Group 8 is great: Evaluation question one

Our media product is a two minute introduction of a horror film. The majority of the film is dark and gloomy; the river is a dark scene, as it was a dark cloudy day. The dark shots follow the dark horror conventions.

We used a pan shot in our the opening sequence, we used this to establish the scene. In our opening credits we showed the necklace to hint that this had something to do with the rest of the story (the same necklace the girl is wearing). The film is linear and all the scenes happen in chronological order.

We used a pan for the first shot to establish the scene. We use a pan latter on when the girl first appears, this was to shock the audience.

We then used a tilt shot down the door, we also used this when Archer walked up the stairs.

The party scene uses a long shot, then uses close ups a medium shots to show the conversation. We used shot reverse shot, and didn’t cross the 180o line.

I used non-diagetic music in the opening credits, this build up the tension, and uses the conventions of horror.
I put diagetic rain over the entire clip, this was to help the continuity and built up the uneasiness. In my research I found that the film seven uses rain throughout the film to express loneliness (which the girl is feeling) and the end of the film is ironically sunny, something the gift could do.

All the props followed the horror conventions, the gift was black and red (horror colours, red- blood). The girl wears a torn dirty dress, and has white eyes, these are similar to the ring. Another film I researched, these are used to scare the audience, because the girl looks creepy.

The majority of locations are dark, expect the party scene, here we overexposed the light, this was to change the mood. This was meant to also have a sense of irony, as a supposedly happy time (party) leads to a devastating event in Archer’s life.

The typography uses a white font in the beginning to contrast against the dark background, it faids in and out to look mysterious. It's similar to the typography used in se7en, but doesn't flash as much.