coursework reflective analysis.
The main aim of our horror sequence was to create a sense of
suspense, fear and to play on the common fear of the unknown. We attempted to
do this through the use of common conventions used in the horror genre, such
as, close up shots concealing the surroundings, high pitched music, and the use
of props.
I felt like we used these common conventions effectively
throughout the making of our film. However, in my opinion we could have
incorporated even more common horror
conventions into the film, such as pathetic fallacy and low-key lighting. I feel that our use of
lighting techniques was poor and therefore as a result the sequence did not
seem as scary as it could have. There were some elements of lighting skills
portrayed at the end of our sequence where we have used low-key lighting at the
death scene to make it seem more sinister and threatening, however our lighting
skills were not demonstrated consistently throughout the sequence, therefore I
think that out lighting techniques were poor and could have been improved
on. On the other hand, I feel that we successfully addressed the fear of the unknown concept by using two cameras to film our short sequence. We used one camera as the villain’s eyes, to make it seem like the character was being followed and venerable. And the other camera we used as a kind of a prop to film the same things but from the characters view point. We incorporated the second camera into the sequence by using it as the camera that the character uses to make her daily vlogs, this enabled us to make it seem as though she was being followed.
Moreover, the use of two cameras also enabled us to use the parallel editing techniques. The use of Parallel editing builds tension because it slowly showed how the villain and the character were getting closer to each other, foreshadowing that something bad was about to happen. The parallel editing that we used in our sequence also enabled us to be able to clearly convey that the girl was being followed by someone, by using straight cuts from one camera to the other it showed the girl in one place and the villain in another place, nearby, looking at the girl.
