Horror sequence Reflective analysis

During the short horror movie sequence that I did there were many different shots and angles. At the very start of this sequence there was an over shoulder shot in which you could see someone behind someone else in this shot. The reason this was used was because it added to it being a horror of a shared convention that there is someone watching the victim at the start without that character actually knowing.




Soon after that a forward tracking shot was used on the villain walking down the corridor. The reason this shot is used is because n a way it sums up the villain directly to the audience to show that characters features and what they look like and who they really might be, so the viewer can guess what the villains story is.




Then a panning shot is used on both the villain and the victim as the villain is chasing the victim. The reason this shot is used is because a panning shot is a typical shot for a chasing scene and adds to the effect that someone is running down the path with them.




The next thing that happened is that there is a low angle shot of the victim character running up the stairs. The reason this shot is used is because as the victim is running up the stairs it makes it seem that the villain is watching the victim run up the stairs and it also shows that the victim is close and starts to get very distant for the viewer.




After that there is a high angle shot of the villain running up the stairs. The reason this shot is used is because it makes it look like the victim is watching the villain run after him and it also asserts the villains dominance in this sequence as the villain comes from distance and gets closer and closer as the villain comes up the stairs which makes it appear to viewer that the villains character is getting closer and closer to the storyline.




In the follow up to that there is an extreme close up on the victims hand opening a door. The reason this extreme close up is used is because it shows the importance of the door being opened and gives tension to the viewer and makes the viewer think if the door could be opened to hope or to doom.


 there is a point of view shot. The point of view is from the villain watching the victim run towards three doors. The reason that the point of view shot is used is to make the viewer see what it is like from the villains perspective seeing the victim run towards the doors and could foreshadow that the victim is at their doom and is trapped.




Concluding this there is a reaction/ spectator shot. The reason it is both of these is because it looks like the viewer is watching the victim run back away. The reason that this shot is used is because it gives effect to spectator viewing the victims reaction as the victim is being grabbed by the villain which then ends the scene. The reason that scene is ended here is so that it gets the viewer engaged and connected with the scene and they want to know what will happen next so it ends on a cliff hanger.