The Others

The Others

This film begins with a totally black background with white subtitles.

On this background is the name of the company presenting the film. As

soon as they subtitle's leave the screen a woman's voice can be heard.

It is a soft voice. The woman is talking to some children. She starts

telling them the story of evolution and how God made the world. The

woman or the children are not scene though all that can be seen on the

screen are Black and White Pen and Ink Drawings. These are lit up by

candle light. The candle light is obviously a very important aspect of

setting the scene of the film as the audience will find out about the

children's illnesses later on. Music is also playing at the same time

as the woman is speaking. While the first pen and ink drawing is on

and the woman is talking about evolution the music builds up a

crescendo as if life was growing out of God. These images show very

significant parts of the film e.g. there is an image of a set of keys

and the lock of a door. This obviously symbolises the fact that they

have to keep al doors locked behind them. The music continues to build

up suspense and then it fades out when the credit have finished

rolling.

After the credits have finished the camera takes a long shot of the

house. In this shot it shows a very large manor house in the model of

nowhere. In the background are trees and above the trees is fog. This

is a very stereotypical setting for a Ghost story. Big old house in

the middle of nowhere, woodland, poor weather and visibility. Also on

this shot it says, 'Jersey, Channel Islands. 1945'. This also tells

the viewers how it is set in a remote area. Stra...

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point about locking all the doors behind themselves but does not give

a reason why. The audience will once again be wondering what is going

on. One of the slaves asks Grace about where her husband is and she

tells them that he went to war a year and a half ago. Grace also

comments on how silence is such an important thing in her house due to

her migraine problems. This is quite subtle telling the audience about

her liking silence when she really enjoys the silence because she is a

ghost. She does this so as not to give the story away. Grace then

offers to show the slaves round the rest of the house. One slave

comments that there is no need which is quite a strange thing to do

when they are applying for jobs as slaves. This will get the audience

thinking about whter they have been to the house before etc.