The Ring - Opening Scene

The scene opens with medium shot of a woman in a kitchen; the TV gets turned on in the other room where the audience cannot see anything else through the glass. The tension is increased as they follow the woman into the empty room that contains the TV. This is further raised as the TV is turned on again after being turned off. An ominous non diegetic sound is used as a glimmer of something passes the screen to startle the audience. The scene then follows the woman around the house hiding anything she can’t see from the audience, such as what’s behind the fridge door. When it comes to the upstairs landing the camera is at a low angle, causing an enigma code for the water and highlighting the fact that the television is on behind the door. The audience do not know what the TV being on means, but they do know that it is not normal and there is something evil about it, and are scared for the woman to open the door. She does, and high pitched sound and varies of images on the screen, along with the zoom in on the woman’s face turning into horrific image. The colour schemes throughout are of dark colours and grey which foreshadow something bad, and the tension is kept as there is no diegetic sound so it feels more real.