The Conjuring Thriller Essay - Mrs Miller

The Conjuring 

Cinematography is the way the director portrays feelings and emotions through non verbal ways in a film.The cinematography can happen on scene or in editing after which can produce CGI. Cinematography includes things such as camera shots,angles,movements, filters and lighting all these can completely change the feeling of the film.

Entering the scene it starts with a establishing shot.It goes from a dark sky's, to swaying trees and the to rustling leaves.All these are in a dark scene and it makes and it builds suspense which is conventional for a thriller it makes it seem already bad things will be happening and is very easy to see.The audience can instantly pick up on that something bad will happen and want to continue watching which is the point.

Second  we can see a close up of the woman who looks troubled while she is doing her washing, turning her head looking at something.The close up is ment to bring importance to a character. We can instantly tell she is the most important character in the scene and that something will happen to her as she is in an isolated place and is alone.In a close up shot we can see all her emotions and this makes the audience connect with her and care about the outcome of the scene so they will continue watching.

Another camera angle used in the scene is the long shot.This shows everything including the background, characters and surrounding area. In this scene we can see the empty house, the surrounding forest and the dark sky's overhead and the character getting her washing in quickly.This scene shows that she is by definitely by herself and in a isolated area. This illustrates the idea she is an easy target for anything to happen and could easily be in danger which is typical for a thriller.The audience gets a sense of what is coming and the background only multiplies the feeling and makes the tension increase for the audience which is what a thriller film is all about.

Thirdly a way that things can be shown is through the camera angle of a low shot.This is simply a camera shot facing up which brings many feeling through.This happens when the woman is looking up to the window and sees a ghostly figure in the window of the empty house.This puts the woman in a very vulnerable position as she is lower down and looking up.Also she is now not alone and she is in a secluded area before so this makes it unsettling.This makes the audience feel even more emotion for her and builds the tension even further. This puts the woman in a vulnerable position and now the audience want to see  the results.

The opposite in this is the high shot this is imply a shot looking down on someone. This is looking down on the woman and making her seem small and insignificant;it also shows the look of fear and wonder on her face .We now know she is not entirely scared so we are not as scared as the audience.This lets us know also she is not in control and this makes the audience want to watch what is coming.
In conclusion there are many ways that cinematography help to put across meaning  to the audience in The Conjuring.This is done in many ways such as camera shots,angles,movements, filters and lighting.