This scene starts off with a mid shot of a door with a key
in the lock. The key ring is red that shows the audience that something
dangerous is behind the door, this builds tension because the audience cannot
see what is behind the door, and there is just a sliver of what you can see through
the open door. Then using parallel editing it cuts to Danny who is sitting in
the dark which is low key lighting, he is shaking and dribbling, he is also
wearing a red jumper which suggests that maybe he knows about the danger that
is behind the door. The camera zooms in on Danny’s face to show that he is pale
in the face and he eye are squinting this may suggest that he is unwell and
struggling with what is going on at the moment. Then is cuts to a point of view
shot of the hotel room the camera pans to show that the person who is seeing
this is walking and it makes the audience feel more involved. This made me feel
uneasy like I was looking around my house to see is someone had broke in, I didn’t
enjoy this part much. The camera used in the part would be a handheld to get
the effect of them walking and it being a point of view shot, this is effective
because them they can make this scene more realistic and scarier. In the background
there is this horrible non-diegetic music would reminds me of a heartbeat maybe
this is to build tension in the audience because they can hear a heartbeat and
it raises theirs. The cuts at this point are quite slow to tell the audience
the story and it builds better tension in the audience to watch this and not
break up the scene by going back and forth, it might also suggest that the environment
that Jack is the known and the audience has to stay with him in order to find
out. As the camera closes in on the bathroom door a hand slowly pushes the door
open. This made me hide behind myself because I thought something horrible
would be there to scare me. But there was nothing there just a well lit
bathroom just like the rest of the hotel room. Then it cuts to a mid shot of
Jack and how he reacts to this. It makes this scene relatable because his face
was probably the same as yours. Then it cuts back to the bathroom, again
something strange, but the shower curtain was drawn a little. I thought nothing
of it first of all it wasn’t until a hand slowly appeared on the edge of the
shower curtain in order to pull it back. Again this action was slow to build
tension in the audience. Then a woman appeared from behind the curtain. Then there
is another shot reverse shot to show the audience Jack’s reaction to this, and
he doesn’t mind that much. The woman slowly rose from the bath and another shot
reverse shot to show that Jack actually likes the show he is getting. Then the
woman stepped out of the bath, shot reverse shot but lingers on Jack to show
his little smile at the corner of his mouth. The woman starts to walk forward
from a longs shot to a mid shot then there is another shot reverse shot to show
that he wants to move forward to meet her in the middle. I personally could see
the point in having this part in the film, I didn’t see any meaning behind it
and I felt as a woman that it was unnecessary for this scene to be in the film
or done in this way. As Jack kisses the lady strings are added to the
non-diegetic music to make it more eary and unpleasant to listen to, tell the
audience that something is going to happen to Jack in a moment. The music gets
the audience ready for the thing to come and change the story. There are more
and more strings being added as this carries on and Jack find out that he is
actually kissing an old lady who seems to be rotting. This is shown through a
mirror which is a convention of the horror genre, in this scene the mirror is
being used to show the truth to Jack and this is an effective technique and has
been used before in this film. It shows Jack the truth and shows the audience
it as well along with Jack’s reaction. Then there is diegetic laughter which is
quite evil and shows that this woman tricked Jack and she has bested him. Then
it cuts back to a close up on Danny who is still shaking and dribbling and the
laughter is carrying on through this parallel editing. The cuts are getting
quicker now to build uncomfortable tension in the audience as it switches from
Danny to the woman rotting in the bath to Jack shaking and walking backwards
with a tracking shot maybe showing the woman’s point of view. Then it cuts to
Jack’s point of view showing the creepy rotting old lady following him out of
the bathroom. The diegetic laughter is carrying on through this scene. Then it
cuts to Danny again getting a little closer to him now showing that he is
really struggling with this. The non diegetic music is getting creepier now
with the added bangs in places. Then the cuts are getting a little quicker when
it cuts to the lady in the bath then to Jack scared, confused and trying to
escape. It cuts to the old lady and it looks like she is really enjoying this
and then it cuts to an extreme close up on Danny to show that he is squinting
at something like he is seeing something. This all make the audience myself
included creped out and uncomfortable. I even felt dirty after watching that
woman and her awful skin.
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