Thursday, December 15, 2011

Ginger Snaps 2 Film Analysis

Ginger Snaps: Unleashed
Director: Brett Sullivan
Year: 2004
Budget: $3m

IDENTS
  • Lionsgate films presents
  • A 49 films/combustion production
Non diagetic sound starts as soon as the idents appear on the screen - slow pace hollow noises are used to create tension.
Diagetic young girls voice is used over the first shot.
The first shot is a close up of shot of a hand, which goes to pick up a pink razor (anchorage that the protagonist is female), it becomes apparent that this person is in the bath. The razor could foreshadow violence with sharp blades like a razor blade or knife.
An extreme close up is shown of the girl shaving her pale leg, there is non diagetic sound of a loud electric razor blade when the girl shaves, to build tension.
There is a medium shot of the girls back in the bath, it first becomes apparent that she has brown hair which could denote that she is a final girl. The girl begins to shave her back, signifying that something is wrong.
A close up of blood dripping into the clear bath water is showing, denoting that somebody is bleeding, but is polysemic as the audience does not know if the girl has cut herself with the razor, or another tool.
There is non diagetic sound of high pitched screaming with a close up of the girl shaving her cut and bloody leg, denoting self inflicted pain, which could connote self harm and depression.
An extreme close up is shown of 2 circular marks next to eachother, there is anchorage of the marks being bite marks if the audience has seen Ginger Snaps 1, and the bruising around the marks.
The non diagetic voice of the girl says "i thought you were going to die" giving the audience anchorage of what has happened, it could also be polysemic in connoting that the girl has schizophrenia, or she remembers a girl talking to her and saying these words.
An extreme close up is shown of a scalple cutting the skin of the girl, denoting self harm and torture.
The non diagetic girls voice says "Its like an infection, it works from the inside out, its like a virus", this could be narrative enigma if the audience has not seen Ginger Snaps 1, or if the audience has seen it, they understand what the girl is talking about.
A dutch angle long shot is shown of the protagonist sat naked in her bathroom bandaging up her arm, denoting that she has cut herself quite severely.
A close up of a needle being inserted into the girl is shown, anchoring drug or medicine use.
The non diagetic girls voice says "Ginger please", providing exposition of the protagonist's name.
There is a close up of the girl biting down on the needle, denoting that she is feeling pain, a non diagetic voice of a wolf howling is used to provide anchorage of the rest of the storyline.
A close up of a photo of 2 "final girl" looking teenagers is shown, anchorage is used to possibly show that they are sisters, and denotes that the girl talking is Gingers sister, from in the photo.
THE OPENING OF THE FILM IS 2:22 SECONDS LONG.

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