tempo of the music gradually gets quicker and quicker when something big is going to happen and slows down when you begin to feel relived. This to scares you. The outcome of certain characters in the movie plays a large part on keeping you interested and on your toes. In most movies the main threat has some form of advantage over the victim, like in "The Ring", Samara is definitely going to kill you unless you make a copy of her tape and there is nothing you can do about it. Also the main threat may be unable to be killed and cannot be helped. In the story Rachel tries to help her but this will probably make her madder. The girls at the start of the movie are alone and when the phone rings the music also helps build suspense up until they answer the phone. But totally opposite to this, an eerie silence can worry and make you feel apprehensive. The scene with the two girls is a disaster waiting to happen and you can also predict what's going to happen, but not how it will happen. This is good because while you are watching it you are trying to predict what is going to happen. You are slightly off guard, so this is when you are most vulnerable to shock.
             Right at the very beginning of the film the camera moves slowly in on the house with a full moon, this immediately sets the scene. A lonely house and it is pitch black, also the camera imitates that someone or something is watching the house and is planning on entering or doing something to the house. You immediately know that something serious is going to happen. The camera focuses on the two girls lying on the bed but when Becca tells the story it focuses only on her face. This gives you the idea that something could be in the room or hiding and you wouldn't notice because the camera doesn't view the whole room. I think the main question raised is who's going to die or who is going to survive.
             Rachel is the "final girl" as she is the one who di...