The Exorcist

The Exorcist

The Exorcist instantly begins with pathetic fallacy as the sky is pitch black, setting the mood and atmosphere for the rest of the film. The beginning of the film begins in Northern Iraq with a little kid running around many men digging into a hot desert environment. This suggests to us the young child is running either towards or away from something, however because this is a horror film the audience would believe the child is running from something. It could also link too the fact that in the rest of the film the young girl cannot escape the maze which sets the feelings and atmosphere for the rest of the film. When the young child is running they use an high angle shot to make the child look small and innocent and to make them seem as if they are worried or scared as to what may happen next.

The music at beginning begins quickly creepily to set the mood of the film but then goes to the Islamic call for prayers possibly suggesting that even religion cannot help the bound to occur. Religion has become a big part of todays society so therefore to make the audience believe that religion cannot help in these circumstances makes them want to carry on watching to see whether or not religion ends up being useful in this film as for many religious people their lives evolve around religion.