Timed Analysis

Timed Analysis: The house at the end of

the streetBy Emma Weeks

0.00-0.14Low-angle close up.

View of a house through a blue haze which give the image a cold and unsettling feeling.

There is slow chilling background music.

0.15-0.21Close up.

A girls eye appears behind the house giving the image a surreal quality.

The chilling background music continues which unsettles the audience.

0.22-0.23Low-angle close up.

The low angle shot creates a sense of vulnerability.The house is revealed to be a snow globe and has connotations of innocence whilst the white snow

symbolises purity.The chilling music continues.

0.24-0.25Mid shot.

Shows location and that the scene takes place in a home.Shows girl hunched over snow globe.

Hidden face of the girl makes the viewer uneasy.Unsettling music continues to play.

0.25-0.32Close up.

Girls face is revealed.Limp and unnatural poster as well as black expression

unsettle the viewer.Eerie music continues.

0.33-0.37Long shot.

The shot shows a length of the hallway of the girls home.Flickering is added in editing to give the scene an unsettling feel.

Lighting carries connotations of the supernatural and amplifies the already eerie feel of the piece it is also associated with danger.

The chilling music continues.

0.37-043Close ups.

Match on action used to create a fast paced sequence of the girl walking.

Slow shaky walk unsettles the viewer as it makes the girl appear inhuman.

Lighting adds danger to the piece.Eerie music continues.

0.43-0.45Mid shot.

Back of the girls head and subsequent removal of face dehumanises her.

Eerie music continues.

0.45-0.48Extreme close up.

Match on action employed to show characters facial features in detail.

Unsettling music continues.

0.49-0.49Close up.

Flash of light adds drama to the otherwise dull event of the lamp being knocked over.

Eerie music continues.

0.49-0.50Close up.

The fact that the girl does not seem to care that she has knocked over the lamp again dehumanises her.

Eerie music continues to unsettle the audience.

0.50-0.55High-angle mid shot.Shows vulnerability.

Black screen as a result of lighting by lightening has connotations of danger.

Eerie music is unsettling.Dialogue “Did your hear something” unsettles the audience and adds

suspense.

0.55-0.57Close up.

Predatory look on girls face unsettles the viewer.Foreshadowing of dialogue “Did you hear something”

directly before shot of the girl.Eerie music continues.

0.57-0.59Close up.

Same shot with lamp as 0.49-0.50.Lack of movement suggests that the girl is waiting to

pounce like a cat killing it’s prey.Chilling music continues.

0.59-1.03Mid-high-angle shot.

The high-angle shot again shows vulnerability.Dialogue “She up again” shows that the girl being up is a regular

occurrence.The regularity of the events somewhat soothes the audience.

Eerie music continues.

1.07-1.12Mid shots and close ups.

Match on action.Blue tone of the scene adds a cold and unsettling feeling

to the piece.Eerie music continues.

1.12-1.16Mid shot and close up.

Solarisation effect adds a creepy quality to the sequence.

Eerie music continues.

1.16-1.20Mid shot to over the shoulder mid shot.

Lighting symbolises danger and adds unsettling lighting.

Creepy music continues.

1.20-1.23Long shot.

Concern shown for daughter as mother hurries down the stairs.Childlike language and gentle tone of dialogue “You need to go to

bed” suggest that the daughter Carrie Anne may have a psychological disorder.

Unsettling music continues.

1.23-1.24Close up.

The return to this shot for the third time reinforces the fact that Carrie Anne is waiting for her prey.

The unsettling music continues.

1.25-1.25Mid shot.

The speed of this shot emphasis the speed of the events which follow and gives the piece a jolty and

unsettling feel.The eerie music continues.

1.25-1.25Over the shoulder mid shot.

The speed of this shot again serves to make the piece more jolty and unsettling.

The eerie music continues to play in the background.

1.25-1.27Close up.

Obscures the viewers view of what is happening in the scene partially to create a sense of mystery and fear.

Creepy music continues to play.

1.27-1.29Mid shot.

Carrie Anne attacks her mother with a hammer.Smack of hammer and mothers groan can be heard.

Creepy music reaches it’s most intense moment.

1.29-1.34Mid shot.

Slowness of scene is in keeping with husbands sleepy demeanour.

Brief confusion and uncertainty can be seen in his face.Eerie music continues.

1.34-1.37Close ups.

Shot reverse shot.Sequence shows the emotion of both characters.

Mother can be heard groaning and falling to the floor.The hammer can be heard making impact.

The eerie music continues.

1.37-1.41Mid shot.

Fear and realisation on father face.Background music stops which heightens the viewers

fear.

1.41-1.44Mid shot.

Suspense as waiting for the daughter to kill her father.Only sound from lighting symbolising danger.

1.44-1.49Close up.

Camera zooms closer to fathers face to show his sense of fear.

Longer sequence creates suspense.No sound except for thunder.

1.49-1.57Close up.

Zoom’s closer to the door handle.Slow sequence builds suspense.

No sound except for thunder.

1.57.1.57Mid shot.

Carrie Anne runs in with the hammer.Loud noise breaks the silence and scars the viewer.

Background music returns.

1.57-1.58Close up.

Carrie Anne’s feet.Speed of sequence scares the audience.

Background music returns.

1.58-2.19Close up.

View from under bed as father is being murdered.Bloodied white feathers convert rejection of purity.

Solarisation effect adds impact to the scene.Father’s cries and hammer impact can be heard.

Background music continues.

2.19-2.21Long shot.

Carrie Anne walks down the hall of her house.Carrie Anne’s calmness concerns the audience.

Solarisation is employed to put the viewer more on edge.The background music becomes a sort of white noise.

2.21-2.30High-angle long shot.

Carrie Anne running away through the night.The high-angle shot shows her vulnerability.

Shake transition between the two running shots.The white noise background music returns.