Reflective Analysis- mine, Megan's and Lily's horror film

In the process of making our film we made it seem as though a group of young teenagers were being chased by an unknown person. Throughout the film you only ever see a close-up shot of the villain’s big boots as he is taking giant strides, following the kids. Moreover, he only ever walks as if there is no need to rush, almost like he knew where they were running to. We believe all this adds to the genre horror and builds tension as you never see the face of the villain, creating fear of the unknown.

I believe our efforts of creating this film and making it do justice were good as we used a variety of techniques throughout our sequence. We use forward tracking at the beginning of our sequence before introducing the situation. We thought this would give the impression that they were running away from something in fear. Hopefully making the audience feel intrigued as it adds mystery to what/whom they’re running away from.

Alongside this technique we made sure it was a long shot of the teenagers running to convey their desperation of getting as far away as possible from the villain. Furthermore, the long shot was used in order to reveal the mise-en-scene which started off set in a graveyard to symbolise death implying that something bad is going to happen. These conventions are used quite frequently to add to the genre horror.

Another technique we involved was an extreme close up on Lily’s face after she tripped in the graveyard. You could see the expression of fear in her eyes as she spotted the villain. I then cut the scene at this point, when I was editing this sequence, leaving a moment between the next pieces of recording. This is because what was going to happen next, (Lily being murdered) I believe didn’t need to be recorded as Lily’s death was expected. This convention adds to the horror genre as the audience never know how she was killed.

If we were to redo our sequence, personally to improve it I would add more different editing techniques for example, eye line match and parallel editing due to this depicting a wider range of techniques which would build suspense and complement our ability. Additionally, I would include more camera angles such as, dutch, high and low angles because this will signify dominance and innocence and will add a sense of realism. This builds an uncomforting feeling from the audience which would complement the genre horror as this convention has been used in many horror and thriller films.