The Hole
The Hole is an action, fantasy, horror/thriller that was released
in 2009 for a younger audience compared to other horror/ thriller films. The film
follows three protagonists with their discovery of the hole in their basement.
Camera
In this scene the youngest brother is curious about the hole
and wants to see it for himself however his worst fear appears when he opens it
and looks in to the black void. The scene opens with a tilting shot that shows
the boys feet walking down in to the basement, while he is walking down there
is both diegetic and non-diegetic sound as you are able to hear a high pitched
sound which is most likely violins and the sound of him walking down the
stairs. While the child is walking down the stairs the camera changes to a
point of view shot looking towards the hole. This is common in horror films as
it makes the audience feel more involved, the camera switches to a tracking
shot then returns to a point of view shot again. A high angle is used to show
the child walking closer towards the hole and while he opens the hatch, however
the camera quickly moves to inside the hole at a low angle looking up towards
the boy as he opens the hatch. The camera stays in the hole for a large period
of time before having a close up of the boy’s face, there is also some tracking
during this shot.
When the boy turns to have a look around the room the camera
pans across the room slowly keeping the torch light in the frame before panning
back to the boy to show a reaction shot of the sound coming from another
location. Once the boy has located the clown the camera moves in to a mid-shot
then quickly in to a close up of the clowns face before returning and zooming
in on the boy’s face. As the boy escapes there is mainly use of tracking shots following
him to his freedom.
Sound
The sound of the non-diegetic violins plays continuously until
it is broken by the opening of the hatch that leads to the hole, the lack of
sound creates suspense as the audience knows something is going to happen.
After a short while the sound of the violins fades back in however this time
much louder yet fades again at 0:53. There is only diegetic sound of the boy
moving his torch around and the sound of bells from the clown puppet, this once
again helps to create suspense as non-diegetic sound is again introduced when
the light is on the puppets face. However the sound of the non-diegetic becomes
more frantic and warped as the child becomes afraid of the puppet, this is also
shown when the puppet winks at the boy as a louder sound is played. This sound
also adds to the use of a minor jump scare as it was not expected, the music
stays louder and changes to a faster pace as the child tries to escape the clown.
Diegetic sound is also paired with the non-diegetic to show that the child is
in a rush as he struggles over objects and pushes things to the side.
Mise-en-scene
Within the basement there are many shelves and it is full of
old house hold objects that no one uses anymore such as a toy doll, tools and
an old barbeque. The basement has many items covering the area and makes it
feel more like a confined and isolated place. Dusk covers most of the area to
show that no one visits the basement. The child wears simple clothing and
carries a torch as there is very little lighting in the basement.
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