The grudge

The grudge was presented by Daryl Meadows. The grudge has a wide variety of; Mise en scene, camera, sounds and editing.

He began the video at 3:20. The grudge was made in 2004 and was directed by Takashi Shimizu. The credits come in and are red and black, this related to death so already we know the film is a dark mysterious horror. The first interaction with a character is when we see a young Chinese girl riding a bike out of a dark shadow, maybe related to the darkness of the grudge. We see her riding through many places, they have used editing, jump cut and match on action to show her journey in the space of 20 seconds. This saves time and doesn’t bore the audience.

The house she arrives at is over ground un kept. This shows us that there is little life inside and gives the effect it’s not a nice place. There are a lot of good camera angles during the opening, the camera pans as she enters the house. There is an old woman in the house who seems to be ill. The house is also in a state and maybe this links to the old woman. Both the younger woman and the older one are wearing blue, this could be a sign they have both similar pasts. There is then a unusual her from a low angle, which should make her more intimidating but knowing that she is quite scared doesn’t make us feel intimidated. It then pans giving the effect that a creature is watching her, the sound then becomes high pitched and gives an eerie effect.

There is a long pause between shots, this builds tension. It also makes her seem venerable and powerless, also as she is in a small space it makes her seem trapped. The attic is a typical scary and mysterious, it has many cob webs and is very dark. This again implies something back is going to happen. Her lighter flickers may be showing it is coming to an end, like her. The sound used in this scene is very ghostly and makes us tense as we now know she is in danger. Without the sound in this scene it would not be half as affective. The sound makes us know her feelings and part of the future