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I will explore more how certain thing in the scene tell about the character and how they apply to the context of said scene.

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Camera shot/angle/movement Analysis

                               'The Blair Witch Project'

After production logos the first shot is a shot telling of what the movie is about and where the footage is from. Then 'the camera-man' zooms out from her face to a mid shot of the girl so that the audience can see what the main character looks like. Then there is a close up of a book 'How to Stay Alive in the Woods' which is a foreshadow to what is going to happen as well was an old-looking book which looks suspicious and the girl says that it is ''very important'' which means that that specific book will come into play later as well as it may be the reason why horrible things happen to them.  

Mise-en-scene Analysis

                                            'The Ring' 

The girl in the opening is wearing a school uniform looking outfit suggestion the she is a young teenager. Her blouse is white which makes her look innocent and therefore vulnerable. She is also showing a lot of skin on her legs and she is bare foot which also makes her look vulnerable.
The TV turning on and off creates tension and suspense because no one is in the room with her to turn the TV on also the opening of the fridge also creates a similar effect. As she walks up the stairs there is water on the floor which makes the audience confused thus having an element of mystery. 

Font Analysis

                                      'Sixth Sense'

Sixth Sense title font looks like it was written by a child because it is lightly messy and child-like. This type of font is effective because it fits with the story and the fact that the main character and protagonist is a young boy. The title is also written in white which is fitting because the person who wrote it was a child who is clearly innocent and pure, which white usually represents, because he is so young it also makes him seem vulnerable.

Editing Analysis

          'A Nightmare on Elm Street' Opening Scene 

In my opinion the opening scene of A Nightmare on Elm Street is filmed in a montage type of style because the opening of the film establishes how the villain, Freddy, is devised in a series of short shots, of him making his glove, put together in a montage type of way. This is effective because it paints a clear picture of this intentions as well as the origin of his evil and establishes how he does so and because the montage is short it gives some time so show why he made his glove and see him 'in action'.  In the opening cutaway is also use from the girl being attacked to her waking up effective because it shows the audience how the concept of how the whole thing works and how people get into these situations, which in this case is by dreaming. 

Sound Analysis

                              'The Shining' Opening Scene 

The first sound that you hear an the beginning is the low sound of a trombone which is very mysterious and almost as is someone is prowling on its pray. However, this strongly contrasts with the scenery that is show, of a car calmly driving through a mountainous read. This is effective because it makes the audience feel like something is not right. In addition, there are eerie, almost scream-like which might suggest that something dreadful is happening and maybe even causing pain to them or someone they know therefore they are screaming. But again, because it is such a big contrast between the sound and the scenery this makes the audience feel confused.

Also, it is a non-diegetic sound because there is no source of music on screen and therefore is a background music.