AH: Technical analysis.

The Ring (2002, Verbinski)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gIuCfnmPQg

Camera	Duration	Mise-en-scene
Begins with a slow moving pan shot of a woman, she moves from the right of the frame to the left (rule of thirds).	4 seconds.	In a typically middle-class house. She is wearing a white shirt. Lighting is imitating that of an ordinary kitchen light.
Cuts to a close-up of her face. Shows fear in her face, long take to emphasis her fear.	7 seconds.	Fear in her face. Lighting shows her face clearly with small background lighting.
A point of view shot slowly reveals the living room as if she is slowly peering around the corner. Building tension as more and more is revealed.	9 seconds.	The TV has been turned on, and shows a blank fuzzy screen (no signal).
Mid-shot of her looking at the living room and walking towards camera.	6 seconds.	Showing the confusion/fear on her face, then nervously blaming it on someone else.
Shot-reverse-shot of her picking up remote and switching TV off. Goes from close-up of remote to mid-shot of her to then TV switching off.	6 seconds.	She further shows how nervous she is, and how confused she is. Building tension.
Begins as a mid-shot of her, she walks towards kitchen turning it into a long shot. Then zooms in on her to convey her fear to the TV turning back on.	23 seconds.	The TV coming back on is shown through the reflection on a window to the kitchen.
Close-up of her face in front of TV then turns into a wipe pan to the windows of the kitchen.	8 seconds.	Again it emphasis the fear/confusion she is feeling and the dull lighting of the house (convention of horror films as inserts realism).
A point of view shot, she is seeing the fridge door open. One shot from the many to create continuity editing.	3 seconds.	Only a short shot, just to show why she is investigating the kitchen. The door slowly opens as if someone has opened it slightly.
A close up of the inside of the fridge door, she then comes into shot as she slams it shut.	14 seconds.	She frantically shuts the door and then pants as if she is out of breath and tired from her fear. She then hears something else down the corridor.
An establishing shot of the stairs (leading from corridor), the woman then comes into shot.	18 seconds.	She peers around the corner with fear; she then calls out for a friend (dialogue). Then she runs up the stairs to investigate further.
A worms-eye/low angle shot of her in the distance at top of stairs.	21 seconds.	There is some sort of liquid on the floor outside a door with lights on inside. The woman walks towards the room (camera) and steps into the liquid (probably blood).
Then a close up of her face as she opens door.	5 seconds.	She moves forward slowly as if to try and hear something first.
A close up of the handle as she opens the door.	1 second.	The handle is dripping with water.
Finally she opens door and a really quick zoom into her face. At first it shows TV with some sort of image on it.	5 seconds.	It’s as if the image on the TV has possessed her and her face changes and she becomes the one the audience are scared of.