Let Me In- Remake of the Swedish

movies Let the Right One In

How do the film makers use the camera to tell the story?

One way in which the camera tells the story is that they tell the story instead of the character acting, it show the camera
movement the silence in the room. For example when Abby the young vampire brutally abuses the offices in the bathroom,
the office reach out and waits for the young boy Owen to grab his hand and save him but he close the door this camera
movement show the story without and dialogue but music and character acting.

Is the camera used objectively or subjectively?

The camera used objectively and subjectively to show different people prospective, for example the last scene where the
bullies brother tries to drown Owen. Owen is under the water not knowing what is happening above the surface, whereas
above the surface in Abby and the bullies prospective they get killed in a painful way, for this in their eyes it is objectively
and for Owen and the audience it is subjectively because we do not see what is happening other than experiencing with
Owen underwater, we as the audience see part of the body splashing in the pool. Another example is where Abby run
away from Owen he cuts his hand and Abby licks the blood, she run like an animal and climbs up the tree and watches for
her prey and pounces and bite in to the young lady this is shown as Abby and the audiences views which is objectively.

How does Mise en scene reflect the themes, genre and ideology of the film?

The Mise en scenes reflect most of the movie because of when the movie itself was taken. The movie was taken in a dark
and dull set. I thought this was very successful because it showed the genre and the theme. You could attempt to guess the
theme/genre because of the Mise en scene. It obviously not likely for a young innocent girl (at first when she walk in with
her father) to walk in bare feet and be dressed like down in the winter. You think first that she is a tramp, she not clean,
she smells weird. By looking at her you would think that she’s not normal she’s probably a character that you would watch
out for. The scene gives a secretive and ambiguous and you want to know what going on. You definitely would find out that
this is a horror movie by the gruesome death, the blood, the teeth, the girl and the vampire. You barely see the daytime
except when the young boy Owen goes to school, this may be because of the vampire, they cannot come in the light
otherwise they will burn or turn in to fire like that lady that Abby bit in to. So most of it was taken at night time, for the
vampires to do their job.

In the opening sequences, what codes are embedded into the title and opening shots/scene which signify the genre of the
movies? How do these reflect or subvert the conventions of the genre?

Well I can’t remember the opening sequence but was the dark scene when the ambulance and 2 police car was following
by. This scene wasn’t very clear it’s like you missed half the movies and trying to guess what going on/ who in there, once
you find out the police man talking to the patient you’re still confused. By grasping what is going on I thought it was a
horror film even thou I watched the original version.

Think about the use of sound. How is sound used to develop narrative? How does sound add to or even substitute for
image in the movies?

I though personally without the sound it would be nothing. The sound was amazing. There scene when there is just silence
and then a slow calm music become more fast and the scene become more tense and you become more frustration and
you know something is going happen, you want to know what going on and then B A M B!!!! Someone gets killed.

In what ways does the film seek to appeal to a specific target audience?

The film seeks appeal to specifically audience by having suitable language and appropriate scenes. Most of the audience
like it, personally I think it is open to people who like thriller and horror, most of the scene is considerable and watchable.
Obviously open to older teenager and adult. Right now on television and movies that come out are involved with vampire
and other creatures.
How are vampires represented in this film?

I think the vampires are represented normal I mean by: nowadays they are presented differently, they presented in a
trendy and cool way, and it does seem a bit more acceptable e.g. Vampire Diaries, Twilight. The vampires are usually
represented as bad creature and cruel and will do anything for blood. This young girl wouldn’t do anything to hurt her
friend Owen.

Is this representation different to other you have seen and if so in what ways?

Like I said before Vampire Diaries, the difference is they don’t hurt anyone intentionally. One of the characters Stephen
eats animal blood instead of human. They can over hear other people conversation, they can walk really fast, they can go
out in the daylight whereas the girl couldn’t, they can eat food Abby couldn’t eat e.g. when Owen offer her a sweet she
says no then take it and piqué after, if they get stabbed with a knife or something and they take it out they can come back
alive, without being burned by fire and they can get people do things without them nothing so hypnotised.

What do you think this representation might be trying to say about modern society (or Swedish society if you refer back to
the original) through the metaphor of vampire?

People are changing, the technology is changing so we have to be one step ahead of everyone so us version was a very
successful movies.

Can genre films make serious comment on the social ills in our society through the representation they make?

Yeah I think this film does have moral issues I think people would be caution on what they do at night and who’s in their
car. Lol. Even though this movie is thriller/ horror I think people will think twice and in the society.