Porcelain Rising- Anaylsis

Narrative structure is linear as it shows the start, middle and end showing no other content such as flashbacks or flash-forwards revealing the ending.

Format is a single drama because it is shown only once and doesn't continue to another story line. The audience watch the film from begging to end so they find out how it starts and how the story ends all in the same film. 

Before the film even starts we already know the genre is horror, this is because we notice the colour red on screen signifying hell such as evil or blood meaning death. In this shot we also hear music played in this shot sounding like a cradle suggesting children young as babies, this foreshadows that they use a young person as the main role being the victim in the film already the audience realise that a child is involved.

In the first shot of the film we see a low angle is being used expressing to the audience something dominant is under the bed below the child. Inferring that the child is vulnerable and unable to defend herself from what every else is in the room with her. By showing a low angle it also indicates hell as we know hell is below us and heaven is above this gives the audience an image that there is something who is bad perhaps a demon or devil. It also gives the audience an idea that something will be coming out from under the bed later on the film. Also in this shot we notice that the room is mostly white showing that the character of the young child is pure and all good. Also being used is a long shot showing the location which the film is set in, showing to the audience that the film takes place in the young girl’s bedroom, another thing used in this shot is a dolly zoom moving closer to the girls face showing her expression of being scared and anxious. The narrative of this is that we can predict something will either attack and possess the child or even kill. The diegetic sounds in this scene are the rain and thunder as both audience and character can hear this. The weather of the scene of lighting and thunder creates a mood of the girl that she is frightened and terrified, using lighting creates tension for the audience.  

The lighting which is used is low key with many dark colours such as black. Showing shadows in the background of characters. By using dark colours it creates a sense of mood of mystery and suspense creating a dramatic atmosphere.      

Next shot is a two shot this shows the relationship between father and daughter. Showing that the father is concerned about his daughters behaviour being very jumpy and unable to sleep, making him very worried about her. The setting is still very dark and a sense of horror we know this because the colours used are still dark greys and blacks. However, there is a light of colour coming for the outside of her room inferring that the outside is good and safe but not in her bedroom which is filled with dark evil. From this the audience know that the father is not the victim as he is on the outside of the room where it is safe and filled with good.

Here is a long shot showing the dolls whole body and the environment where the doll is based along with other toys. This shows that the character of the doll is a toy of which is no ordinary toy but possessed with evil. We notice us switching to the doll the lighting and sound effects change creating a more daunting vibe.

The shot used here is a close up showing the audience that the doll is the villain who we know is evil and of some supernatural type being. By showing the face of the doll is creates a setting of no longer mystery but tension as we are told who the villain is now waiting to see what they do next. When showing the face of the doll the director used a low angle to show dominance and power that this doll has towards the child.

In the next shot a low angle is being used again to show something powerful is under the girls bed. The audience know that there is something under the bed as the its shown from the side angle of the bed so the audience can predict something to come out of there at some point. Also in this shot we can judge that the girl is very terrified as she finds a place to hide. The sound in the shot is diegetic as both character and audience can here the sound, the sound of the voice from the doll which tells the girl to come out and play creating a sense of tension and fear as the girl is now approached by the demon as it talks to her.Whilst the girl is alone in her bedroom her father goes down stairs making a phone call whilst filming on the film the editor used jump cuts to show insecurity and the character is tense. 


The audience then see the girl hide under the bed which we first thought the doll was here, making the audience now wonder where the doll is in the room as its no longer under the bed we know that it is still in her bedroom. At this point only the audience can hear the sound of the girls heart beat known as none-diegetic sound creating an atmosphere which we are able to out our self in the girls shoes and feel as afraid as she does in that moment of time. Also used is a panning shot to show that the character is being watched by its attacker and followed.

Here a close up is being used to show the face of the doll which the audience now know it is about to attack the young girl, creating even more tension as the audience become scared for the girl not knowing if she will be killed or not.Whilst showing the girls face there is an edit of lighting struck in the background creating an dramatic atmosphere. 

Here an extreme close up is being used to show the facial expressions in more depth of the young girls, through the eyes the audience can see great fear of which the girl is terrified for her life at this point being strapped to her bed unable to move or run away. Making the doll in full control. The director also used shot/reverse shot between the girl and the doll the cuts are very quick as the dolls actions on the girl are very quick and rapid confusing the audience and what is happen of even what the doll is doing to the girl. The editing here is very quick using jump shots between the two characters also the struck of lighting.

The director then uses a high angle to show the full body of the young girl laying on her bed. Showing to the character she is vulnerable as the demon as taken her soul leaving her fragile the use of colour of the girl’s dress of white and pink tones shows the purity of the girl and her innocence. There is a non-diegetic sound of a loud thumbing sound which only the audience can hear showing that this is the end of the dolls doing which she has success done as she wanted to do. The audience know that the girl is not her normal self by her change of clothes she has become the doll and the doll has become her possessing her body.  The colour white of her shoes and her clothes shows her innocent, her skin is also pale suggesting that she is soulless and no longer alive. 

 

The last shot is a mid close up revealing that the girl has been possessed now in the girl. We know this from the change of hair which the doll before was black but all of sudden the hair is now blonde. The colour red on the dolls face symbolises death we notice the background of the doll is very dark coming out of an shadow creating suspense. it also links back to the beginning of the film when red was used as the background of the titles suggesting a killing. We also can notice an object in the dolls hand which we believe is a knife, showing that this is the murder weapon that was used to kill the girl however when we see the shot of girl laying on the bed we don't see any blood on her this suggests that she therefore was possessed which means her body has been taken over.