The Ring Opening Scene

The Ring Opening Scene

In the opening scene of The Rings it is a bit scary as a teenage girl called Katie is in her house with her friend Becca and creepy thing start to happens for example he TV goes all fussy and when Katie turns it off it goes back on again and also the fridge door opens by its self, Katie reckons that Becca is pranking her but when she goes up stairs there is a puddle of water on the floor and she opens the door as she screams and the TV goes all funny. Katie's is very wary as the atmosphere is very tense as she is alone in  her house. The location in the scene is a casual house in a causal american house. The audience who are watching the film may feel quite uneasy as strange things are happening and they don't know entirely what is causing the strange movements in the house. The characters in the opening scene is just Katie, but we know that Becca is in the house as Katie tries calling her. Katie is feeling a bit frightened  as she doesn't know what is causing these strange things from happening in her own house. As well because it is quite in Katie's house it makes it even more intense and scary. Katie is wearing her school uniform this inform the audience that Katie is just is just a innocent school girl getting scared in her own house

The sound effects used in the opening scene is very creepy as it is the sound of the tv screen fussing, Katie running up the stairs  this sound is called ambient sound this is the background sound being presented to the audience. For the rest of the time the sound is quite this makes it more intense for the audience as you don't know whats going to happen. The tone of voice Katie has is full of fear as she is frighten and is confused at what is going on, this makes the audience more wary to. The body language used is very tense as Katie is walking around her house she is very slow and steady on her feet the audience can tell that she is fearful and is scared.


The main key shots used in the opening scene of The Ring are a extreme close up this is of Katie's face as she turns round to look at the TV scene, this shows the intense emotion going on in Katie's face.There is also a low angle shot of Katie turning off the TV this shows Katie's movements in an low angle point of view. Also in the opening there is a few medium shot of Katie in one shot from the hips upwards this shows her body language in a medium shot view. Also there is a few close ups of Katie this is similar to the extreme close ups where it shows there emotion in a close up view. there is also a high shot angle from the stairs this shows Katie  looking up the stairs with the camera shooting an angle from a high point of view. Finally there is a long shot this is of Katie walking down the hall way this shows Katie from a distance and the view of the location. Overall The rings is an American supernatural psychological horror film, it effects the audience by it being very creepy and unexpected as you don't know whats going to occur.