Textual Analysis - Dale

          The Exorcist - 1973


     Threat

Camera shot /angle -   The threat comes from the girl so the camera is centred on the bed from where the girl lays.
Lighting -    The threat comes from the girl so the camera is centred on the bed from where the girl lays.
Music /Sound -  Fast paced music when threat is in the scene.
Location/Setting -  The bedroom becomes a key scene in the film and is important the room is correctly decorated to match the film.
Other -  The holy water and the necklace could be seen as a use of a prop to cause meaning within the film.

          Vulnerbility

Camera shot/Angle -  At one point the mother is on the floor and the camera points down at her as she is in the corner of the room. This shows her as almost being useless in helping her daughter and being a vulnerable target from her possessed daughter.
Lighting -  Lighting doesn’t affect vulnerability.
Music/Sound -  Music does not increase vulnerability or show it.
Location/Setting -  The location does not show vulnerability.
Other -  No particular mise en scene aspects to show vulnerability.

           Characterisation

Camera shot/Angle -  No particular camera shots to show the threat.
Lighting -  Threat is under a dull light.
Music/Sound -  Music picks up when the threat is about to be in the scene.
Location/Setting -  Characterisation is not shown in the location/setting.
Other -  Mise en scene does not affect characterisation.

           Genre

Camera shot/Angle -  Few close ups on threat to show emotion.  
Lighting -  Lighting very dull following natural conventions of horror.
Music/Sound -  The music causes tension and makes the scary parts what they are, which follows the conventions of a normal horror.
Location/Setting -  The room is dark. This follows conventions of a dark room with shadows to make it look scary.
Other -  Crosses and other religious items are used which is a convention of the possession genre.