Character List Mrs Park; Older teacher; killed in opening sequence Mr Oh; ‘Mad Dog’ Older teacher Jin-Ju; Dead student, killed herself, ghost June Sook; Outsider student, socially awkward Ji-Oh; Popular kid Jae-Yi; Shy girl Eun-Young New teacher, Jin-Ju’s friend Opening Sequence Colour Palette - Neutral colours - Red (title, blood, pen) - Night time; deep blues, cold - Day time; bleak, washed out, earth tones; browns and greens Use of close-up and long shots - Close up shots; blood, pen, characters looking/thinking (generally static) - Long shots; the teacher hanging, establishing the school, transition shots - Low angle shots Use of static and mobile cameras - Hand held camera of the POV from Jin-Ju - Static camera; close up shots, long shots, transition shots - Mobile/tracking shots; interior shots (library, corridors, classrooms) Editing rhythm - Transition shots; long deep focus shots of corridors and classrooms; abandoned, empty (links with basic colour scheme; mood setting) - Shot editing rhythm Use of horror iconography - Low key lighting; technical - Chiaroscuro lighting; effect, dramatic contrast - Non-diegetic sound - Death of a minor character - Narrative enigmas - Supernatural aspect - Hand-held camera - Night time - Isolation - Bleak colour palette except for red (connotations) Establishment of narrative enigmas - Why are there a list of dates? - Who is Jin-Ju? - Who is the awkward girl in the classroom? (June Sook) - Why has the older teacher, Mrs Park, been murdered? Past - Jin-Ju friends with Eun-Young - Under pressure from Mrs Park, Eun-Young abandons unpopular Jin-Ju - Jin-Ju dies Present - Democracy - Eun-Young returns as a teacher - Jung-Sook friends with Ji-Oh - Ji-Oh abandons Jung-Sook - Jung-Sook kills herself Extra Notes - Microcosm; small world; South Korean society - Mood driven - Western establishing shots – functional - Korean transition shots – atmospheric and tonal; mood driven
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