Essay Analysis on the Conjuring
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Essay: The Conjuring
Table of ContentsSubject and content.....................................................................................................................3Narrative style.............................................................................................................................3Use of camera, editing, lighting and sound techniques...............................................................4Shot by shot analysis ..................................................................................................................4Conclusion ......................................................................................................................................5REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6
The Conjuring is a supernatural horror film which has used mise-en-scene in variousshots of the film. Mise-en-scene is a technique which is used for presenting a visual theme. Ituses stage design, storyboarding, cinematography and artful methods at the time of direction.The Conjuring has used many props, costumes and lighting to influence the believability of theaudience (Lord, 2015). The report is based on The Conjuring which was released in 2013. Thestorytelling of the movie is based on parallel timeline or flash back. Subject and contentThe movie depicts an event which took place in 1971 (KLITSCH, 2015). A familybought farmhouse in Harrisville, Rhode Island and they moved into the house without knowinganything about its past. They started experiencing some paranormal activities in first few nightsonly. All the member so the family were attacked by the evil spirit in the house (Wilson, 2015).There were many incidents when they felt the presence of some spirit. Carolyn decided tocontact paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine in order to conduct exorcism in the house. Theinvestigators took authorization form the Church and began the process of exorcism. They foundthat the house belonged to a witch who sacrificed her new born child to the devil and latercommitted suicide. She cursed the land and investigators found many evidences of suicides andmurders in the house (KLITSCH, 2015). The daughter of Ed and Lorraine was attacked by ahaunted doll Anabelle. This doll was from their previous case which was kept at home. Theyfound that Carolyn was possessed by the witch who was trying to kill everyone in the house. Thepriest decided to perform exorcism on Carolyn. In the end the family decided to leave the houseand they shifted to some pother place. Narrative styleThe film-maker has maintained a straight forward narrative structure and he has avoidedcomplexity in it. The Conjuring movie depicts a story about a family who moved into a hauntedhouse and were unable to leave the house. They took help of paranormal investigators to savetheir lives. The director of the movie has shown maturity and many unnatural camera angelswere used to shoot the film (Rodriguez, 2015). Evocative framing was used to grab the attentionof the audience. The screenplay of the movie has rich and likeable characters. They havedepicted fear perfectly depicted fear and insecurity for their family. The plot of the story is basedon the flashback from the past. The director of The Conjuring has used many props like dolls,cursed artifacts and old objects to display past events. The voice over of a woman tells the story
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