Analysing films.


Is the genre made clear?

• film one - yes - possibly horror - phsycological
• film two - yes - thriller/horror.

How do we know this? What conventions are used?

• film one - death is a theme, not a typical horror because there isn't blood or gore and natural lighting is used. Psychological horror rather than a slasher.
• film two - there is whispering at the start and sinister music. later in the clip we see the child has a bloody arm and is injured. not a normal or nice child - seen as a bad character.

 What else do the audience find out in the first 2 minutes?

• film one - one of the characters dies, its a sad film because he has no family that want anything to do with him. Kate Hudson is the protagonist and works in a hospice. Maybe a ghost storyline/something to do with the supernatural.
• film two - a child hurt himself. It is very tense at the start, a stranger helps him - protagonist, set in America and the child makes the atmosphere awkward.

By Bonnie Massey