Film Analysis - The Woman In Black

Film Analysis - The Woman In Black

Here's the opening to a horror film with Daniel Radcliff. Here's a summary of the plot:

In London, lawyer Arthur Kipps still grieves the death of his beloved wife Stella on the delivery of their son Joseph four years ago. His employer gives him a last chance to keep his job, and he is assigned to travel to the remote village of Cryphin Gifford to examine the documentation of the Eel Marsh House that belonged to the recently deceased Mrs. Drablow. Arthur befriends Daily on the train and the man offers a ride to him to the Gifford Arms inn. Arthur has a cold reception and the owner of the inn tells that he did not receive the request of reservation and there is no available room. The next morning, Arthur meets solicitor Jerome who advises him to return to London. However, Arthur goes to the isolated manor and soon he finds that Eel Marsh House is haunted by the vengeful ghost of a woman dressed in black. He also learns that the woman lost her son drowned in the marsh and she seeks revenge, taking the children of the scared locals.

The film starts with a close up of a tea set, which is give a sense that little girls are playing with as they fake pouring tea. We then see another close up of the little girl give tea to her doll and that repeats it one more time and then it changes to a long shot of 3 little girls have a tea party with their dolls. We then see a few extreme close ups of the girls playing with their dolls. We  see a two shot with the 2 little girls smile, this is giving the audience the sense that everything is good and everyone is happy. After that we see a wide shot of the 3 little girls looking at something, This gets the viewers thinking of what could the little girls be looking at, building up tension.  Now there were a few more close up shot showing the girls getting up and walking to the window with a blank stare. We see another wide shot of the girls in front of the window with a close up of one of the girls opening the window handle.