Horror Genre: The Conjuring

Conjuring -  From the opening of this first scene of “The Conjuring” it immediately becomes clear that the movie lives up to its genre of Horror as the first image is of a very sinister life size doll with the camera using a extreme close up. From just the opening scene we are unsure what to expect further into the movie but from just watching the clip we assume that the movie will be based on the doll and about how she was haunting the two girls. As I have watched the movie this is not the case, the opening sequence has got very little to do with the movie and doesn't’t come up later in the movie but it sets the scene of the movie. We are introduced to five character's but we only receive information from the two girls who are living in the apartment but we are left unsure who the man is sitting next to the two girls. We assume that the focus of the movie will be based around the story of the two girls being haunted by the doll called Annabel. We can tell that the genera of horror is ghosts and demons based around supernatural events. This is shown by the doll seeming to be possessed by a demon. This will be targeted towards teenagers and middle aged people. The title conjuring also sounds very dark and makes in clear of the genre from that. In the begging of the opening scene an extreme close up is used of the doll which captures the horror genre and also makes us focus on the doll throughout the scene as from the start just from the camera shot we see it as evil. The close up from a side angle of the three victims makes there feel as if there is an evil presence in the room and makes the three characters seem vulnerable. I feel that this is a successful opening as it clearly captures the genera of Horror and this immediately builds up fear and suspense from opening with the doll, however this scene has very little to do with the later scenes and story in the movie which confuses us in the beginning.