KS: Ju-on: The Grudge

'It is said in Japan that when someone dies in extreme sorrow or rage, the emotion remains and can leave a stain upon that place. Death becomes a part of that place, killing everything it touches.'

I love the clip, it is similar to the style of 'Se7en' but the narrative is driven by characters rather than the actions they are doing in a book. With the use of a blue colour wash instantly the audience is positioned in a eery exterior location and is then drawn to experience the horror inside.  Handy-cam is successfully used to create a disjointed surreality and reflect the creature in the clip scuttling across the house. With heavy make-up and clever styling of the cannibalistic myth like creature, the opening tracks the interior of the house as if it is searching for something, then directly cuts back to the creature to show its influence in the scene. The non verbal language of the creature creates a sense it is possessed with a lowered head and a still trance. Tracking is used along the floor to locate the iconography such as the blood and smashed glass. Lilli, look out for the zoom and selective focus camera techniques where the setting is blurred but the character is revealed. Although this opening is very creepy, I think we could create something similar. I previously had an idea of multiple flashes and over layers of different close ups of a face particularly the eye, and similarly the grudge uses it. I also feel we could create a character with similar possessive and cannibalistic traits with the help of make up of blood to create a horror and dramatic piece.