Horror

250 Word Reflective Analysis – Horror

For the creative project, my group had to create a ten shot sequence under the horror genre. Given the limited resources and practical areas to film a horror scene, my group decided to create a sequence following the preparations a killer has before he strikes at his victim.

As we were shooting the scene around the movements of the killer before he killed, we decided that the concept of time would be important throughout as it counts down how long the victim has left before the killer strikes, hence the ticking of the clock during the scene.

At the beginning, we show a door closing through low-key lighting and an oblique angle. Both of these suggest the darkness/instability of the character, which ties in well with the idea of him being a killer, making this one of m favourite shots in the scene.

Another good shot that I find interesting is the shadow against the wall of the killer sharpening his weapon. We did it this way as the only weapon like implements we had at hand was a piece of the tripod and a plastic knife – neither of which would look particularly threatening on their own.

Personally, I would have preferred for it to be shot in a better location and with a bit more time and number of shots to create a better effect in the scene, but despite that, I feel that the shots were rather creative.