- After the opening introduction which informed the audience on what has just happened and was going to we are re-introduced to the main character 'Zoe' who been sent to a boarding school of witchcraft after the incident.
- Here the character has been shown from a high angle showing her vulnerability and isolation after being taken away.
- This high angle of Zoe is then moves into a tilt camera movement, where the camera pans vertically which comes down to an eye level shot of her behind bars which will show how she has now become trapped and lost her independence.
- After this shot the high angle from before is now Juxtaposed by the low angle of the house/school.
- By the use of the low angle it shows dominance, and by it being a school also the authority it now has over the character.
- Once she has entered the boarding school she calls out 'Hello' several times in which no one replies. By the use of the complete dead silence except for the diegetic foot steps makes the audience feel as though Zoe is completely alone.
- In terms of being alone, the use of the the fish eye lens in the 2nd image scopes the complete room showing she is the only one in there. This shows the isolation of the character.
- The use of the lighting appears to be natural however the natural light is also used as a backlight creating silhouettes of figures throughout.
- When the unidentified figure first appears there is the use of non-diegetic sounds which sound like finger rolls on an african drum and a jingle. This is then followed up on a second appearance with non-diegetic atmospheric sounds. These sounds produced an eerie and unsettling ambience.
- In terms of lighting, there has been the use of backlighting. This is particularly effective because it adds to mystery of the unidentified person.
- There is the use of a canted angle. By the use of this angle it shows the instability within the scene. This type of angle is typically in the genre of horror.
- It is also revealed that there is more than one of these masked figures.
- The setting of the building has a very light and neutral colour scheme which is effective as it contrasts against the black of Zoe's and the unidentified figures' costumes
- After the scare, again there is the use of high angles to project the vulnerability of the character after seeing the masked figures roaming around the building
- By the use of a long shot it is showing that Zoe is alone in the room and that the figures are elsewhere
- Zoe runs to follow the figures but gets cornered. Within this segment of scene there is an extensive use of steadicam and tracking to show the figures following and coming at Zoe from the two sides as well as the use of zoom lenses to focus in on the cloaked figures.
- The figures are now shown properly and they are dressed in black cloaks and plague doctor masks which mask their identity from their victim and audience.
- In the editing, the straight cuts become more rapid and the clips become shorter giving tension to the scene as well as leaving the audience on the edge of their seat
- There is also the use of cutaways in terms of editing
- Throughout the confrontation with the masked villains there is the use of non-diegetic sounds which are unidentifiable eerie sounds.
- Close ups are used to show how many of the masked villains there are, which are 3.
- After a long period of no dialogue we hear the red masked villain speak making an offering to satan in which she will sacrifice Zoe.
- The use of low angle for the red masked villain shows the dominance and power they have over Zoe. This is contributed with the use of props which is a knife.
- This is then juxtaposed by a high angle of the defenceless Zoe how is being held down.
This extracted scene from 'American Horror Story: Coven' could inspire our film opening with the use of non-diegetic sounds and aspects of stalking shown within in the sequence. The concepts within the scene would be really interesting when used in our film opening with our own interpretation on it.
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