Reflective Analysis

 
Horror - Reflective Analysis
In the limited amount of time given to us, our group had decided to make a sequence that we considered very typical of the horror genre. Considering we had only been given 10 minutes to plan and the duration of the lesson to film and the following lesson to edit, I do believe my group and I did a relatively good job. The narrative of our sequence focused upon a mystery man whose face was never seen during the entire sequence -this is something that my group and I thought was an excellent convention of the horror genre to use - that was planning to kill a female victim at a certain time, which we elaborated on by having the mystery man check his watch at regular intervals throughout the sequence. The majority of our sequence was low-key lighting and any high-key lighting that was used, was to create a false sense of security.
The editing aspect of this whole experience was by far the easiest part and my group and I added various non-diegetic sound effects to what would otherwise be an completely silent sequence. We included ticking sounds to emphasise the fact that our mystery murderer was always checking his watch, this inevitably created tension as it was counting down the seconds to the girl's murder; this along with the loud footsteps that we also added created an atmosphere that is a very typical convention of the horror genre. One member of my group even suggested that we add loud, diegetic rain as it sets the mood and then we added thunder as unexpected thunder would inevitably make audience jumpy, which is another commonly used convention of the horror genre.
In conclusion, if my group and I had been given more time to plan, film and edit, our sequence could have been a lot better, but all things considered we did relatively well and my group should be, if only a little bit, pleased with what we ended up with.