The movie I chose to watch was " Hocus Pocus". This movie was released in 1993, which changes the way the angles of this film were done. Since it is right around that time of year, I felt like this movie was an appropriate pick. The genre of this movie is a mix of a drama, thriller and comedy wrapped up into a family friend film. The beginning of this movie starts off with a dramatic seen of a boy trying to save his sister from being "used" by three selfish witches. This first eye level shot helps the audience to feel the emotions that the boy feels when he sees his sister being dissolved into vapor. The sadness and despair is moving.      

                                           

This second scene is a valuable scene to the movie. The witches were almost stopped by this boy trying to save his sister, however, he was no match for the witching book. The boy is zapped with electricity by the book, and is hurled across the room on to the floor. This gives one of the witches, Winnie, a chance to cast a spell on him. In this scene, a birds eye view of the boy on the floor is shown. The audience feels pity and sorrow for this boy, who was unable to save his sister or himself.

                                              

                      

                               This scene is taken from the middle of the movie, when our main character Max is introduced. Max has an attitude that he is invincible, which truly works agaisnt him in this scene. Max does not believe in the legend of the Salem Witches, so he finds the " house of the witches" with his sister and Allison. Max finds the old spell book and conjures the witches as a joke, and to his disbelief the three sisters appear. This shot is taken from the point of view of Max, as he is seen trying to run behind the caldarium to avoid being captured by one of the witches.

This scene shows the three witches from a Low angle show to make these witches appear more powerful. The witches were preying on the little girl , so this gives the effect that they had an extreme amount of power.  This makes the audience feel intimidated by these witches.

This scene shows a close up on the witches' faces, which shows us what the witches are feeling. You can tell that the leader of the group, Winnie, is looking mischievous. Sarah, the witch on the right seems to not be enjoying seeing the main character, Max, running away from them. She looks as though she is contemplating going after him or not. The witch on the left seems to be looking towards Winnie for guidance. She is a bit confused on the situation.

This is an example of an Long Shot. This scence was taken from the beginning of  the movie when we saw the boy looking for his sister that had been taken by the witches. The audience is able to see how the boy feels, and how he is confused when looking for his sister. His body language, especially his arms going out and his position shows the audience how he feels in this moment.

finished- Cayley McCloskey