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The Ward (2010)

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What is the effect of the music?

The diegetic sound of whistling at the beginningsets the tone of the movie, its almost as ifsomeone is whistling a tune, creating an eerieatmosphere

The thunder sounds at the start sets the moviein a generic horror setting

This sound is amplified when the title The Wardenters like a warning as the movie begins,

creating fear in the audience Non-diegetic sounds of a young woman singingin a soft tone conflicts with the disturbing images

Creates connotations of confusion and the idea

of madness

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How has camera been used?

Begins with a long

shot of a corridor,

connoting images of

a mental hospital

A dolly camera movement is then used

creating the feeling that the protagonist oreven us as the audience are moving away

from the window or end of corridor

increasing the agitation in the audience

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How is mise-en-scene conveyed?

The contrasting colours of black and whitein the shot of the corridor helps to focusour attention on the brightest area in the

shot which is the window The light flickering through helps to createshadows making the audienceapprehensive and fearing that in the dark

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Various images ofdifferent torturingmethods alluding to thelater events in the film

Darkness around theedges and light shiningon the character in themiddle

Image of girl tied up byher hands is a brown/grey colour hinting of themovies link to the past

The discolouring of thepicture emphasises thebarbaric nature of thepicture

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How has typography been used?

The white lettering against a black

background stands out, and alludes to the

dark nature of the film

Alexon capitals used on the title and

credits of editors etc with spiked edges of

each letter connoting the violence of the

film

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What information is provided in the

opening scene? Director John Carpenter Title Main actors Casting Costume

Makeup Editor Production designer Director of photography Co-producer

Executive producers Producer Writers Producer; John Carpenter

Each bit of text

fades onto the

screen in random,

different areas

Perhaps reflecting

the unpredictabilityof the film

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How has the sequence been

edited?

When the opening title enters the

background flashes, changing into a black

background

Suggests perhaps how the film takes a

dark turning

Images on the mirror begin to crack away

Slow motion of mirror smashing