Thursday, 22 September 2011

Alices Nightmare

The third film i have chosen to analyse is "Alice's Nightmare" by Anthony Cousins.
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We first hear  low tones of music this is also teamed with high pitched toned to create tension and an atmosphere. We see a table with three people sat at it, it is the dark of night and they are in the woods. One of three people at the table is a woman the other is a man who are both sitting up right the thrid is also a man who is slouched and leaning on the table as if asleep. It looks cold as there is fog coming through the trees, this also gives a sense of isolation and creepiness. This goes to a close up of the man asleep/passed out on the table he has multiple piercings which suggests he may be more of the rebllious type. The table is dressed in a white clothe on the table is various cutlery and appliances, on the close up we see the man holding a cup and a clear glass jar next to him. The cup is covered in blood we also see the blood on his hand and on the table. This then cross cuts to a medium close up of the lady and the other man. The shot of the lady is a side shot we see her face which is covered in blood also. She is also wearing a mask which creates a sense of mystery and danger. The male is wearing a tophat and appears to be not bleeding or covered in blood. All three characters are dressed formally as if for an occassion, the table has a candle stand and candles in the middle which we would usuall see if somebody was out for dinner. As it zooms further out we see another figure which appears to be a young woman, the music is now more pronounced, low and sudden violins are being played whch give the scene a sense of urgency and eeriness. This then cross cuts to a long low angled shot of the moon and again cuts back to the woman and the man. The man appears to be shaking, the woman speaks but we do not hear any dialogue. We  then see a close up of the man who is shaking, this then cuts to a close up of the young girl who was standing looking at them before we now see her full face and what she looks like, she has blonde hair, blue eyes and appears to be wearing red bows in her hair. She looks as if she is the calssical sweet innocent girl next door which is used as a juxta position between the other characters. We then see another cross cut to the man in the top hat it is a medium close up we see him turn his neck to the side until it cracks. A shot reverse shot is used between the young woman and the man, it is an extreme close up the woman has closed her eyes suggesting she wants to leave and believes that it isn't real. We see the man increasingly getting more and more agitated he starts to grasp the table and breathing heavily, he is very pale and has very dark eyes this gives the audience a sense of death and the afterlife. As he stands up we hear the cracking of the bones fur starts to appear and it is now obvius to the audience that he is going to turn into a werewolf.  We see the shadow of the man changing it gives off a dark atmosphere and shows that something dark is about to happen.  We once again see the long shot of the moon this symbolises the danger and eriness of the scene. It also again creates a sense of isolation from the rest of civilisation.

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