This shot shows an older girl, dressed in an old fashioned nightgown standing over a little girl. This little girl seems to resemble a classic horror film victim - young pretty and blonde. She is lying in a pink bed, suggesting innocence. She is in the foreground whereas the menacing looking girl is in the background, giving the audience the full picture on whats going on. This creates dramatic irony, as the audience can sense that something bad is about to happen whereas the little girl lies there obliviously and peacefully, engulfed in her sleep. It evokes a desire to protect her from the bad thing that's inevitably about to happen. Despite the older girl being slightly out of the center of the frame, the light has been focused on her and the white nightgown emphasizes the light even further. This suggests she is very significant to what is about to happen and gives a sense of danger and suspense. This is a low angle shot, taken from the level of the little girl sleeping, making the older girl look bigger than she actually is. We also relate to the victim in this way, as we are looking up at the older girl while she looks down on the girl sleeping.
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