Watching and analysing.

Let the right one in

Genre: horror/drama Subgenre: vampire/supernatural

Technical codes:
Editing:
This opening scene varies between upper fast jump cuts to quite long duration close up shots. This gives the impression that even though the movie is scary and lots of supernatural things happens fast there is also a story going on behind the scare maze. The quick shots are integrated in the impression to the audience the villain/monster has overwhelming power and speed over its prey; together with flashy lighting and quite loud bangs or usually screams of the victim, these cuts are definitely efficient when it comes to scare the audience. As for the long duration cuts, they are usually close ups focused on the victims reactions, on the conversation between the boy and the vampire girl or the boys alone reaction to something the vampire girl said/done.

Sound:
The sounds used in this opening scene are quiet ambient sounds or loud bangs and/or screams, completely opposite types of sound but yet they work perfectly to create suspicion and tension in the audience.

Camera:
A good range of shots have been taken onto account on this opening scene it varies a lot between close ups, long shots, medium shots and others; however not many scenes seems to be hand held shots, so even though close ups offer a space for the audience to sympathise with the characters you dont feel completely on their shoes at some points that it would be quite useful.

Mise-en-scene:
As for Mise-en-scene the whole of the imagery contributes for a scary feeling; this horror story is being shot at winter, where everything seems to be frozen and dead. The night only hunts creates that feeling that going out at night alone is dangerous and that one should remain safely indoors until the sun is up again.

Narrative
Enigma codes;
The whole of the opening scene is quite enigmatic as the characters do not follow the their convention codes precisely, weve got the boy who is quite pale and restricted and quiet but very

angry when it comes to take out the pain from his bullies at school, and weve got the girl which is pretty healthy looking and innocent but she is the bad guy. It is very hard to predict the protagonist and the antagonist in this movie as the characters possesses benefits and drawbacks from both roles.

Theory of equilibrium:
I could not quite see an initial equilibrium on this opening scene; therefore I believe that it already begins at a disequilibrium point and then follows on to the equilibrium (ending)

Character archetypes:
Again it is very difficult to categorise the characters of this movie as they do not follow the convention codes for the horror genre. However as we do spend quite a lot of time with the boy and girl we begin to believe that the two of them are the protagonists.

Binary opposites
The binary opposites for this film are a bit messed to identify as the boy who is human possesses the looks of the vampire stereotype, and the girl who is the real vampire villain possesses the looks of a normal human kid; therefore I think of them as a complementary.

Representation of the vampire:

In Let the Right One In, the vampire is represented by an innocent looking girl. This may have a moral/political impact on the audience and society; Sweden has the highest rate of mental health issues among children and young people; therefore why not take reality facts and make a movie where the child can go on and murder as a relief of its mental distress?

The lost boys:

Genre: Thriller / Horror Subgenre: supernatural/ vampire

Technical codes:
Editing:
On average the lost boys have longer shots than let the right one in; the editing pace is quite slower but yet quite effective.

Sound:
The characters barely speak and instead diegetic sounds fills the scene and let the audience thinking why the characters are so mysterious.

Camera:

As for camera techniques, the choice of shooting the scene on a carrousel makes the audience imagine that they are there with the character as well because all the rest of the background is circling with them. Most of the shots are long to medium shots.

Mise-en-Scene:
The whole of the scene is quite bright and colourful as the shot is happening at a fun fair, the characters move slowly in contrast with the carrousel which is moving quite quick, this gives a sense of mysterious to the characters indicating that they might be dangerous.

Narrative:
Enigma codes:
The character are much more stereotypically represented as bad guys in this scene than in the other movie; theyre dressed as punk/rocker type of clothing which makes them easily recognised as the troublemakers or the villains.

Equilibrium Theory.
From the small sequence I saw I believe that the equilibrium started with the darkness prevailing, the disequilibrium would follow with the introduction of a hero and the new equilibrium would be restored when darkness was defeated.

Character archetypes:
Its quite easy to identify characters on this opening scene; we have the villains (the troublesome looking guys) the helpless victim (the girl in the carrousel) and the authority.

Binary opposites:
As no hero has been introduced yet the only opposite to compare is the villain to the victim.

Representation of the vampire:

The vampires are represented by the punk/rocker looking boys, they look troublesome and dark, they are represented as the type of vampires that like the type of blood splashing hunt with lots of gore and human parts all over the place.