Gothika.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=UKckOhf3EUM

Gothika (2003) is a supernatural thriller directed by Mathieu Kassovits. It is based on a story of a psychiatrist named Miranda that works in a mental home, and one day she finds herself on the other sides of the bars as she is accused of murdering her husband. At the beginning of the clip (1.15) we see the door handle opening by itself, whereas Miranda believes the ghost of a young girl is opening it. It is very dark and we are not able to see Miranda’s face. She is quite small within the shot, forcing the audience to focus on the surroundings. As soon as the door handle turns, we hear a low rumble of base playing. When Miranda gets up, this sound gets louder. As she makes her way towards the door, the camera zooms in on the handle, and pans to the left. So we end up with a low angle shot of Miranda through the glass. The light is coming from behind her, so that we can’t see her face. The camera movement along with the music makes the scene very tense. When the door is opened, the shot changes to a wide shot of the corridor. The lighting is very dim and we can tell it is night time. When Miranda walks into the shot, she again, appears small in the shot. She may be vulnerable because of her clothes, she is in pyjamas, and has bare feet. When she starts walking down the hall, the music starts to play and the pace of her walk speeds up. The camera is then lifted upwards to make Miranda look even smaller, adding to her vulnerability. As she gets to the end of the corridor she reaches a door and the shot and music change. As she walks through the door, a straight cut takes us to a close up of her, where we see her face. This side shot captures her emotions. With a high pitched violin noise in the background the audience can sense that something is going to happen here. It then cuts to an image of a ghost walking through a wall, this is what the protagonist, Miranda sees. This shows the audience her psychological fear, typical of the genre.