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The Babadook : Introduction to the Book

Samuel Vanek (Noah Wiseman), and his mother Amelia (Essie Davis) prepare for Samuel's bedtime. Samuel chooses a sinister book for his bedtime story.The scene presents their nightly ritual of reading a bed time story as it crescendos into pure paranoia.

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act 1 (three-act structure) , acting, canted frame, close-up, crescendo, diegetic sound, disjunctive editing, editing, everyday mise-en-scene, extreme close-up, foreshadow, framing, full shot, handheld camera, high angle, lighting, low-key lighting, mise-en-scene, montage, pan, point-of-view shot, point-of-view sound, reaction shot, reverse angle, sound editing, sound mixing, sound, nondiegetic, subtext, tracking shot

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"Introduction to the Book" in The Babadook. Directed by Jennifer Kent, Screen Australia, 2014, Kinolab, https://kinolab.org/FilmClip.php?id=3474

This clip was uploaded by Kinolab.org user Willyam Ricard

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