Silent hill

Silent hill was presented by Georgia, Akshay, Catherine and Emma. Silent Hill is a modern film and the group made some good points on; Mise-en-scene, camera, sounds and editing.

Silent Hill was made in 2006 and directed by Christophe Gans and written by Roger Avary.
The film started with non- diagetic played by a piano, whilst the credits came in. The setting and music immediately tells us it is an Horror/Thriller film.

In the opening of the film we see a mother and father concerned about their adopted daughter. The daughter has been experiencing nightmares and sleepwalking while screaming the name of a town, "Silent Hill". The opening begins with a low angled close up of a women, this how’s she we have a large part to play in the rest of the film. But the father on the other hand was in darkness which could tell the us that he wasn't a particularly significant character in the film and was other looked a lot. Both the daughter and mother are wearing blue this could show there strong bong.

When she is walking through the forest you can hear the sound effects of birds and trees. The group made a good point that you don’t take any notice to it when it’s in daylight but when it’s at night it it’s a different story, this mystery adds tension.

The daughter then starts to sleep walk, and the same music from the game starts to play, relating the film to the game. There are deep notes in the background music like a choir, maybe like there praying for their child. The lighting used is very effective and gives a different view on each of the characters e.g. The mother is surrounded in red lighting symbolizing danger and death. The daughter is covered by white light, maybe like she’s innocent or like a blank canvas and doesn’t know what’s going on.