Analysis of the opening of The Ring

This post will analyse the beginning of the film The Ring. I have chosen to analyse the beginning of this film as it comes under the genre of horror, which my group has chosen to do for the first two minutes of our film. 
The film begins with an establishing shot of a house. The colouring is dark, showing it is evening/night. This gives the audience the idea something bad could happen any time soon, as typically in horror films bad things do happen at night. This shot has the diagetic sound of rain and people speaking over the top, which is a sound bridge as it follows on into the next shot.
The next shot is a long shot of two girls in a bed room, the camera is clearly angled from where the television is suppose to be, as the girl with the remote is flicking through channels and looking in the direction of where the camera is. Using a sound bridge with this shot shows to the audience that clearly these girls are in this house. The quote beginning "I hate television..." and the fact that the shot of the two girls in a bedroom is based around television, gives the idea that this film may be based around something to do with a television. 
In between the shot of the house and the shot of the two girls, there is a sharp quick sound. This sound may be diagetic or non-diagetic, as it could be from the television, though it may be added in also because it adds tension to the change of shots.
At around 1:18, the girl with the black hair begins talking about a tape. Similar to in Silent Hill, it's always in horror films the male/female characters with black hair who cause the trouble, and this film re-enforces this view. An over the shoulder shot is used to show the girl with the black hair is speaking directly to the other girl. The camera slowly zooms in to the girl with the black girl as she is speaking, to put emphasis and focus on what she is saying, as it is obviously important in the film. The only other sound is the rain in this shot, as if there was still the sound of the television (it was previously turned off) it would be distracting. 
At 1:47 an over the shoulder shot of the other girl is shown. This shot is also a close up, so the audience focus' on the reaction of this character. She is obviously fearful of this tape, as she is looking at the girl with the black hair worryingly.
At 3:22 a close up of the girl with brown hair is shown, as the phone starts ringing. This shot shows the fear in her expression.
This shot is then followed by a zooming shot of the clock, to emphasise what the time is, and that she is obviously in danger because of this. The shot has non-diagetic sounds over the top of it, a low sound that gets faster, making the audience scared and know clearly the time is relevant to the phone ringing, and the brown haired girl. Using a zooming shot is effective when wanting to make the audience focus on a particular object in a film.

As this film beginning is set in a bedroom, this creates a strange feeling for the audience. This is because usually a bedroom is a place of comfort and safety, but the beginning of this film changes this idea and gives it a tense feeling as the girls begin to talk about the tape, and then the phone rings.