Friday, January 24, 2020

Genre research: case 39



 Case 39 is a horror movie about a  social worker fights to save a girl from her abusive parents, only to discover that the situation is more dangerous than she ever expected. I dont know if it's me or the camera angles in the 2000's but they were mastered at this time or in this movie. Due to the good acting, lighting, and camera angles make this 2008 movie a classic. Most camera angles used in case 39 are  over the shoulder angles, long shots to show how alone the girl is, low angles, and high angles to assert dominance over the characters. Since the movie was made in 2008, the costumes were normal cloths. There was was lots of high key light at first. However, later in the movie, as the little girl gets more sinister, the lighting dims to low key lighting. The acting in the movie involves great dialogue and lots of emotion which makes the movie better. Believe it or not but there is make up in the entire movie. The origanal parents seem to be malnourished  due to depression and the horror the girl has turned on them. I dont see any props. The setting  is very confined  due  it only being the protagonist's house, her office, and the original parent's house. The diegenic music was uplifting at first but through the movie it gets very suspenseful and eary. I dont recall seeing  any noticing edits  except  for the jump cut. The element of case 39  a mixture of dark and light, suspense, and gore. To be honest,  I like every element of this movie and would recommend them to my friends.

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