The Others (2001)

Characters

• Grace
• Anne, Grace's daughter
• Nicholas, Grace's son, Anne's younger brother
• Mrs Mills, the new housekeeper
• Mr Tuttle, the new gardener
• Lydia, the new maid
• Charles, Grace's husband, went into the war years earlier

Settings

·         Family home, large and expensive

·         Foggy, mysterious

Sound

·         Film begins with voice over of Grace, telling children a story

·         Mysterious, creepy music

·         Music becomes dramatic

·         Quiet house, whispers

·         Quietness is creepy

·         Sad music when husband returns

·         Ghostly whispers

·         Anne humming; creepy

Lighting

·         Low lighting, create shadows

·         Dark, can’t see much

·         Candlelight

·         High key lighting at the end, heavenly

Costume

·         Grace; well dressed, perfect hair

·         Expensive clothes

·         Old fashioned

·         Anne; white night gown, ghostly

·         White dress and veil, ghostly

Camera shots

·         Long shot of house, large and old

·         Long shot, Nicholas in room alone; emphasize loneliness

·         Long shot, home at night; foggy and ghostly

·         Close up, Grace’s face; focus of fear

·         Low angle shot of ceiling; doesn’t know what’s upstairs

·         Close up, photographs of dead people in photo album

·         Close up, Grace’s hands shaking and nervously rubbing them together

·         Long shot of house surrounded by fog

·         High angle shot, Anne pretending to be ghost

·         Close up of Anne playing with puppet, humming

·         Close up of old lady’s hand playing with puppet in Anne’s place

·         Mid shot, Grace looking through gate; prisoner in own home

·         High angle shot, Anne in fog at night in white nightdress; ghostly

·         Close up, photograph of the 3 servants dead

·         Close up, Anne, scared

·         Close ups of crosses

Camera movement

·         Camera rotates from close up to mid shot of Grace waking up; things getting back to normal after nightmare

·         Zoom in, Grace is becoming more frightened

·         Tracking, follow her every move

·         Crane, from top of gate; see surroundings

·         Tilt, follow Grace’s feet up the stairs

Themes

·         Religion; references and stories from the bible

·         Close ups of crosses