The Open Door Analysis

The film starts off with someone playing the piano as audio whilst the film industry icon comes up on the screen. The title credits then shows up and then makes it become suspense as the titles they have used seem quite sinister. The piano audio then stops and you begin to see a river. A long shot is used to show a woman walking with dietetic sounds of her heels walking on the concrete. A medium shot is then used to see her in more detail. A tracking shot is then used to watch her approach a house. At this point the audio is only the wind from what you can hear outside, however because it is so quite it builds up suspense to the audience. A close up is then used on her hand whilst she opens the front door.

An aerial shot is then used as she walks through the door followed by a close up on the door when the woman tries to shut the door however leaves it open, suspense audio typically used in horror films begins to start playing. It then cuts to a medium shot of her sitting at an island in her kitchen. A close up is then used whilst she begins to cut a cucumber. It then cuts to the woman pampering herself, oblivious of anything as the cucumber is over her eyes whilst she lays in bed. The suspense music begins to get higher and lower and this point putting the audience on the edge of their seats as they are trying to prepare themselves for something to happen however they do not know when or what is about to happen.

It then cuts a long shot of a black silhouette however is blurred for what seems to be outside. It then carries on to cut from the woman to outside as it builds intensity with the outside as it builds up speed and narrative. The character is yet to be unknown then walked through the door using a close up on their hand, then walks up the stairs using a close up on their feet. A tilt shot is used from her head to her feet which you can then see the character coming towards her through the door leaving the audience on the edge of their seats. The woman then says 'Hey Jamie' as if she knows who had just walked through the house, a close up is then used on her ears where the unknown character whispers in her ear 'It's not Jamie'. The woman then jumps up and is pushed straight back down by the antagonist.

Then screen then blacks out and it leads to the woman waking up again, however in a different outfit. Dietetic sounds as well as lighting of lightning is used to present a thunder storm setting the typical type of horror. Close up and medium shots are used to show the woman's panic in her face and body language. Everything then seems quite again apart from what is going on outside, she then begins to get up and goes to get her keys.

The scenery is now very dark and eerie as she begins to walk downstairs into pitch black. Tension is built as she begins to walk down very slowly and steady however the stairs begin to squeak so if someone was to still be in the house they would automatically hear her. It then cuts to a close up of the door which turns into A POV shot as it turns from the door to the woman walking down the stairs. The woman then shuts the door and locks it by this point the audience would be at the edges of their seats as they are anxious of what is going to happen next. The tense music then begins to play again, the higher and the faster the pace of the music the more anxious the audience begins to come. A close up is then used to show the woman's emotions, however in the background you begin to see the antagonist in the background coming towards her in a mask.

In my opinion this short film was one of the best I watched due to the fact it left me on the edge of my seat and the film techniques that they used were very effective.