Film Profile
Name of Film
Director
Year Released
Main Cast
Sub Genre ( if applies)
Budget
Gross (how much it made)
Synopsis
What is the film about?
Character Profile
Brief overview of main characters. Do
they follow Propps theory? What are the
generic stereotypes of the characters?
Mise-en-scene
Location Where is the film set,
how does the location look and
what does it convey about the
location you will need to consider
the use of decor, colour and
Costume Consider what is worn,
the colour and what it connotes?
Insidious
James wan
April 1,
2011
Patrick Wilson
Rose Byrne
Ty Simpkins
Horror
$1.500,000
$97,000,000
Two parents have three children, two boys
Darlton and Foster, they also have a baby,
Cali. They live in a large house and had
recently moved it, before long their eldest
son, Darlton, had been into the attic and fell
of a ladder, a few days later he was found in
his bed in an unexplained coma. After
paranormal activity being seen, heard and
felt all over the house they decided to move
because they were living in fear. However,
their fears are still present, this leads them to
calling in an expert in this paranormal
activity. The spcailists concluded that the
coma that their son was in was not a coma
and that Darltons spirit was in a place called
the further. After much debate Darltons
dad had to go into the further and save his
son from the demons.
Josh Lambert a teacher and a farther of
the son who has been posest by a demon.
He can be seen as the false hero shown by
the last scene because throughout the film
he is a hero because he saves his son.
Renai Lambert the mother of the son, a
housewife who sees the most torcher from
being inside of the house and witnesses most
of the horror.
Darlton Lambert the son, hew has been
taken by a demon and is kept in a dark
world, he looks to be in a coma but has no
evidence of being in one. He is the victim in
the film and will be saved by his father.
Elise Rainier -
The location of the film is in a big house, even
though the house changes to another one
half way through the film the same setting is
presented. The setting is in a large house
because there is more room to explore and
for the camera to move. The house has a
mixture of old and modern characteristics,
this makes the scene more intense.
In the film, there are a number of ghostly and
taunting figures that make some scenes
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Props What are used and why? more intense. There are also images of gray
and a light blue, this is used in films to make
scenes unreal, mysrtical and intense, this
gripping technique is used in the majority of
the film, promoting the horror aspect that
makes the scenes more fearful. The colour
reflects the mood and the actions.
Camera

What are the important camera

frames? How is the camera
moving and why?
Also consider how is it moving such
as whether the movement is
smooth or whether shaky and the
effect this has?
Consider the range of options for
moving the camera and how
these are used like tracking shots,
hand-held, steadicam, jib and
crane.
When looking at framing also
consider the position and angle of
the camera. Are any of the shots
on low or high angles? Does the
film use any cantered angles and
if so what does this suggest about
the world or characters?