Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension - Film (week 7)

Crew:

Director - Gregory Plotkin 

Producer - Orin Peli & Jason Blum

Cinematographer - John W. Rutland 

Editor - Michael Aller 

Cast:

Ryan - Chris J. Murray

Emily - Brit Shaw 

Leila - Ivy George 

Mike - Dan Gill

Skyler - Olivia Taylor Dudley 

Genre - Horror

Themes - Family, Exploitation

Running time - 88 minutes

2015 film

Production Company - Blumhouse Productions & Paramount Pictures

Budget - $10 million 

Box office - $16 million 

Key scenes:

- The ritual scene.
- The scene when the protagonists realise that what is happening is for a reason. (They notice they are in the house for a reason, the antagonists wanted them to be there. Their daughter has a connection with Hunter which is why they are being haunted.)

Narrative:
The story leads on from the third film, but includes a new family who find the tapes of Katie and Kristi. They soon realise within the tapes, Katie is describing their home. The adults of the family do research into the tapes and the events and find out that Hunter (Kristi's son) and the Leila (the little girl from the new family) have the same birthdays. 6th June, 2006. They also found a cult who use the blood of two firstborns to bring something into the world. In this case, Toby.

Lighting:

The lighting within this scene is very dark as it is night time. The lighting is quite natural but spooky. The dark colours and lighting gives a scary mood to the scene. When in the dark, the protagonists can seem helpless because they can not see very well. Most of the scene has dark black-like lighting. The colour black means power, death, and evil. The power is shown by the demon having power over the protagonists within the film. It is also the colour for grief, which is shown by Leila being controlled by the demon and taking her away from her family. 

Performance:

The acting within the scene is quite natural. The film series has been known for not using scripts for the films because they wanted the dialog to be as natural as possible. I assume the same has been done with this film. The dialogue from the mother sounded very worrying which was realistic and 

Sound:

The scene uses both non diagetic and diagetic sound. The diagetic sound being the recorder payed by Leila. It would have been edited to be heavier during the scene to give more of a sense of tensions. Although much of the sound would have been diagetic, it would still have been added it during the editing stages. Especially the bang on the window. 

Family is the main theme of the film. It shows how one thing can break a family apart and how they would put their lives on the line for each other to make sure they are okay. 

Another theme of the film is exploitation. The demon takes advantage of young Leila who does not know the difference between right and wrong. She does what Toby says and trusts him, not knowing the consequences.