· The camera angle is a medium, over the shoulder shot as you can see the child in the forefront from roughly the waist up. This could be to show us that he is the main focus of this scene and that we are seeing the corridor and the girls from his point of view.
· The twin girls are quite far down the corridor but are made to seem further away by the narrow corridor – this could be to show us that the boy feels unsure of how the girls got there. It could also show that he isn’t being physically trapped by the girls but has still stopped in shock of them being there; the boy is trapped by the shock.
· The floors are rough and wooden covered with a blue rug. This could be to show that there is something bad happening/happened that people are trying to cover up – the floor can symbolise a rough and hard past which is being covered by a plain blue rug which could be to show a plain lie.
· The doors are white with panels cut in. The contrast between the light of the paint and the dark of the shadows caused by the panels’ shows that something/someone innocent is being corrupted and covered by dark.
· The colour red comes up in the scene a lot – the jacket, the fire bell, the bike bell, the exit sign and the extinguisher. Red can symbolise danger or warning- the boy might be in danger from the girls and this could be foretelling this as the warning signs (the fire bell and the exit sign) are near the girls.
· Red can also symbolise blood and as this colour is on the boy’s jacket we can infer that the boy is in physical danger. As it is the child who is wearing the red we can also guess that it was an innocent that was harmed.
· The lighting is artificial and we can see that it is dark outside the window by the girls. Artificial light is harsh and can be unsettling and this is used to make the audience feel uncomfortable. It is showing us that these girls are not safe for the boy to be alone with.
· The lighting is clinical as well which could suggest a cold and unfeeling person. The lights could also be used to resemble those you get in a hospital; this could suggest mental or physical harm is going to happen.
· The busy wallpaper could be to show that the boy is confused and this is not a usual situation- the girls are not meant to be here.
· The ‘twins’ are wearing the exact same clothes. They are wearing very girlie, pink and blue, frilly dresses with white soaks. The use of white suggests they are innocent, as does the matching light coloured dresses. The blue of the dresses complements the blue rug which seems to suggest that the girls belong there – the red coat on the boy is juxtaposition in the scene and suggests that he does not belong and is intruding.
· The ‘twins’, when you look closer, are not actually twins. This unnerves the audience as people are naturally suspicious of this which are being made into something they are not – the ‘twins’ are more unnerving the longer you look at them which makes you (like the boy) want to escape.
· The cupboard doors to the right are open. This could be to show that the house has a secret that wants to get out- the closet is meant to be wear secrets are hidden and these half open doors could be to show that the house is reluctant to hide a secret. This is also shown by the dark shadows coming out from under the cupboards.
· There is a picture frame on the wall. This is the only picture visible on the walls and this could suggest that this is a heartless home as there is only one personal object. The dark frame around the white border could also show that purity and innocence is surrounded and trapped by dark and evil things or death.
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