The Gallows Opening Scene Analysis

The Gallows Opening scene Analysis:

One convention of a horror film that is shown in the opening scene is that it set in a low lighting hall. This is used because darker rooms connote fear and terror. Another convention that is shown in the scene is that the main characters involved are young children, who usually are affected most and easiest by the form of evil.

The diegetic sounds of the audience screaming is effective as it gives off a theme of fear to the audience. The non diegetic sound of the camera fuzzing is used to show that it was filmed in the past, which is why it says on the camera that the film is set in 1993.

The costumes for the characters shows that they are filming a school play in front of an audience. The   setting of a stage in a school hall also shows this to the audience.

We see a group of schoolchildren up on the stage, this shows to the audience that they are first affected by the form of evil, which is a typical convention of a horror film.

The opening scene is all filmed with one flowing scene, although a faded black out occurs at the end of the scene.