Location: The movie was filmed in Toronto, Canada the original setting was supposed to be in Fall but while filming a record amount of snow fell, changing the setting. The snow gave the story line an edge to it as the purity and angelic style of the snow contradicts the dark and deadly story.
Throughout the trailer the colours are bright due to the snow there are a few dark scenes at night which are typical of horror films, where the disequilbrium are most commonly present. The house that the film was filmed in is large and spacey, if it was a cosy little cottage the effect wouldn't be the same you can loose yourself in such a large house.
Each location of the setting, the orphanage and the school are brightly decorated with white making them look bright and airy which contradicts again with the story.
The setting changes as soon as the audience connect the fact that Esther is not a normal child as she kicks and screams in a toilet cubicle that is lit to look very cold.
After this scene the trailers pace increases with snapshots of a variety of places, there are ways the crew try to darken some scenes such as the play area choosing one thats very dark, contrasting with the snow. To the point of 1:38 where the pace slows down creating tension in the audience.
Characters: There are a few protagonists in this film, Esther, Kate and then the rest of her family which are not prominent but are important.
Esther comes across as an innocent girl, dressed in pretty clothes the audience empathise, 'isn't she pretty/cute' however some may say the first shot of her creates an eeriness to her as she's not socialising with the other girls but instead several floors above them in a room all on her own. She's well spoken and neatly dressed throughout the trailer always wearing ribbons but always dressed differently to the other children, she's odd. Through out the trailer her dark side becomes apparent.
Kate is portrayed as a loving woman adopting a child, this theme is carried through out the trailer which emphasizes that this is a normal family not deserving anything bad to happen to them. This idea of innocence is carried onto the other characters such as the little girl Max and the boy Daniel.
Sound/ Music; Non diagetic music playing behind the diagetic speech is peaceful and soothing music the family are finally starting to piece their lives together however there's always calm before the storm. The music stops once a class mate takes the mick out of Esthers outfit, instead of different music picking up the non diagetic sounds turn to a type of wind hollowing sound to then a deep toned heartbeat in a slow rhythm. These two then mix together to have a stronger background noise as the pace of the editing speeds up. The pace slows down once again building before building up once more this is so tension is built in the hearts of the audience.
The diagetic sound creates a link between the mum and Esther they both have common ground of being different. The clip when the class mate takes a dig at Esthers outfit is the key point when the action starts to build. Esthers scream is key to the audience to demonstrate that she is not normal, the narrative style of the Nun starts the audiences question into why Esther is different what type of trouble has found her? Kate's enquiry into the little girls past makes you question how much don't you know about the girl that has been adopted. Through out the trailer it is clear that the mum knows something is wrong while the dad is still oblivious to what is staring him in the face we can tell this by the line: "There must be some explanation."
No comments:
Post a Comment