In the first two minutes of the film, it is opened with a lullaby soundtrack. Lullabies are meant to show a sense of understanding, a sound of safety and sounds very much child-like. Yet the way that this soundtrack is used is very much different compared to what we expected as instead of giving us this sense of safety and understanding, it gives off a chilling effect of insecurity as well as fear for some, expecting the unknown.
After the lullaby, it shows a room with three girls there, their costume seemingly Victorian which shows that zeitgeist has been represented within the film. This also tells us the time period in which the story would be set in as well as who these strange murders are happening to, the 'targets' so to speak. It can also set the pace of he film with the fact that the events occur in quite a fast pace, never slowing down. This is all shown through a long shot of the three as well as the room they are in which shows their age through numerous ways, such as the dolls they're playing with, the objects and other toys that are in the room and the colours, it almost gives off a light and eerie feeling before changing.
A long and high angled shot is used when the girls look up at something or in this case, someone. This shows them as being inferior to whatever they look at and remind us that these three are still children, in case we had forgotten for some odd reason, this can also show that the girls do, in fact, see someone there but when the later shot of the room shows, there's no one in the room. This shot gives a sense of mystery and wonders of the unknown.
Through editing, at this point, eye line match is used as after looking down at the three, this shows us them then looking towards something else and then shows it us from their point of view, creating a sense of suspense and foreboding. After this shot though, the girls get up and end up stepping on dolls and teacups, the sounds of these objects breaking are louder than we'd usually hear them, this sort of sudden sound indicates the harmony that was once there is now broken, as well as seeing the dolls breaking which gives a sense of foreboding, as though the childhood of those three girls is broken or that is what the three girl's bodies is about to become.
The girls walk towards the windows which give out a light which is actually much brighter than we would expect it to be, but this bright light that radiates through the glass represents the saying of "going towards the light" as it shows the three walking towards them. This can instantly tell us that the three are going to die.
The match on action shows the girls opening the windows, creating an atmosphere for the rest of the movie and almost wanting people to hope more that nothing happens to them despite the events that are slowly progressing and are bound to happen. After the three jump out of the window though, a piece of dialogue is heard from the mother - assumed, who is screaming; "My babies!"
This dialogue shows how everyone would see them, everyone would see the children as nothing more than babies and that they had only just took their first few steps into the world. This piece of dialogue is representative of their age.
The scene then quickly cuts to fog everywhere, creating a sense of the unknown as well as confusion as we don't know for sure what exactly had caused the three girls to do what they did. This fog also blinds the sight of the audience so they don't know what's in front of them, almost indicating that people won' know what they're walking into, the audience in particular.
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