Horror Movie Research - The Colletor - by Jodi Lee

The Collector

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxbrgnsvAc4 

Analysis

It opens with a tracking shot of a large house, which sets the scene which shows that there maybe someone outside watching the house.

 

  There’s slow non-diegetic music in the background. there’s a ‘crime scene do not cross’ tape around the tree which adds to the affect of mise-en-scene creating the atmosphere for the film.

 

A car pulls up at the house and the camera slowly stops to focus on the car. 

 

The scene then moves into the house with a straight edit. There’s a two shot to show the main characters at this point. Outside it looks like very dark and gloomy night which sets the scene.

 The lighting inside the house is also very dark and gloomy (mise-en-scene).

 

In the house you cant really see the faces of the people its just dark silhouettes, this creates a spooky atmosphere.

 

There’s a tracking shot of the woman walking through the house and walking up the stairs.

 

    There’s a close up of the man getting something out of the cupboard downstairs and looking at some letters. Which is odd because people normally look at their letters in the morning.  There’s a tilt shot down and then up.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Then there’s a close up of just his face, this shows that he heard the woman shout/scream and he is going to see what's going on. Then the camera shows what he’s looking at.

  Then there is a close up of the women’s lips because she has shouted something to the man.

 Then there’s a tracking shot of the man running up the stairs. Showing that he is going to see what the woman was shouting about.

 An over the shoulder shot to show where he’s going and who's there. A two shot is used to show who’s in the scene looking at the red box.

 

There’s a main problem/mystery (the red box) in the scene. it's also a main focus from now on.

A zoom shot is used to get closer to the box/ note. A note is used to also create a sense of mystery.