Analyzing Clips:Woman in Black

For this section I had to analyze 3 clips and i chose to do Gothic/ Horror clips as our groups idea is to make a Gothic Horror style movie.  

Woman in Black
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POBDh1o-gE8  



Featured props and points in the clip:

• Waist coat
• Candle
• An Axe
• Old toys
• Hand mark imprinted on wall 
• The words "You could have saved him" written in fresh blood on the wall
• Toy Monkey starts to play loudly (Sudden break in the silence) 

In this clip, I noticed that a lot of micro elements were very different to how they would be if the genre was action of comedy. The bits I really picked up on was the costume and the props. The costume was very old fashioned like a waist coat and white puffy shirt which was worn out like it hadn't been washed properly, This stood out because in modern times we don't see that type of clothing very often and in the olden days, that was the common clothing of a man during this time.  This type of clothing is also very common in the "Gothic horror" genre. The props also stood out to me especially because they are what really created a spine chilling atmosphere and put the audience in suspense, not only did the props in the scene look creepy, but there was also one particular scene where the man was walking with the candle in his hand and the camera was on a close up of the toy monkey, and in the eyes of the toy, you could see the reflection of the light from the candle as he walked and it looked like the toys were following him with their eyes. There was also another scene at the end where out of no where the toy monkey started playing and it was quite jump scary because it was unexpected and it broke the silence. This was also another typical convention of the "Gothic horror" genre because props are very useful and used a lot to create an uncomfortable atmosphere for the audience and can make an even better jump scare scene which would make the audience give a huge reaction. Sound was hugely key in this sequence to make the spine chilling atmosphere apparent throughout as even noises such as the flame on the candle you could hear clear as day and the creaking of the wood was especially loud and amplifying these noises makes you uncertain of what is to quite happen and still keeps to the theme of "Gothic Horror" as it also represents the house is old and old large mansions are common in "Gothic Horror".