This horror film "The Woman in Black" starring Daniel Radcliffe and directed by James Watkins.

From the start we have an extreme close up, which is used throughout the opening scene. This is used to make the audience uncomfortable, and also, it could be to show the audience a certain item, for instance, the cups and the tea and the fact that nothing is being poured. This shows that these girls are only playing.


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then, the establishing shot shows the room and the girls. We can see Old fashioned costumes, and the walls indicate it is late Elizabethan era. This was used to show that we are not in the current time period, and that this happened before.

Then, the girls start to move towards the window, I believe this was a tracking shot, and was made this way to make it feel like you were travelling with the girls.

Finally, the camera stops moving as we watch the girls fall out of the window. I believe this was done to make us feel powerless in the wake of the forces at work in the house, and sets the scene for the rest of the film.