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Setting- In the cellar/ house. It is set indoors in a house set in the USA. It is set to be end of October/ November. The house is old and the cellar door opened on its own. (Spirits) however this could also portray the age of the house as the doors aren't secure anymore or the weather outside, e.g it may be windy. There is low key lighting to create a mysterious feel to the film. There are floorboards and creaky doors/ windows. It is filmed in both day and night however there is rarely any haunting until night.
Theme- The themes in The conjuring include haunts, the sounds and tension in the film are due to the spirits in the house. This isn't an every day occurrence, it conveys that there is something not quite right with the house/ family.
Icons- The doll, the hanging rope from the tree at the end of the garden, the book/ necklace for the exorcism. Also, all the clocks stopping at 3.07 am every night/ early morning is also a very important icon for the people watching the film.
Narrative- The story gets underway as paranormal researchers Ed (Patrick Wilson) and Lorraine Warren (Vera Farmiga) evaluate a mysterious doll discovered by a trio of young roommates in 1968. Believing their house to be haunted by the wayward spirit of a deceased young girl, they give the girl permission to inhabit the doll, and soon their lives become a waking nightmare. Informed by Ed and Lorraine that they have fallen victim to an inhuman spirit (aka a demon) seeking a human host, the roommates entrust the doll to the Warrens, who place it in their personal museum for safekeeping. Flash forward three years to Harrisville, RI, where the Perron family have just moved into their country dream home ; an 18th century farmhouse that offers plenty of space for parents Carolyn (Lili Taylor) and Roger (Ron Livingston), as well as their five daughters Andrea, Nancy, Christine, Cindy, and April. It seems like the ideal place to raise a family until a series of unsettling events leave the Perron family convinced they are not alone. Terrified, Carolyn reaches out to the Warrens for help, and learns that a demonic entity has attached itself to her family, and has no intentions of letting them go. Meanwhile, the deeper the Warrens delve into the farmhouse's history, the clearer it becomes that this spirit has a murderous agenda, and that no one will be safe until it is driven back into darkness.
The characters:
- mother- Carolyn
- father- Roger
- 5 daughters: Andrea, Nancy, Christine, Cindy and April
- paranormal researchers- Ed and Lorraine Warren.