The opening scenes of ‘The Little Vampire’ start of in the characters dream. At first we do not know it is a dream as there are no clues to tell us that this is not actually happening in the movie. It only becomes obvious that we are seeing inside the dream when we are shown the character Tony in his bed watching the scenes we are being shown happening, he then wakes up and we know he was having a nightmare.
In the beginning scenes of the dream are dark and at times confusing to watch because the edits change so quickly and there is a lot of movement. This is done to show the confusion and fear of the dreamer. The mood and atmosphere change straight away as soon as we are out of the dream and everything changes and we see a normal family and child who has bad dreams, immediately giving us the impression that the dream was just a product of a child’s imagination but the dream is also foreshadowing future events. This is shown by bringing certain effects from the dream into the bedroom. We hear the wind and the thunder and also see the lightening. This reminds us of the atmosphere in the dream.
We learn more about the families situation and also that the dream was not a one off in the next scenes. We learn this from the dialogue between the characters. There are a lot of wide shots at the very beginning so that we can take in the whole scene and goings on of the dream. The music starts of slow and mysterious but as the dream goes on it gets louder and more urgent to exaggerate the urgency of the situation. As soon as the dream is over the music gets a lot softer to give us the sense that the danger has gone.
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