WOMEN IN BLACK - OPENING ANALYSE

As we are looking at imaginary friend, we then come back to look at the idea of having a doll. We realised that games the we play when we were kids can be really scary as most of them are just we playing with our imagination. 


While looking at the opening of the movie Women in black, what I find interesting is that the shots are all very simple with still shots of children having a tea party with each other by controlling the dolls like they are alive.

Inspire from this, we came up with the idea of our character having a tea party on her own but there are two sets of teacups.

Then there's is a sudden change in the tone of the music which I thought was suppose to be non diegetic but somehow the characters action linked like the background music is in their head. They're action changed by looking straight into the camera, breaking the 4th wall. Also the close up shot of them playing with the dolls changed to a high angle shot made it look like there is an "adult" looking at them from a distance or interrupted the tae party.

Also the sense of uncertainty is created through editing by having longer screen time that other shots. Then it then switches to a mid shot of all children looking to the window which conveys an meaning of something important is related to the window.




The black leather shoe that the characters are wearing gives a meaning of adulthood and witch like evilness that contradict with their costume of pretty dresses that gave the convention of the innocent child. Then in a close up shot focusing on the characters that started stepping on their toy breaking them into pieces that shows aggressiveness but at the same time them walking in slow pace convey the idea of sleep walking or being unconscious that suggested the idea of being possessed. As they walk over the doll they used to care about.



The clip ended by the characters jumping off the window. The background music also reaches a climax follow by a few seconds of silence, which suggested the peacefulness before the storm. As then a women screaming "my baby!"

Through editing, after the characters jumped off, it the switch to the doll. Which suggested the meaning that the doll was the one controlling them.