Opening has the Columbia ident, then Ghost House ident.
Rather than going into video, there is a black background with white writing creating a basic yet suspicious and suspense. The word ‘curse’ was highlighted in red as the text faded into the background, this shows the audience that, a curse is a key role which applies to the film. So without any camera shots, the audience are already informed of what the film entails. It also highlights the word ‘death’ this creates emphasis and once again informs the audience of what the films may involve.
There is then a crane shot above a canal and a bridge, this creates recognition of the setting of the film, the town is seen as rather quiet. A man then comes into the shot and is standing on a balcony over looking the town, he appears to be troubled, this creates an enigma because the audience are unclear as to why he is troubled.
A woman is in the bed behind him, talking to him, he appears dazed, turns back to the balcony and tilts forward, pushing himself off the balcony down onto the street. If is rather unexpected. This deepens the enigma that is already created because the audience are curious to why he jumped.
A high angle shot is used to show the man dead on the street; this puts the image in perspective and provides anchorage for what has happened. A low angle shot is also used showing the woman from the apartment looking down on the man, in a complete state of shock.
The only sounds that are heard are the sounds of traffic, no eerie music is used to create
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