Thursday 13 September 2012

The Orphanage: Opening Scene

The Orphanage
Director: Juan Antonio Bayona
Writer: Sergio G. Sánchez

We watched the opening scene of The Orphanage in order to analyse the characters, their relationships, genre and location to try and work out what the film would be about. Click on the link to watch the Opening Scene.

Characters: Laura

  • A young girl
  • Alone
  • Singled out
  • Innocent 
  • Wearing old clothing (1940's)
Characters: Old Lady 
  • Hiding emotions
  • In charge of orphanage
  • Don't see her face
  • Mysterious
Relationships between Characters
  • All interact with eachother e.g. playing 
  • All socially friendly towards one another 
  • Old Lady seems to care for Laura 
Genre
  • Psychological horror film
Location/Setting
  • Old historical Orphanage 
  • Spanish countryside, middle of no-where
  • Garden was surrounded by trees, giving the impression it was closed off to the outside world
  • A scarecrow, didn't look like the average scarecrow
  • Tell by the costumes and props that the film is set in the past (1940's) 















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