THE GRUDGE

Textual analysis of opening sequence

• Storyline - The Grudge describes a curse that is born when someone dies in the grip of a powerful rage or extreme sorrow. The curse is an entity created where the person died. Those who encounter this evil supernatural force die; and the curse is reborn repeatedly, passed from victim to victim. Which is shown through out the film.

• Genre/Theme – The grudge is a is an American supernatural horror film, Released by Colombia pictures.

Mise en scene

• Mise en scene- The house seems empty and quiet as if it’s a new home with the boxes in one of the rooms.

• It is set to be in japan so the woman sleeps on a blanket in a room with sliding doors, a Japanese tradition.

• when she is riding a bike through a village there is lots of stalls

Sounds and use of

sounds

• Sounds/ use of sounds – the use of wind when she is going into the loft 2:54. these are non diegetic sounds

• Creek sound effects from above have an effect as if its leading to her way up into the loft 2:17 – 2:21

• These sound affects make the scene more creepy to hint what genre

Editing • Camerawork – paper around the house shown to lead the girl to the grudge.

• The low angle at 2:19 and when she is look around makes you know that she is scared

• Editing – The producer and editor names change to a blood red. There Is titles throughout it.

Conclusion • Overall the grudge was a good film to analyse. It has a lot of different conventions to show that it is a horror film. It had eerie music at the start and eerie sounds towards the end such as creaking. This all lead to it revealing what the film is about with giving minimal information the audiences it attracts. This helped me with my opening sequence because I have also chosen a horror genre so it has gave me plenty of ideas to share with my group. The one down side the film had was they spoke in Japanese but subtitles can easily be added.