for media studies

1. THE
WOMAN IN
BLACK
The Woman in Black is a 2012
British supernatural horror film directed by James
Watkins and written by Jane Goldman, based on Susan Hill's novel of the same name. It was
produced by Hammer Film Productions.
During his initial visit to Eel Marsh House, Arthur is distracted by odd noises, and subsequently,
the appearance of a spectral entity in funerary garb. He hears sounds on the marshes of a carriage
in distress and a screaming child, but sees nobody on the causeway. Upon his return to the
village, Arthur attempts to alert the village constable. Though he remains adamant about what he
saw, the constable assures him that no one has used the causeway in years before retreating to his
study. Before he can react further, two children enter the station with their sister Victoria, who
has just ingested lye. Despite his pleas for assistance, the girl collapses and dies in Arthur's arms.
Though ruled as a suicide by the town physician, the locals blame the death on Arthur because he
saw the alleged "Woman in Black".
Certain parts of “the woman in black “are predictable, James Watkins has delivered a horror
movie with whole new concept it excels with relatable characters.
Music

2.  The woman
in black used many
sound tracks to
create different
atmosphere within
the film. The non-
diegetic music was
used to create tension
in the film, it helped
the film to become
powerful, original
and be different. For instance in the opening sequence of the film there are no dialogues,
but the music that plays throughout the start off high pitched but as the tension builds,
the music starts to slow down and toward the end the church bell sounds are introduced
with the echo of the notes hence the music is used to intrigue the audience and frighten
them as it is haunting.
Lighting
Low key lighting is often used in horror films because of the effect it creates. The dim
hue and the shadows created are suited to the conventions of the horror film, it created
tension due to its mysterious and dark atmosphere
Controlling how much of the surroundings and characters are revealed, it sets the mood
tone and created a dangerous association with enigma through the shadows and dull
shades and dull shades.
HANSEL AND GRETEL
Hansel and Gretel is a 2002 film adaptation of the Brothers Grimm children's story directed by Gary
J. Tunnicliffe, It was produced by Steve Austin and Jonathan Bogne is a well-
known fairy tale of German origin, recorded by the Brothers
Grimm and published in 1812. Hansel and Gretel are a young brother
and sister kidnapped by a cannibalistic witch living deep in the forest in
a house constructed of cake and confectionery. The two children save
their lives by outwitting her ;The concept of kids kidnapped by an evil witch
was taken by thi s movie , The lady that lives there invites them in and
they eat some delicious food and then go to bed. They wake up the
next morning and find the house is just an empty shack with an old lady
in it. . The witch walks into the room, locks Hansel in a box, and makes
Gretel cook and Hansel eat. She does this because she is going to eat

3. Hansel and wants him nice and fat. Because of certain principles, Gretel breaks a mirror and the
witch becomes ugly. The Sandman and Wood Fairy walk in and help Hansel and Gretel get the
witch into her cauldron. Then they put her in the oven, killing her. The father finds them and they do
not worry about the stepmother who had gone to the troll's house who then abandoned her after she
made him cook and clean for her.
Music
Hansel and Gretel used soundtracks to create different soundtracks in the film ,use of
non-digetic and non digetic sounds were used very often, slow background music was
used whenever the witch is around, fast music was fast , which made the film
anticipating, and made it look more exciting towards the climax of the film, music is an
essential part when judging the success of a film as choice of good music that goes with
the scene can have an impact on audience making them to love a film.
LIGHTING
The movie used natural lighting when
the hsot was external as well as
artificial, but internal scenes has low
key lighting to have a horror impact on
the film low-key lighting. Just because
a scene is shot with low-key lighting doesn’t necessarily mean it must be scary,
but, if you want your audience to be uneasy, low-key lighting is a great place to
start. low-key lighting helps to minimize distractions in your frame, so it really helps
to guide your audiences eyes where you want them to.
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