Insidious (2011) is a horror film about a couple whose son falls into a coma after hearing strange noises and seeing something frightening in the attic of their new home. The film uses various camera techniques and changes in lighting/sound to build tension and indicate that something ominous is happening. Close-up shots are used effectively to create suspense by showing characters' reactions without full context and leaving the audience wondering what will occur next.
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Insidious (2011) is a horror film about a couple whose son falls into a coma after hearing strange noises and seeing something frightening in the attic of their new home. The film uses various camera techniques and changes in lighting/sound to build tension and indicate that something ominous is happening. Close-up shots are used effectively to create suspense by showing characters' reactions without full context and leaving the audience wondering what will occur next.
Insidious (2011) is a horror film about a couple whose son falls into a coma after hearing strange noises and seeing something frightening in the attic of their new home. The film uses various camera techniques and changes in lighting/sound to build tension and indicate that something ominous is happening. Close-up shots are used effectively to create suspense by showing characters' reactions without full context and leaving the audience wondering what will occur next.
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Insidious (2011) is a horror film about a couple whose son falls into a coma after hearing strange noises and seeing something frightening in the attic of their new home. The film uses various camera techniques and changes in lighting/sound to build tension and indicate that something ominous is happening. Close-up shots are used effectively to create suspense by showing characters' reactions without full context and leaving the audience wondering what will occur next.
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Analysing the opening sequence of a Horror Insidious (2011) Chosen film: Insidious (2010)
Brief introduction of the film
Insidious is an American horror film which was released in 2011, the film was written by Leigh Whannel and directed by James Wan, the film features Patrick Wilson, Rose Bryne, Lin Shave, and Barbara Hershey. The story is about a couples son who falls into a coma and strange things happen to him and a ghost is present running around the boy,
Plot Rose Bryne and Patrick Wilson play the characters of the couple called Renai and Josh Lambert and recently they have moved into a new house with their three children. Renai the mother looks through an old family album with her son Dalton ,he starts asking questions about Josh, Renai the mum says he was always camera shy however Dalton hears a noise in the attic and goes up to take a look at whats going on, he does see something which scares him, and he falls down the attic ladder which breaks causing him to go into a inexplicable coma. Lighting/Sound In the beginning the colours seem quite bright and neutral as the family have just moved into a new house but then as they get settled in to the new house everything starts to change such as Dalton hearing noises from attic from that point the colour and the music change so we know that something is going to happen because the colour is now a dark and dull colour which will indicate that something bad or horrific is going to occur. Camera shots In the film many camera angle shots are used such as a number of close ups were used which were very effective because it creates tension and makes the audience question on what is going to happen next and to be scared of it maybe knowing what will happen a good example to use is in the film is a women is standing up and the man is getting closer to the women while she is standing up as the man is still trying to get closer a light shines in the womens face this is an effective shot as the audience will get a sense of feeling that something is going to happen to the women. Another good close up is when the women is holding a gun and we then get a close up of the mans face, he looks back at the women but she isnt there anymore this creates suspense to the audience wondering where has she gone and what is going to happen next.
