The horror project- prelim task (conjuring 2)

Opening scene of The Conjuring 2:

The opening scene of the conjuring 2 is a background story. It's all set in the dark house that is presented in this movie. The women presented has a vision of the future. She is blessed to see things other people can't. In her vision she sees four people and a mirror.

This part of the film is mostly to do with her life and how a nun is haunting them. When she comes out of her vision she is in shock as she saw her husbands death. She then starts crying and decides that they are not going to carry on with ghost hunting.

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Analysis of the trailer:

Plot:

Lorraine and Ed Warren, in one of their most terrifying paranormal investigations, have to travel to north London in order to help a single mother who is raising four children alone in a house plagued by malicious spirits.

Features within the trailer:

Sound
Diegetic:

The trailer starts off with a blank black screen and all you can hear is a conversation going on between Lorraine and the little girl. There is then a sound of the leaves rustling creating a cold scene. There is a lot of diegetic sound used at the start of the trailer to set a naturally scary scene. The clock ticking and the wind blowing also create a deeper sense of fear in the audiences mind.  

Non-diegetic:
When the trailer is a quarter way through that's when the non-diegetic sounds start, like the building up of music in the background when there is a fast paced scene so that tension is built.

Mise en scene:

Throughout the whole trailer there is only one scene that is in daytime which is at the start, suggesting that from that scene onwards everything went downhill, because darkness is connoted with evil and unlucky.

Conventions used:

• The films title appeared at the end of the trailer
• A montage was used to put all the different scenes together
• A lot of non-diegetic sounds to make the film more dramatic and to set the scene 
• There is an almost cliff hanger at the end which makes the audience want to watch the moie to find out more.

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Analysis of the film:

Review: Good/Bad

Good:

The Conjuring 2 starts with a bit of a background story, however within the first few minutes of the movie the audience is in the swing of the movie. The director doesn’t waste any time whatsoever in bringing in the horror of the movie.

The Warrens, ghost hunters, are sent on the behalf of the church in order to investigate some paranormal activity going on in a family in London. According to the first movie, a family is being haunted and they are scared  for their lives. However this time round there are a few new twists, so all of it is not the same as before - but it's not a completely different from the format, which might have made it a bit more tense in places.
What's really enjoyable about this movie, is its old recreation of 70s England. James Wan has  done a really  great job of this, which is in fact surprising as he's not originally from there. Also, the support role of Janet Hodgson, played by Madison Wolfe, gives a solid performance.
It's arguable that this film is as strong as the first one. I mean I really enjoyed this film and would recommend it to anyone who enjoyed part one, or even likes movies of a haunting or possession theme/genre.

Bad:

This movie was officially 2016s worst movie! The fact that this movie was directed by non other than The James Wan is an insult to the film. Wan had made many blockbusters but this one just didn't make it. The audience had many high expectations from this film, this film had come to me as a shock as the fear factor just was not there. The trailer had made this film look way more dramatic than it actually is.

We are all wishing that Wan takes into account everyones' opinion of this movie and hope it helps him create a better movie next time.

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