The opening sequence of Woman in black is introduced with an extreme close up of someone pretending to fill two tea cups up, this immediately makes the audience think that the person playing with the tea set is a young girl. Over the top of this the audience hear non-diegetic music, this music is dark, eerie and mysterious the use of this sound is effective as it makes the audience feel uncomfortable and on edge as to what may happen next. After this we see another extreme close up of a scary looking doll drinking the pretend tea, the doll has a creepy looking smile with blacked out eyes the use of mise-en-scene suggests the audience that the children playing with doll may have a dark side to them. Another use of camera work is where this time there is a close up shot in which the audience see another doll but this doll is different to the other, this doll is more human looking this is effective as again the audience begin to feel vulnerable because of the naturalistic look of the doll. The following shot is a long shot of three young girls acting out a tea party with one another, from this shot the audience can tell the girls are playing in a play room we can tell this from the old fashioned Victorian styled prams along with toy baby chairs in the background, this is effective as it represents the time period of when the film was portraying.Also from this shot we see naturalistic-lighting from the sunlight shining through the window this is effective as it sets a sense of happiness from the children, it also makes the scene become more realistic this makes the audience feel again vulnerable. Shortly after this we see a medium close up shot of one of the young girls brushing another scaring looking dolls hair this could represent to the audience how the children are looking after the dolls by brushing their hair as they believe they’re realistic. We see then see a point of view shot close up shot of one of the girls pressing down on the doll this is effective as it suggests maybe the girl is pressing down on to the doll to show she is in control again it shows a more darker side of the young girl which makes it clear to the audience that the genre of this film is horror this makes the audience feel prepared for feeling uncomfortable. After this there is a two shot of two of the girls smiling and having fun this suggests the children are happy at this moment of time for the audience this builds suspense as it makes us feel as if this happiness is going to change into something bad. Suddenly after this shot we see medium long shot of all three girls looking as if they can see someone or something from this it could be suggesting that the power the girls did have has no gone and the person or object that is distracting them from the tea party is now in control of all three girls this is interesting for the audience as it makes us want to know what this is. After this we see a continuity edit of the girls in mid turn of each other their heads look at the window this suggests to the audience perhaps the person or object the girls are watching is trying to distract them away from the tea party and now wants to show the girls something. After this we see another use of the camera this time we see camera slowly cut zooming towards the window we then see the three girls look straight at in unison, it seems as if they have been told it makes, the audience think the girls are like puppets which suggests these characters are no longer in-control. There’s another medium close up shot of one the girls drop a tea cup she was holding, we see another close up but this time of the tea cup smashed on the floor, after this shot the audience get to see an extreme close up of a girl standing on one of the dolls heads and smashing it,both shots suggest to the audience how the children have changed from carrying about the dolls to almost giving an impression that they’re possessed by something that much that they have now neglected the dolls. The next use of camera work in the opening scene is where a tracking shot is used to show the three girls walking towards the window this is suggesting to the audience the three girls are getting told what to do by the object near the window, this camera work is effective as it makes the audience feel like the girls are being pulled like magnet by the object, with this happening a sense of imagery is created in the audience head as it makes us think of the different things this could be. Along with this the girls facial expressions are almost emotionless which is a big contrast as only a few seconds ago the girls were happy and enjoying themselves, this suggests the audience the thing possessing them could be taking away any emotion they have.
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