Reflective Analysis

I was given the task of creating a short horror/thriller sequence, I decided to film in the parts of college which is not used by many students as it has quite a dark and creepy vibe which emphasizes the horror genre I was trying to portray. I shot the whole sequence in black and white as it adds an old fashioned feel to it and also makes the scene feel a lot darker and more eerie, to further add to this as we were editing we added suspenseful non-diegetic music which increases in pace as the sequence progresses, this is used to add tension and to give the impression that something bad is going to take place. I filmed this after college therefore there were no other pupils around which adds the horror convention of isolation as the main character was wandering through the almost derelict corridors alone. The first shot is of the character walking up to the door and opening it, this is the establishing shot which sets the scene for the sequence. This is then followed by a close up of the door and then a panning shot of the character walking through the abandoned corridor completely unaware of the figure lurking in the shadows, this is done to add a sense of suspicion as to who the figure is and what is going to happen to the girl. The girl is trying to find her classroom when she hears two bangs coming from the other room which her response is to turn around and a reaction shot is shown, following from this is an extreme close up of her eyes highlighting the distress and confusion the noise has caused. This then transitions into security camera footage shot at a dutch angle of a painting which was left on the floor and in the reflection the girl can be seen walking towards the figure. The character is then attacked by the figure and left for dead as the figure is shot walking away in slow motion acting like they feel accomplished with their kill.

Overall I feel like the task went okay however there are many improvements I believe would be necessary for example, it could have been a lot longer if would have planned out more shots that I wanted to film and also a lot of the shots I thought was reasonably good, turned out to be inadequate after viewing them again.