The scene begins with a long shot of the female protagonist in the bathroom; this sets the scene, from denoting her bathrobe a shower we get the idea that she is going to wash. We also get to build up some connotations of what the character is like by her appearance, we denote the blond hair, which could show that she is not clever; therefore move venerable of being a victim. Her glamorous look could also give the idea that she is seductive. Her costume adds to her character, she is wearing a silk robe, which sows here elegance and class. We also get a slow mysterious score playing, which adds tension. The camera then cuts to a close up of the toilet, and we see the women’s hand, which throws some paper into the toilet, due to the close up of the paper being thrown into the toilet it becomes a key prop. This shot of her throwing the paper on the toilet creates an enigma as the audience dot know why she has done it and are asking questions, which may or may not be answered as the movie continues. After she puts the paper in the toilet she flushes it, this is a diabetic sound that is synchronous at first but then becomes a synchronous as the camera shot is cut. We then have a medium close up of the women, the camera pans and follow her as she closes the door, the connotation are that she is safe and nobody else is going to come in.
We then see the women entering the bath, this is done with a close up of her taking off her slippers, then a medium shot of her silhouette through the shower curtain, which we see bend down. We then get a match on action with as the camera cut to a medium close up of the women bending back up. This section of the scene would have been very controversial when it was released, as it was looked down on too show women in this way, many critics thought it was distasteful. We also hear the sound of the show which is diegetic but switches from synchronous and asynchronous throughout the whole scene. While she is having a shower we see this through many angles of medium close ups, this shows her facial expressions on her face, we see her smiling which could gives connotation that she is enjoying it, which is an extreme contrast to how she feels when she is killed. There is also a jump cut editing during the montage of the camera scene, this is used to show an ellipses of time, so the audience can get the feeling that the lady was in the bath longer than we see her there for. We then get a medium close up of the women with her back to the curtain; with this show we are able to see a silhouette get closer to the curtain. The audience know that there is going to be danger however the lady doesn’t know, this is called dramatic irony. As the silhouette gets closer the camera zooms into the shower curtain to clearly show the human figure on the other side getting closer, this creates suspense and anticipation of what is going to happen next.
The silhouetted figure pulls back the curtain vigorously, which is synchronised with the non diegetic sound played over this. In this medium close up we can see the figure holding a knife which gives the connotations that it is going to attack the women in the bath. The figure begins to stab the women violently; this is shown through cross cutting from the knife to the women and the figure to the women, creating a quick cut montage of close ups that distorts the audience view. There are also various angles used, when the camera was from the attacker’s point of view it was usually an over head shot or a high shot, on the other hand when the camera was showing the attacker (the women’s point of view) the camera was at a low angle, this helps to show that the attacker is more powerful. The score being played over the top of this attack is pleonastic as some of the instruments seem to mimic the stabbing movements being carried out on the women; this makes the action much more dramatic and also adds rhythm. There also screams while the women is being stabbed, this sound is diegetic however they would have been added on afterwards, the screams make the women’s performance more dramatic as the audience can hear the pain and fear she is experiencing. When the attack is over a medium shot is used to show the attacker as they leave, the attacker appeared to be a women as they had hair that went down to their ears and they wear wearing a female styled coat, later on in the movie this turns out to be a red hearing as it wasn’t a women, it was a man dressed as a women.
After the attack the women falls slowly in to the bath, a slow and deep score is played, which emphasises the slow painful death that she is going through. As she slowly falls down into the bath an extreme close up of the women’s hand is shown as it slowly slips down the wall. Then it cuts to a medium shot of her back sliding down the wall, which then cuts to an extreme close up of her hand grabbing the shower curtain, it then cuts to a close up of the hooks of the shower curtain, which then rip off one by one, this indicates that the women had finally fallen. Then there is then a close up of the shower whole, the camera zooms in for an extreme close up then graphic matching is used as it fades into a shot of the women’s eye, this shows how her life is draining away. All of this is done very slowly, which adds drama, also the asynchronous sound of the shower continues throughout which gives a cold feel to the scene. The camera then pans across to show the next room and begins moving around freely, this gives the feel that you are seeing it through someone’s point of view; this may be the spirit of the women that had just been killed.
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