The Chosen - Opening 2 Minutes

The film begins with a small side light lit up and the non - diegetic sound of a baby crying in the background. A black figure then walks in front of the light which leaves the audience curious as to what and who the silhouette belongs to. Through the doorway, a light is then switched on, so we assume that this is the mother of the child going to it to calm it and make sure that it is ok.

The next shot is a close up of a cot dial that is hanging over the babies bed. We see some ones hand reach out and twist it on, which then starts to play the diegetic music. Although the sound is coming from a babies toy, we still expect to hear this sort of noise in a horror film as it can be seen as intimidating and nerving. The camera then pans down to a close up of the lady who turned on the toy and she is looking down at the baby. When someone looks down at something we expect them to have more power over them. She then looks up at the ceiling and says "God forgive me" the use of this diegetic sound shows us that she believes God has a higher status than her and she is following the way of life that she believes he wants her to take. However, because she is asking for forgiveness, we know she is going to, or has done something wrong to cause her to want God's forgiveness.

We then see a lady who is tied up on the floor and has blood on her head. Due to the fact that she is on the floor shows us that she has no power over the woman. A close up is then shown, showing the lady picking up the knife. This shot is affective and is better that using a medium shot to show her picking up the knife because it adds more emphasis on how big the knife is and has sharp it is which shows the audience that it is dangerous. Following on from the close up of the knife, there is another close up but this time we see a finger being cut by the knife. This shot adds affect to the scene because it looks more realistic and we can see how deep the wound is.

A two shot medium shot is used when the woman is wiping the blood from her cut finger over the hostage. This allows the audience to see the facial expressions of both actors and allows them to see what is going on. They are both wearing clothes that we would expect anyone to wear on a daily basis. By having the actors dressed in this way, the audience can relate to the actors and it makes the film more realistic and makes the audience judge between what is actually real and what isn't.