Hearing about the film Paranormal Activity and from seeing the advert for it, I knew this was a film I needed to watch!This film gets you jumping from one scene to another and more than likely gets you to be best friends with a pillow. The opening scene begins with the girl (Katie) driving up the driveway while the man (Micha) is filming her, so you soon realize the film is being based using a recorder. It all seems pretty normal at this bit and acts like a totally normal film.
As it gets into the film Katie believes she is being haunted by a demon. Her boyfriend Micah wants to capture the evidence on film so sets up a camera and points it to their bed as they sleep. He uses a wide angle that frames the bed on the right half of the screen, the open door to the hallway on the left. This angle will show the film’s most effective scenes. As the camera's time scrolls by at some speed through the night and then slows down to real time, we just know that something in that general area of the frame is going to happen.
The films tension builds up as we hear a clatter of keys dropping off the downstairs table. The next night, the bedroom door closes halfway and re-opens. Later, the patter of feet and a whispering voice. All out of the hallway which we can just barely see through the door.
The more the film bumps up its action the less scary the film comes. The film winds up being a generic, horror territory with the shrieking. I found the final scene to be the worst out of the whole Film. It rises and rises the tension before suddenly finishing with a bang. At this point all the camera work is in the bedroom and stays there, so you can just hear the terrifying noises being created.
One thing the film proves it how effective a tripod can be even in this documentary style film. The fixed wide-angle shot of the bedroom provides nervous energy then all the hand-held close-up shots in the whole film.
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