, then introduced is two sudden thuds which adds tension. There is then a weary sound which is very creepy and another two sudden thuds occur. There is then a high angle shot of two climbers on a cliff face. The climbers are both wearing climbing gear making it appear they know what they are doing, the female is also showing a lot more skin than the guy due to societies perception of how girls in horror films should be dressed. The guy is higher up than the girl due to societies perception that males are fitter than females. Then there is then a low angle shot of the male when he makes it over the cliff face. We then get to see what he sees which further mores indicates they're in a secluded location. He then disappears off the high angle shot after calling her a slowpoke which is very patronising towards her, especially because she's a female. Its then a close up shot of her struggling, and a close up shot of her foot giving the sense she's about to slip. This adds tension and intensity to the audience. Theres then a close up of her hand, she then slips and falls. The rope holds her up but theres a high angle shot of the trees below her showing the imminent danger below. After hearing her scream he says 'you know were 50 miles from anybody, who you screaming for?'. This further more shows how secluded they think they are from anyone. When they are talking it switches from high angle shots and low angle shots. We then hear a grunt and a knock insinuating something happened to the male. She then calls for him, obviously gaining no reply. This again shows something bad has occurred to the male. There is then another establishing shot but of the cliff face, we can only see the female and not the male. It also shows how she's in the middle of the cliff face meaning she has no escape. She calls him a 'dick' this was used as its a term used very commonly between teenagers, its used to associate themselves with the teenagers. We then get a low angle shot of the male being chucked on the side of the cliff, confirming the threat. Blood then drops from his hand onto her cheek with the use of makeup. Theres a close up shot of his hand, then gets dragged backwards then threw over the cliff face, consequencely falling onto the rocks below. The sound is very sudden and imitates the sound of broken bones as he hits the rocks. She then starts getting pulled up by the rope which makes her in danger now. The sound of the rope getting pulled up is intensified to add more effect to the audience. She also starts screaming which is convention of women in horror films. The change of shots also happen a lot quicker in this scene than the scenes that we saw at the start of the film. We also get a lot of close up shots of her hands as she is getting pulled up. She then panickly tries to unscrew herself from the rope, the sound of this is also intensified a lot. She gets pulled up once again and gives up on trying to unscrew herself and gets a knife and starts cutting the rope, this sound is also intensified. The sounds in this scene are all intensified to add tension and intensify the effect on the audience. She is then free of the rope and holds on to the cliff face. We then get a close up shot of this other piece of rock with her blurred out in the background. There is also a very intense sound. This shows the audience that she has a chance at safety and survival. There is also a lot of close up shots of her feet to give the effect that she may slip anytime soon. She then falls off and lands right next to the male. When she looks up she is confronted by the males face facing her covered in blood. This is concludes that he is dead, a sudden sound when this happened is used to jump scare the audience. We then hear chuckling and see the trees ruffling above her making it clear the threat hasn't disappeared. She then struggles up to run away and an intense sound is again introduced. She starts running through the trees, the sound intensifies throughout the run. When she gets through the other side she can see the car. This is another convention of horror films of when they see an escape but never quite get to it. It gives her and the audience a sign of safety and escape. She then staggers to the car, we then get a close up shot of barbed wire which is trips on causing her to fall over. This is another convention of horror films that they will trip over running from danger. Most of the time its females that do this in films due to societies perception that females are clumsier than males. She then just looks at the car until she gets pulled back out of shot in distress.
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