1. Film: The Ring

2.  Genre: Horror
 Plot Summary: A young journalist must
investigate a mysterious videotape which
seems to cause the death of anyone in a
week of viewing it.
How did it meet the conventions:
 Alone In A Dark house
 Female Victim
 Killer Contacts Victims Via A Phone

3. The Ring
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4. Fonts/ Titles
Child Hand writing “O” are
emphasised to show the ring
CCTV style
movement, Shaky/
Trembling framing

5. Camera Shots Close Ups On
Characters to
show exact
facial
expression
and signal of
emotion.
Close Up Shots Of
Still Images, only
showing the things
the audience needs
to concentrate on.

6. Sound
 Non-Diagetic: Off key nursery rhyme melody,
which makes it sound like the melody is
broken and builds an eerie atmosphere
because when you think of nursery rhymes
you think of children which very disturbing.

7. Sound
 Diagetic: High Pitch screeches, snow TV
noise as a indication of a TV being broken or
a video has finished, swing noise echoes like
it is in a isolated place. The echo portraying
ghosts or memories.

8. Special Effects
Shadow Of The Chair
Moves Without The Actual
Chair Moving itself.
B+W COLOUR
MANIPULATION
Upside down spinning
chair.
Contrast Of
Lighting

9. Transitions
 Inconsistent
 Crosscutting
 Overlapping
 Fade In/ Fade Out  Edgy Effect

10. Editing/ Pace
 Slow To Fairly walking speed pace
 Slow action
 Fast Zooms to create intensity
 Slows down to create tension

11. Mise-En Scene
School girl in
uniform to represent
the vulnerable and
innocent
stereotype(White,
Blonde, Female)
Eyes Wide Open To
Show how Alert She
Is As She’s Reaching
For The Door Knob.

12. Images
Connotation &Denotation
Connotation: Denotation:
Blood In The Blood In A
Water In Well Glass Of
Where The Water.
Main Villain
Of The Film
Got Pushed
Into.