The Gravedancers
Analysis
The film
immediately starts with a girl and a light bulb sitting in the corner of the
room, it immediately makes you start asking questions - Does this girl sum
up the entire film? The fact that the room is dark, makes you realise that
something is not quite right.
The
extreme close up of this girl lets you know what she is thinking and feeling,
her face stands out with the darkness of the room. The mise-en scene in
this makes it seem as though the girl is quite dirty, her facial
expression is obviously scared making you wonder what will happen
next.
The way
that the torch is focused on something on the right hand side immediately makes
you wonder what it is, this shot builds tension and makes you want to know
more.
This is
one of my favourite shots - I like how the camera is peering into something
that makes it seem quite fuzzy, this shot give us the fact that
something/someone is watching her.
The
camera shot continuously goes back from herself and then gives an establishing
shot of the atmosphere to build up more and more tension.
The fact
that the screen goes black immediately makes you wonder what will happen next -
It makes the film unique by not having straight edits throughout and adding a
black screen to add effect, this also contrasts with the room as it is a dark
room.
The
camera shots constantly go back to the girl and the torch and her trying to
find what it is that is out there in the darkness, the fact that it keeps going
back to the same shots makes it seem as if time is passing by and she is
constantly trying to find what is awaiting her.
I like
how each shot slowly opens the audience up to the surrounding atmosphere, the
fact that the light is focused on one certain place and you can't quite see the
area around it makes it all the more scary and builds tension.
I like
how there is a repetitiveness of constantly going back to the girls face,
this gets the audience involves and makes the film seem all the more
scary.
I like how this shot makes it seem slightly fuzzy, almost as if
something is interfering with the image we are seeing.
I really like how this shot portrays being scared, the way it focuses on
the main character and what she is feeling makes it more appealing to the
audience.
The dark
shadowy outlines makes you realise that someone is actually in the room with
her, the fact that it doesn't show you the creatures face but rather just
reveals the back of it makes the viewer hooked into the beginning.
This shot is repeated in this film at least three times, it
constantly makes you think that something is watching her and is hiding behind
the darkness.
I like the lighting in this particular shot, the way the curtains are
closed and you can see a little bit of lightness contrasts with the darkness of
the room.
I really
like how the lighting is used in this film in order to portray a meaning - For
example, in this shot, the stream of light is only below her nose, but not
above her eyes. Not only this, but for these particular shots there seems to be
a sequence - Surroundings, character, surroundings etc.
I like how all of these three shots run smoothly together - The first
picture is of a close up of her face to the side, the second shot shows more of
her body, then the third shot shoes a close up once again of her facial
expressions.
I like how the tension continuously builds - Not only this, but throughout
the clip, the main character has always blended into the room. The fact that
there is a stream of light behind her suggests that something is awaiting her.
As the
girl is hanging from the rope and falls, there is flashing light surrounding
her, brightening up the atmosphere as she is slowly jolting.
At this
point, the camera is looking directly up at the girl, this makes the audience
ask a lot of different questions - How did she die? Who killed her? What did
she do?
The fact
that the ending shot focuses on an envelope with a light border around it and
darkness in the background makes you wonder what this envelope has to do with
the girl dying.
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