Cabin In The Woods Analysis

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In the film Cabin in the Woods, directed by Drew Goddard, Goddard uses different cinematography techniques to make sure he captures the audience's attention in an interesting way and also depicting the real plot of the film and certain aspects of the characters.
For starters, Goddard uses different camera movements to foreshadow the impending doom that is ahead as a way to entice. An example of this is in the beginning of the film when the five main characters are finally on there way to the abandoned cabin and to make this scene even more important an ominous song plays in the background as they leave into the sunset and the upcoming night. The camera movement that was used here was crane since the camera started on the ground and slowly was raised to the height of the house so the view of the RV was clear. In the first couple of scenes Goddard uses a variety of camera movement to enhance his audience to continue to watching the film. Once on …show more content…

For one, once everyone is in the cellar and everyone is looking at different objects Marty gets the feeling that something is off and the possibility of something bad happening very probable. Throughout the film Marty seems to be the ideal character to focus on since he seems to be the one who knows or at least has an idea of what is actually going on. Every time he has an epiphany of some sort, or anyone in general, they perform a medium shot to close up shot of that person to better comprehend what is going going on in there minds. It also helps reveal some of the emotions that are not completely stated. It slowly helps develop what the characters actually represent and what they really meant to the story of the film. In some cases it helps us determine the real thoughts going on in the characters heads as the night continues.Which in essence helps the audience grasps a better picture of the real story that is

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