Movie critics write reviews in order to help potential viewers determine if they would like to watch a particular movie. They do this by writing commentary that includes a list of pros and cons about the movie. They also write about the movie’s filmmaking process in order to point out the various techniques within the movie that make it into a work of art. Movie critics used their expertise to analyze the artistic aspects of The Conjuring. Based on multiple critic reviews The Conjuring received great praise for its director, cast, and its ability to raise suspense/tension. The Conjuring is a 2013 horror movie directed by James Wan. It was produced by Tony DeRosa-Grund, Peter Safran, and Rob Cowan. The screenplay was written by the Hayes brothers, …show more content…
According to James Berardinelli, Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga, who plays Ed and Lorraine Warren make an excellent team (Berardinelli, “The Conjuring”). Both of them achieve a “rock solid rapport” and are able to make their characters seem believable by playing their characters as selfless human beings who try their utmost best to help others (Chang, “The Conjuring”; Berardinelli, “The Conjuring”). Stuckmann states that in The Conjuring you can really tell that Vera and Wilson gave their all into their respective roles and “were really invested in this very otherworldly story” (Stuckmann, “The Conjuring”). Berardinelli also mentions that Wilson and Vera did not do the stupid cliche things most horror movie protagonists do (Berardinelli, “The Conjuring”). Also, the two lead actresses, Farmiga and Taylor are able to release their inner “scream-queen without skimping on dramatic heft” (Chang, “The Conjuring”). Taylor is able to submit herself to all sorts of physical and emotional extremes as she plays the devoted mother and wife, who is the house’s main target for exerting its most frightening toll on (Chang, “The Conjuring”). Meanwhile, Farmiga’s ability genuinely conveys Lorraine’s astounding valor as well as the suffering she experiences at the expense of her clairvoyant abilities. (Chang, “The …show more content…
In The Conjuring Wan is “a master of manipulation” and uses every trick available to him to ratchet up the level of tension (Berardinelli, “The Conjuring”). His minimal use of computer-generated imagery (CGI) made him able to build the tension straight out of scene construction (Stuckmann, “The Conjuring”). Cinematographer, John Leonetti also contributed to creating suspense/tension for The Conjuring. Leonetti was able to play with the audience by using “long continuous takes, slow-moving zooms, and odd angles to intensify the fear factor” (Puig, “The Conjuring”). As the action builds up, the camera work seems to “get a little shakier and rise to impossible angles as if the demons are handling the cinematography as well” (Hartlaub, “The
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From The Conjuring, this scene is meant to evoke fear and suspense in the audience. Horror movies like these do well because it does not take much for the audience to expect the evil lurking around the corner. Even with this sense of apprehension built up from the beginning, to make an audience truly terrified requires the editor of a movie to decide how they will elicit these reactions from the audience. The editor for The Conjuring did a great job in the shots, pace, sounds, and mood he chose to make this clip scary and shocking. At first, all we hear is the sound of rain and thunder.
No matter how many times I had watch this horror film, it still gives me the creeps. The Conjuring, directed by James Wan is a based on a true story according to Ed and Lorraine Warren diary. This film is mostly about a demonic aura surrounding the house and is attacking the Perron family daily. The Conjuring starts off with a family of 7 moving into a new home in the countryside with their dog. As they start to settle down, they begin to experience some terrifying activities inside the house: the mother gets locked in the basement at night, the unknown bruises on her, the daughters get pulled from the bed, hair gets pulled and they start to see people who really is not physically there with them.
As a result, all we're left with at the conclusion is a little sloppy and a real quote from Ed Warren warning us that demonic powers are real and our own personal choices matter. Which may or may not be the case to you. But if evil and moral choices were what the filmmakers cared about, I wish they would make a movie about them instead of theses so called “horrific” events. Instead, The Conjuring is dedicated to the completely wasteful task of encouraging its viewers over and over, in various ways, to pretend that the unoriginal nonsense on screen actually happened in real life. That isn't scary actually It's not even startling. It's just another movie horror movie!