THE RING - 2002, directed by Gore Verbinski

The ring, is quite possibly the most scariest horror movie I have seen. I thought it would be a great one to analyse because the character costume and make up are phenomonal and the basic storyline is spine chilling. The movie is about a journalist, Rachael Keller,investigating a videotape and trying to find out whether the urban legend about this tape:the viewer will die seven days after watching it, is true or not. Many people have been killed after watching this tape, proving the legend is correct, yet after she and her own son watch the tape, matters become worse and it is a race against time to find out why the tape is killing everyone and how it can be stopped. The girl in this tape is Samara Morgan, who died a dreadful death. Falling down a well, is a horror in itself. Her hair is draping across her face, showing nothing more than an eye and a bit of her nose, yet even from what we can see of her, we know she is forever frowning. This makes her seem disturbed yet mysterious, as the audience urge to see he full face. She walks with her arms stretched infront of her, like a zombie and grips onto anything which comes in her way.

THE POSTER
A long shot of a young girl bowing her head down, looking at the floor. She sits on a chair, with her hands in her lap, as the audience fear to see what lurks behind that long black hair which hangs across her face. Although she looks deadly, her position is insecure: her shoulders shrugged, and her back hunched. Making the audience almost feel almost sympathetic towards her. Wearing a plain white overcoat, the young girl is in the middle of the shot, with lighting around her. The four sides of the poster are dark and mysterious, and the black becomes fainter as it comes close to the middle of the poster, bordering and revealing the young girl. The quality is bad and olden. (like an olden days film) This creates narrative image as it is indirectly relating to the tape the young girl made before she died. The room she is sitting in is empty with nothing but a chair and pitch white clinical walls, there are no other distractions which attracts the eye of the audience- therefore the focus is completely on the young girl. The room looks like a prison room. This gives the audience the impression she is guilty for doing something, yet creates enigma as they don't know what she has done. Yet.
The white stands out in stark contrast to the black background. 'the ring two' is written without any capital letters and in a childs handwriting - perhaps the young girls'. This sets a primitive atmosphere as children are usually associated with innocence rather than murder. It contradicts to any parents thought. Finally the 'O' in two, is a ring - relating back to the title itself. Again, this creates enigma, as the audience have no idea what the ring does or why it is important.
'Fear comes full cicle.' - The alternative alliteration of 'C' gives off a chlastrophobic sense to the film, making the audience feel trapped and unwanted. The alternative alliteration of 'F' creates a fighting barrier - as Rachael Keller and her son fight against time to find out what the tape is about. The slogan is short, creating impact and does not give too much away. It leaves it to the audiences' imagination to decide what the slogan means.