HORROR
Original shot
Our chosen genre was horror. We chose this style as many of the locations within school had a historical feel which helped to further create the ambience needed in a horror films. Horror films use gloomy lighting and settings, in order to scare the audience. We tried to capture this in our shot as well as include other conventions associated with the horror/mystery genre such as an obscure centre point and an isolated subject.
We chose to frame this image as a very long shot, coupled with a tilted angle. This made the main feature of the image mysterious as it was unfocused, building the suspense. The mis-en-scence of the chairs framing the passage to the girl, only reinforcers the viewer's focus on the image. We used a tilted angle which furthers add to the disorientating feel of the image.
The angle and the framing is the most successful element of this image as the two together, with the out of focus girl, reinforces the horror element of this shot. Furthermore, the juxtaposition of the lighting at the front of the image, contrasted with the lighting surrounding the subject at the back.
In hindsight, the overall image should be darker to increase the horror aspect of the shot. I would also make the subject a bit more prominent, perhaps by going slightly closer to make it clear the subject of the shot is a person.
After shooting I edited this picture to see the different atmosphere created with darker lighting. I think that the effect created is much scarier than the original shot and therefore fulfils the conventions of the horror genre better.
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