The first scene I have chosen is “come play with us” this is
where Danny is riding his bike through the hotel when he sees a pair of twins
and they start speaking to him and then there are flashes of the girls when
they have been butchered. Danny and his bike are red this is indicating that
danger is about to arise from the situation he is in. The view of the hallways
shows the isolation and emptiness of the hotel because there is no one around
compared to a regular hotel where there would be maids, butlers, staff, guests
etc. The establishing shot is a backwards tracking extreme long shot of Danny
riding his bike through the halls. The in the first hallway the walls sounding
him are green, this could represent sickness which would be a hint of what is
to come in the film and the scene or jealously which could relate to the
supernatural element of the film because Danny is living and the ghosts that
are in the hotel are not. There is none dietetic music in the background which
has an eerie tone to it, the music is there to build up tension to what is
going to happen next. The music when Danny is about to turn the corner, it
starts to go down and then a final high to rise and disappear when he turns the
corner into a different hallway. The next shot is a long shot still tracking
backwards of Danny riding in the hallway, the walls have slight hints of green
in them to represent sickness and jealously. The hallway is under low key
lighting as there are shadows along the hallway, low key lighting is a
convention among horror films as it creates darkness and shadows which at
some point in my life I have been scared of, so by using this convention the
film maker is trying to play on people’s fears old or new. The carpet that Danny
is riding on is blue, and as he turns the corner and sees the twins they are
also wearing blue, the blue could indicate coldness, as in lack of emotion and
cold hearted, being alone which Danny is during this scene and isolation which
would go with being in the hotel as they are away from any civilization. The
colours on the walls seem to be bluer than green representing how Danny is
alone with the twins. There is also a red exit sign near the twins, the exit
sign is showing how it isn’t going to be the same after this because Danny has
started seeing people who aren’t there and this could change his character or
that this is one of the first signs where this movie is a horror movie so it is
indicating that the murder and ghosts, etc. are going to be more frequent from
now on. There is none dietetic music in
the background which sound like symbols rubbing against each other and this is
a loud sound that after when there is a light drum sound and creepy music
follows you can tell how different they are and how the mood has changed from
Danny having fun on his bike to seeing these twins which are scaring him. There
is a straight cut to a close up of Danny where you can tell by his facial
expressions that he is scared, and you can see him breathing heavily which
happens a lot in horror films because it is like the victims breathe is being
taken away. After the girls have said a few lines there are straight cuts to
the twins dead bodies lying on the ground, blood are splatted up the wall and
along the floors, the red blood could represent evil and as it is spread around
it could be as if the evil is spread around.
The next scene I have chosen is when Jack and the butler are
talking in the bathroom. The establishing shot is an extreme long shot so you
can see the most of the bathroom and Jack and the Butler walking in. The
bathroom is almost completely red with bits that are white, the red could
represent the evil within the two characters and or Jacks anger, and the white
could be innocents and because the white is overpowered by the red it could be
showing how evil is corrupting innocence. Jack is wearing a red jacket showing
his evil and angry side of him is showing, but the butler is wearing black and
white, you could associate the black with death, showing that he is death
himself helping Jack and influencing him to try and murder his wife and son, it
could also be showing that he himself is dead. Jack is also wearing blue jeans,
so in the room are the American flag colours red, white and blue, this could be
to distinctly show where the hotel is or it could be showing how America is
crazy because Jack isn’t talking to a real person and he hasn’t had real drink
spill on him. The next shot is a medium shot of the waist upwards; this shows
the Butler cleaning Jack with a white tissue, this could represent how the
butler is trying to wipe away the rest of Jacks innocents and make him
completely psychotic. There is a quiet non dietetic sound playing in the
background, it isn’t building any tension, it fits with the scene where noting
action based is happening, eventually you begin to notice the music dies down
and it turns into the noise of the people at the party through the door. After
a conversation there is a straight cut to an extreme long shot, in this shot you
can see that the door matches the red on the walls this could show that when he
leaves through he door he is walking into madness, anger and evil, red is often
used as a convention in horror films as it symbolises a lot, anger, evil, love
and passion, this shows me that in horror films people always experience big
emotions instead of small one for example they don’t like someone they love
them, they don’t dislike someone they hate them.
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