Individual analysis of similar short film + screen shots

The film is established through a establishing shot
displaying a street in a rural area, on a dark and wet night.
This shot allows an audience to observe the setting the film
is going to take place in. The setting also establishes the
genre. 

Similar short horror film 1

This shot also follows the dark lighting setting from the
previous shot. The forest in the background suggests a
sinister and horrific set of events are to come. I also like
the way this shot is lined up on screen with the character
framed towards the left hand side of the shot. This tracking
shot shows him to be alone and their-fore fragile and
vulnerable.

This is one of my personal favourite shots form this short
horror film. The medium shot of character A on a 'merry go
round' in a local park cleverly suggests his psychological
state of mind. The cyclical action of the merry go round
implies he is confused and psychologically unstable,  in
terms of plot this shot is essential; being right before the
action. 

This action shot is cleverly made. Character B is carefully
placed behind character A to make the attacking move
more dramatic so an audience have a more frightening
experience when viewing the film. The entire shot last for
under a second. 

This close up shot of character A clearly is an emotionally
distressed shown by the make-up on his face. I would like
to imitate the way material is used in order to emphasize
distress in my film. Props such as guns, necklaces, and box's
are all planned to be used.

This has inspired me to include some similar tricky shots in
out film. This is a clever shot as as an audience we can read
the psychological and physical state character is in by
observing his feet's movement. 

The use of props is made apparent yet again in this shot.
This particular shot excludes character B's face, making
his character profile more sinister. Note also the clothing
worn. Black has strong connotations of evil and death,
which are clearly used to symbolise characters A and B's
character welfare.  

This is the final shot in this short horror film. A medium
long shot is filmed in a high angle frame making character
A look more intimidating to an audience. The way that
character A is facing away from the audience is also no
coincidence; media studies show due to not seeing a
character fully, he/she is immediately more aggressive
and frightening. It was worked well in this particular film
and I wish to use this technique when producing our film. 

The lighting continues that of the previous shots in this
scene.The purple lighting is clearly an edit done on the
softwear. I also like the way that the hammer is placed on the
left of the picture. The black font the credits are written in
also contrast the purple colour of the sky.