Step outline for film opening of Insidious

Genre: Horror, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller

Description of
Timings
Mise-en-scene
action

Cameraw
ork

Editing

Typography

None

None

Fades to and
from black

Standard Font
used for the Ident

Non-diegeticstarts with the

sound of the
storm followed by
banging of metal
creating a sinister
sound
Non-diegetic
spooky
sound/music

None

Fades to and
from black

Bold 3D Font
written in blue

None

Fades to and
from black

Bold text writing

in capitals with
smoke effects

I am global IDENT

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The alliance IDENT

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Text showing the

production companies
names AN ALLIANCE
FILM PRESENTATION,
IN ASSOCIATION WITH
IM GLOBAL OF A
HAUNTED MOVIES
PRODUCTION
Fades to black screen

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The background is
black and the text
which shows the
names of the
production companies
in red

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Black background

None

None

None

None

Black background and

a black text showing
the Ident with a beige
lamp

Non-diegeticecho sound of the

music creating
sinister sound

None

The font is black

and written in
capitals

The camera pans down

to show a little boy
sleeping in bed

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A boy is sleeping in
bed in a stereotypical
little kids room

Non-diegeticechoing sound is
continued

A pan shot moving

from the boys room

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The boy still asleep in

bed, the camera shows

Non-diegeticsinister sound

A pan shot
from the
lamp
downwards
which
transitions
to the long
shot of the
room
A pan shot
going

Fades to
black and
transitions to
the start of
the film.
A straight
cut

A straight
cut

No text

Ident saying A JAMES

WAN FILM

Picture of Ident I am
global looks like an
orange ball

Sound

No text

into another room

the rest of the room.

The lighting is dull to
show horror aspect

A pan shot moving

from the room into
another room where a
woman is standing
near a window

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A pan shot of the

woman moving away
from the window while
the camera is moving
into the right side, it
zooms into the window
focusing on the
movement of the lady
creating a sense of
fear

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A pan shot moving

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The lighting is still dull

creating a mysterious
atmosphere, the
camera shows
the curtains in the
room which are quite
old showing the time
era (old type of house
meaning scary things
are usually associated
with old stuff) The
camera also focuses on
the woman near the
window shown by
bright light at the back
of the lady
The lighting is still very
dull, shows the
furniture in the room
such as the old
fashioned curtains and
the main focus is still
on the lady, her
performance is quite
important in this shot
because as she moves
away from the window,
it creates suspense
because the audience
try to figure out where
she is gone or as the
shot is pan shot it
makes the audience
wonder what is on the
other side of the room
The lighting is very

continued when
the camera
moves to another
room
Non-diegeticcreepy
instrumental
music creates
spooky sound and
sinister music

across the
room
A pan shot
of the room
focusing on
the window
where a
woman is
standing

Continuity
from the
shot of the
room to the
next room
where the
woman is
standing

No text

Non-diegetic-

A moving
pan shot of
room
focusing on
the
movement
of the lady
from the
window to
the right
side which
shows she
disappeare
d

The pan shot

continues
from the
previous
shot

No text

A long shot

Long shot

No text

Sound of the
instrumental
continues but it is
quite loud now
creating an
atmosphere of
fear which also
helps the
performance of
the character (the
lady moving away
from the window)
because the
music helps to
make it more
mysterious as to
why she moved
creating tension
Non-diegetic-

from the room into

another room showing
a lady standing with a
candle

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A shot of the woman

still standing with a
candle but the camera
zooms into her face
showing the cameras
movement
concentrating on the
lady and not the
background

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The title of the film

comes on INSIDIOUS
with a black
background with some
light reflected by the
titles colour

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dark which makes it

difficult for the
audience to see the
background or the
room properly, this
creates a sense of fear
because we dont see
anything but a woman
standing with a candle,
the candle helps the
woman to appear even
more scary because we
can see her face in the
dark room and it gives
her more attention as
the light is on her face
Lighting is pitch black
still and the lady is
standing in the same
room with the same
position and holding a
candle, her facial
expression and body
language
demonstrates fear
because she is smiling
The background is
black making the title
the main focus
because the title is
written in orange. The
colour of orange is
used as it connotes
with fire and hell
making the audience
even more scared

Instrumental
sound continues

of the room
showing
the room
but as the
lighting is
very dark
we cant
really see
the room, it
is still a pan
shot

then a
medium shot
making the
main focus
the woman

Non-diegeticinstrumental
sound continues
but as the camera
moves from a
medium shot into
a close up shot,
the spooky
instrumental
sound stops
creating a calm
atmosphere
Non-diegetic-

From a
medium
shot into a
close shot
and then an
extreme
close up
shot of the
face of the
lady

A straight
cut with
transition
fading into a
black
background

No text

A medium
shot of the
titles name

After 5
seconds the
title
disappears
and the
background
is again pitch
black

The Font is
standard written
in capitals to give
it more attention
as it important in
the film because it
is the title. Also, it
helps the sound
making it even
more spooky
because it is
written in capitals

Spooky
instrumental
sound comes
back on very
loud making the
audience jump
because we
hear it all of a
sudden

A pitch black
background shown
after the title
A picture of the front of
the house in white and
black and showing the
name of the
protagonist: PATRICK
WILSON

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Another picture of a
room that looks like a
living room showing
the furniture and again
the name of the
protagonist appears;
ROSE BYRNE

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Black background

No sound

No camera
work

No editing

No text

Black and white picture

of the house which is
quite old making it look
scary as old is
associated with fear
and mystery

Non-diegetic-

A slow
piano/music

A long shot
of the
house

A text written in
orange with
capitals showing
the name of the
protagonist with
smoke effects

From the old lamp we

can tell that the house
is quite old, the
curtains are white but
the lighting and the
room is very dark. The
room looks quite
messy making us feel a
family have moved into
the house recently

Non-diegeticA slow
piano/music

A medium
shot of the
room

Animation
uncover
right-down
followed by a
transition
fading into
black
Animation
cut through
black
zooming into
the picture
and followed
by a
transition
fading into
black

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A text showing
the name of the
actress in orange
colour and
capitals with
smoke effects