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| Camille, in happier times |
- The cut between long shot and mid shot anchors and reinforces the divide that has formed between Camille and her mother. This binary oppositions reinforces the difference between conservative Claire and rebellious teenage Camille.
- The non-diegetic soundtrack is bassy and repetitive, which has connotations of threat and may symbolise the heartbeat of the mother. This technique clearly positions the audience with the mother
- The establishing montage of Camille approaching the Seurat household emphasises the setting. The well trimmed bushes and the well maintained streets anchor the audience to agree that Camille is wealthy and middle class.
- However, we cross cut to Claire tiding the house, where she hears the diegetic sound of Camille banging the door. We follow her downstairs in an uncomfortably close tracking shot. We cut to a POV mid shot of Camille behind the fridge door.
- The MES of Camille's hand touching the side of the fridge emphasises that she exists...
- The MES of Camille's hand touching the side of the fridge in the POV shot is a clear and stereotypical convention of the horror genre. However, rather than providing the audience with a typical jump scare, we instead have a typical family scene. This completely subverts genre expectations.
- The framing of the long shot with Camille and Claire talking establishes that Claire is now distant from Camille. This is a highly atypical representation of mothers, and symbolises that Claire has in some ways moved on with her life.
- Additionally, this long shot also demonstrates a very typical divide between mother and daughter that is conventional of drama narratives.
- Pace of editing gets significantly faster as the scene continues, which is indicative of tension and Claire's frantic state. This is arguably a highly stereotypical representation of a panicked woman, and reinforces a stereotypical perspective that women are emotional and irrational.
- This scene makes excellent use of genre hybridity, and combines both the horror genre and the drama genre in complex and confusing ways. This positions the audience in a highly confusing and confrontational mode of address
- The MES of Camille's stereotypical hairstyle and outfit constructs as a stereotypical, naïve teenage girl. This will allow the younger, secondary audience to identify with Camille.