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Crimson Peak film analysis. During the extract we were given from " Crimson Peak" the tone is established quickly of one that fits the genre. This is done cleverly to create tension for the audience, as is normal for the horror genre, by using mise en scene, lighting and sound. The scene starts with a with a close up of the main actresses face and upper body as she wakes up suddenly, with her facial expressions suggesting she is scared. As the camera slowly zooms out we as an audience see more of the setting, causing us to feel fear with her, this is mostly due to the setting matching the stereotypical idea of a horror film. However, the fact that the zoom used is extremely slow also causes tension for the audience as we don’t know what we are going to see, or where the character is. When the camera has zoomed out and we see a medium shot of the whole setting, rather than just the girl, we see that the room seems run down and old. This creates a tenser atmosphere d