Crimson Peak Analysis

Crimson Peak

Ghost on the floor movie clip analysis.

At the beginning of the clip, we get a medium shot of a girl waking up I her bed with the sound of her dog barking in the background, the use of these techniques starts to create suspenseful atmosphere. The medium shot of the girl in bed shows us her reaction, she seems to be holding her stomach which leads us to believe she is in pain or discomfort this creates a sense of sympathy towards the girl. When she hears the dog bark we get a reaction shot, which is used to show the characters emotion to they’re situation.

The main character picks up a candle stick, this shows a direct contrast to the use of lowkey lighting within this scene, the light coming off the candle stick could represent hope or safety because we assume lights will always save us from ghosts/monsters. The light could be a symbol of the girl’s guardian angel which is there to keep anything bad away from her also the candle stick could imply that the main focus of the scene should be on the girl because she is the one carrying the light.

In this shot there is a window with a glass pane inside, the glass pane looks to be in the shape of a demon or a monster, this could foreshadow for when we see the red face behind the door and the demon come out of the floor. The face is also red which contrasts with the green of the walls, this is so the face could stand out. The use of red could symbolise evil, hell or danger and the green could portray greed or illness.

In this clip of the film, it uses a reverse dolly zoom from the girl to the dog, this is to show the audience that the dog isn’t making the noise in the room he is in fact behind the girl, this is used to create suspense and to add a hint of mystery to the scene. After this happens we get another reaction shot which shows us the characters reaction to the dog being behind her.

We then get an immediate two shot of the main character and what we can assume is some sort of demon or ghost, the demon has a bright glowing red face, the use of red in this scene suggests that the demon is dangerous and should not be in contact with, this also links to my previous point of the glass pane looking like a demon and the use of red.

We then get a long shot in which the demon, we previously saw starts coming up out of the ground to chase after our main character, the fact the demon is coming out of the floor signifies that the demon is coming from hell. The fact that the demon is burnt and skinless further implies that it from some sort of underworld.

Later on in the clip the main character finds a safe, the safe could possibly symbolise that the safe holds all the secrets to why she keeps seeing these demons and we could learn a secrets about past life in the house.