Silent Hill Scene Analysis

This analysis is only from 3.58 to 6.39. The video has now been removed by Sony.

The scene starts with the main protagonist Rose, waking up after a car accident. She is confused and distorted and shocked that she is in what appears to be a different world and atmosphere. There is a high angle shot to show she is vulnerable and scared. There then a extreme high angled shot of where her car is parked and how it is so different and scary and it highlights the main difference in the scene. She looks to the side and the camera eye line pans with her and she notices that her daughter is completely gone. She proceeds to leave her car and then starts to run on the road. Panicking for her daughter or any human contact. There is a close up of her face and ash falling down onto her cheek and then a close up of her hand while she is rubbing the ash between her fingers. This seems all to be unfamiliar to her and while she walking around the ghost town of Silent Hill. You get a lot of interesting shots showing the surroundings and that there is no human contact. She seems to be very scared and upset about what is happening showing she is scared. This builds up a very tense atmosphere and as the audience you also don’t understand what’s going on. There is a rotation shot around her looking around and she is still looking for her daughter. She shouts ‘Sharon’ and this completely stops the rotation of shot and she proceeds to go run after her daughter, who she saw from the corner of her eye. This leads up to more story and leave wondering.