The ring, opening scene

This is a good opening scene because It gets the audience focused on the movie. The music is really good because it sets the tension within the set. The camera shots that are being used during this scene are close ups, medium shots and establishing shots like at the beginning.There are a few close ups to show the facial expression of the character, this is so that you can see how they are feeling at the exact point in time. They are using camera angles like a high so that the camera is looking down on the character to make them look small and scared.
The lighting in this scene is dark which is suggesting that the character is home alone worried. This is the prime place for an incident to happen. She is wearing her school uniform, black skirt and white shirt. This suggests that she has just got home from school and is wanting to sit in front of the T.V and relax, but this is not the case.

The sound has been used very well in this scene because they have used creepy music which creates tension and uncertainty. As the tension builds so does the sound, it gets louder and louder then suddenly stops. A Good example of this is when the T.V turns on automatically, as she runs towards it the music increases in volume but then suddenly stop as she pulls the cable out. This is done so that we know the tension is over for now. Otherwise during then scene it is very quiet suggesting that she is home alone.

This opening scene is a bit of a cliff hanger because just when you are about to find out who or what is in the bathroom the screen goes all fuzzy which shows us that it may come back to that clip later on in the scene.