The Devil Inside Deconstruction On Possessive Behaviour

For my final piece, my group and I have decided to represent a possessed character. To receive ideas for possessive behaviour, I have deconstructed the following clip of William Brent Bell's supernatural horror 'The Devil Inside', 2012. 

 

Mise En Scene

• The audience denote a high angle shot of two women in a room. They are firstly separated, with one being at the other end of the room. The visual effect of the shot connotes a supernatural footage, relating to the sub-genre, supernatural horror.  

• High key lighting is used in order to allow audience to clearly see and understand the narrative.
• A medium close up shot denotes a middle aged woman. She appears to be staring into space. The shot helps the audience to identify her face, the audience see she has red eyes. An enigma is raised.

• An extreme close up shot is used to denote the woman's cuts on her arm. The cuts conform a convention an audience usually expect to see in a supernatural horror film.

• A close up shot is used to denote a symbol on the woman's inside of her lip. The shot encourages the audience to predominately focus their attention to the symbol, allowing them to examine it.

• Close up shots have been used to denote supernatural movement and action.

Camera Movement

• A panning movement has purposely not been used at the beginning, to establish the scene. This is because the Director may want the audience to denote the isolated location the possessed woman has been placed in.

• A zoom out movement is used at the end of the sequence, to denote the woman's possessive movement.

 

Sound

 

• Diegetic dialogue is heard of "I'm your daughter". The dialogue helps to create realism.
• The silence at the beginning helps to build the climax towards the end, of the high, screeching screaming.
• The audience hear on-screen diegetic dialogue of "connect the cuts". The audience are curious as to what this may mean. Therefore, a common convention is conformed, as in possession films, possessed characters tend to say unusual things
• An on-screen diegetic scream is heard at the end of the clip. The scream is incredibly loud, fulfilling audience pleasures, as the scream makes the climax very intense.

Editing

 

• Straight cuts are used throughout the sequence. The straight cuts are fairly spread out, helping the audience to receive a clear perception of the clip.