Sorority row analysis2
- 2. This is a long shot used This is a high angle shot to illustrate the fact that showing the characters looking they are in a secluded down into a mine shaft. This s a location, which is way of showing that they have conventional of horror obviously thrown the dead films. The particular person into the mine shaft. The location is an circle of light surrounded by abandoned mine, which darkness signifies death and the creates a light/darkness is a contrast of harsh, dangerous life and death. setting as opposed to a secluded meadow. This is a similar shot, showing a tire iron Mid shot showing man falling towards the camera about to stab the women and down the mineshaft. with the tire iron. This This signifies the end of signifies he is going to kill her, but she is only the scene and finality of the incident within the pretending to be dead, but story. The shot is also used he doesn’t know this. This to cut to another scene creates a situation where a further along in the story. prank has gone wrong, ending in disaster. It is conventional of a horror film that someone innocent dies. It is also a significant shot as it is the moment that the situation turns bad.
- 3. The scene on the left cuts to the scene on the right, and shows that the girl on the right isn’t as happy as her friends on the left and is standing alone, away from them. This signifies that she is still mourning the incident and is a subtle way of showing that she is the key character in the film. The scene on the left cuts to the scene on the right. In the first scene there is diegetic sound as the phone rings. In the second scene there is multiple diegetic ringing to show that all of the girls have received the same text. This signifies a turn in the story and the beginning of the main horror of the film. Multiple phones ringing is a convention used to create a sense of fear as there is someone teasing them . The three shots above cut from left to right and show the first killing in the film, and what the killer looks like. It is conventional of horror films to show a small piece of the killer, as obviously the killer will not be revealed until the end of the film. It is also conventional of horror films that an alcoholic in the film gets punished, in this case by murder. The scene goes from serene to instant violence, which shows the audience and is also a convention of horror films. The First to second shots are an eye line match from the women looking at the killer this is also conventional, as the film would be boring if the victims never saw the killer.