Lighting

We have chosen for our (horror) Opening to be set at night for a low key lighting effect, stereotypically in horror movies such as The Ring, we see that the opening is set at night, this gives an uneasy, creepy atmosphere to the opening highlighting the fact that it is in the horror genre. Darkness is typically associated with danger like shown in Scream, where the killer could hide within the darkness making the character unaware of danger, the shadows within the dark, sparks suspicion. This also inspired us to film at night purposely for our POV shot, allowing the killer to spy on his victim without being noticed, the darkness allows the killer to hide without being caught creating an enigma code for the audience.

we will also use the lighting from within the set, such as the lamp which will highlight when Amber picks up the phone and we see a low angle shot of Amber, the use of on-set lighting allows the audience to capture the character’s expression. The fact that we will film at night will create an uneasy, creepy effect when the light goes off in the later shot of our opening, emphasising the fact that the killer has turned off the light allowing him to hide, increasing tension as we see a shadow of the killer as he follows her to the door.