Analaysis of the Happening

 

 

 

The Happening

 

The title sequence  appears in a bold white font over the background . This is a worm's eye view of the sky, the clouds however are speeded up to look irregular as if something is happening out of the ordinary . This  foreshadows the panic that occurs later on in the film .The credits and  the  production company names fade in and out in the same font whilst the clouds speed up and get darker.

 

 

This moves onto a tracking shot of a man walking his dog which portrays a regular day. The camera is placed higher to make the dog look small and helpless . This also states the animals status. The eerie music sounds sinister and portrays the horror tone of the film.

 

 The place and time is layered over the moving image , this alerts the audience that an occurance is about to happen .The establishing shot sets the scene as  the scenery is exposed . The crowd of people suggest a normal day at Centeral park , however the dark and gloomy weather suggets otherwise.

  

 The two characters are shown exchanging friendly dialougue. The mid shot shows the body languge and facial expression of the character on the lefts reaction to something. Her face looks confused and shocked at what is happening. This shot also shows the other characters not reacting as if she is not affected.

 The long shot of the still crowd shows that something supernatural is occuring . The male that the camera focuses on begins to walk backwards which looks extremely sinister and frightening.

 The close up shows the expression on the characters face showing her emotion . The neutral face a lowered eyebrows show she is confused and unaware of the current goings on . It seems as if she is possesed as she mutters irrelevant dialougue.

The high angle shot looks down on the character , This shows she is inferior and powerless. The close up shows the hair pin is significant as the camera is focused on it slowly being pulled out of her hair. Her motion seems as if she is not in control.

 

 The camera is focused on the character on the right as the character on the left is slightly out of focus but still her emotion and reaction is still visible to the audience. The character is close to the character so it focuses on her neck .  It is apparent that the focus on the pinand neck would result in what we see here.