I studied the film Woman In Black from 2012 directed by James Watkins and starring Daniel Radcliff. The genre of this film is horror and appears as edgy and enigmatic throughout, this is due to the camerwork and shots used. This screen shot (middle)
shows a medium long shot of three girls with The Woman In Black faint in the
background. The facial expressions of the girls still appear as visible as we
can see they are impassive. By The Woman In Blacks face being undetectable this
reflects her character of being mysterious/unknown, therefore this relates well
to the genre that the director is trying to create of horror. I find this shot
effective as it shows a previous clip from a different angle, this reveals to
the audience the questions they have been asking themselves throughout the film
for example ‘Who are they looking at? Why are they doing that?’ By this clip
being shown near the end of the film captures the audience’s attention
throughout as they are questioning the actions of the characters. At this point
in the film they learn The Woman In Black is the driving force behind the
children’s death as she encourages them through the use of super natural
powers. By The Woman In Black being visible but still not entirely clear
focuses the audience’s attention on the three girls who are the ones which are
under her possession. I think we will be able to use a similar clip in our
production as the children in our film sequence are being possessed by the
capturer through the use of whispering. However it is vague to the audience
what it is that is being said. When
we film our opening sequence I feel that if we were to replicate a shot like
this is, it would be very effective as we would like to create a response
similar to this in our audience. We are hoping that the with the lack of
information shared with the viewer it will intrigue and encourage the viewer to
continue watching to find out what’s happening and the story behind what is
shown.
Another screen shot I looked at (left) was this over the shoulder shot of The Woman In Black shown in the opening sequence of the film. At first sight it’s not entirely clear. Viewers don’t tend to notice it when watching it first time round as it is a quick paced shot. I think this shot is effective as the Woman face isn’t visible to the camera, this creates suspense and uncertainty as the audience aren’t able to identify the woman and captures their attention as they become eager to find information about who this woman is and what she is hoping to achieve. I feel we could use a shot similar to this one in our opening sequence as we don’t want to reveal the identity of our capturer in the scene. I think it would be suitable and successful if we were to use a shot similar to this but for a different effect when we our opening sequence, as during our sequence Liam looks blankly at the camera. This will hopefully make the viewer question as to why he is looking so emotionless and It also adds to the effect of showing that Liam is distraught through the abduction of his brother and further shows his innocence.
The final shot I focused on (right) was this close up shot of a toy. This shot is effective as it enhances the children’s death and the toys are left alone, the condition of the toys emphasises how they haven’t been played with for a long time. There are no other characters visible in the shot which emphasises the toys being abandoned as children are always commonly playing with toys. I think we’d able to replicate a similar shot into our production as Alfie has gone missing we could show different shots toys around his bedroom, we could also possibly use this opportunity to play titles over these shots as they are similar shots and the viewer won’t be distracted by the footage to read them.
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