'The Others' - In 'The Others' how are presentational devices used to mislead the audience's perception of the truth?

... In 'The Others' how are presentational devices used to mislead the audience's perception of the truth? In 'The Others' the director, Alejandro Amenabár, uses mise-en-scene and presentational devices to trick and deceive the audience. In the film the characters show a lot of emotion so the director subconsciously makes up place our trust in certain characters. When we realise we have been misled we are shocked and feel betrayed, even though we are relieved. It is the director using these presentational devices such as lighting, camera angles and other forms of mise-en-scene, which mislead us in several different ways throughout the film. Firstly, the initial presentation that the director immediately portrays to us is that Grace is on edge. The first image is an extreme close-up of Grace waking up with a blood-curdling scream, which we initially think is a nightmare. This makes the audience feel sympathetic towards her. The director

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