Paranormal Activity Essay

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Paranormal Activity Paranormal Activity, written and directed by Oren Peli, is a film which is a faux horror documentary released on the 25th November 2009. I am going to discuss how suspence is built up towards the final sequence is built through the use of lighting, camera angles and sound. Paranormal Activity is a film which is about a woman called Katie and her boyfriend, Micah. Katie has been possessed by a demon since she was a young girl, when they move into a new house, Micah films everything in order to catch the strange occurrences. The demon possesses Katie again, and she murders Micah, after several hauntings taking place in the house. In the final sequence, Katie wanted to move out to escape the demon so she can live her life but when Micah went up to get Katie, she said she wanted to stay because if she left the demon would follow her. The next night Katie was dragged from her bed across the floor and into the hall she was screaming. When he woke up due too all the screaming he ran to find her and everything was silent. Then suddenly, Katie killed Micah. There were lots of strange things that happened that built suspense towards this final sequence, Firstly, Katie and Micah found out the demon was hunting them when Micah spreads powder across the floor and when they woke up the next morning they noticed the powdered footprints were not human footprints. In the final sequence, Katie and Micah’s bedroom and lounge are very brightly lit with warm colours which makes the audience think there’s going to be a happy ending. The room then becomes darker almost like a black and white movie. The audience are on the edge of their seats wondering what’s going to happen. The use of lighting is focused onto the bed because that’s where all the action happens. The absence of music
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