Samantha Whawell Assessment of previous work.

In this short horror of ghost we see one main character who is the female and other various characters such as the boyfriend 'Jamie' and the ghost. The horror includes many strengths which make it a success horror. These include the use of natural elements that make it seem realistic and bulid a connection with the audience making them feel as though they could be in a simular situation. This makes the audience fear what could happen next. Also by shooting the film at an evening time i makes the atmoshpere more tense as you cant fully see everything that is happening making the use of shadows very effective for the ghost genre they have chosen. By choosing the victim as the female it makes it fit the sterotypical victim for a horror so it suits the plot of the horror. However some of the occurence within the horror are not fully developed to stand out it the film. This is such as somebody at the window near the beginning of the sequence which is barely visable and hard to notice. This is a weakness because even though it is a good idea that suits the genre it is hard to see and if thy were to film again i would make sure this was more obvious as i think it could be a high moment for the film and be a point at which people would be scared.
It obvious that this film is a horror film as the use of setting and lighting aswell as the plot used make this clear. The shots that are included in this sequence all flow and there are no point where the footage jumps as it has been edited and filmed well. They have used alot of various shot type which all tightly flow and seem to be very proffessional and natural. The sound used within the sequence help with the fear of the horror film as it is hightened at all the point which make you jump and where theere is some action. This helpsthe audience into feeling afraid of the threat. The female in the sequence is alone at a point in the film where she repeatedly shouts the name Jamie, inbetween her saying the name there is silence, this helps creating the feeling that she is alone as most victims in horrors are alon when the action takes place. At the beginning of the short sequence by the use of the rule of thrds, our eyes are drawn to a ripeed old lack book, by the use of making the black book such a significant object it helps the audience along with the story of the ghost be related to it. It also makes the audience wonder what is inside the the book, and how it is related.

37/60