Textual Analysis 1 - Hooked

Here is a Textual analysis piece about a short horror film called hooked

The film starts off with eerie music, which is a non-diegetic sound. However, diegetic sounds of the waves splashing and boot scraping through the sand is amplified.

There is a typical scary villain type figure - he is a fisherman. To introduce the character, there are close up shots of him wearing heavy-leathered boots, a fishing hook in his hands (which is deemed as a weapon), and the first close up up shot is exhibits him grinning. This presents the fisherman as dangerous character. These close-up shots were a way to show the audience things that will portray him negatively.

In addition, he is wearing dark colours, which is a typical mis en scene for a villain in a horror film. In contrast, the location setting is slightly unconventional - a deserted beach. The location is confirmed by an establishing shot right at the beginning. The nuetral lighting is maintained througout the whole film - which is also unconventional for a horror film.

A low angle, is then shown of the fherman's body, as he is looking upon the open sea. This infers that the fisheman has status, power and is in control of what he is doing. It also makes him look terifying, emphasising the idea, that he is the villain

Next, we see a blonde woman, swimming in the open sea. This makes the audience assume that she is vulnerable victim, as she epitomises a sterotypical image of an innocent character. However, by the end of the film, she ends up being the villain, which is unconventional of horror film.

The fisherman, makes his way into the sea. Close up shots are then used to display facial expressions. There are editing cuts, to show a clip of the fisherman smiling, then a shot showing the blonde girl turning around, and reverse shot back to the fisherman as his smile vanishes. This moment, implies that things are not gonna go according to plan.

The shot goes back to the blonde girl, as special effects is used to illustrate her transformation from a normal girl, into an unknown creature. Special effects is used to show her teeth growing bigger, as he jump toward the fisherman. Diegetic screeching sound is heard, from the girl - sound which is also amplified. The film finsihes with a clip of waves splashing, as the fishermna and the girl are off screen. Then the credit come on