For our project, my group and I have chosen to do a horror film opening. What had drawn me to the horror genre was the mysterious touch it gives to a movie as a whole. Horror movies are unpredictable but predictable in the sense that an audience knows something is bound to take an unlikely turn. Instead of being bright like other movies, horror movies are generally dark and use sound effects to its most useful advantage. In the movie “Bird Box”, lowkey lighting is added to create a moody effect. Horror movies tend to start off in what seems to be a normal and unthreatening situation. It later on spirals into a nerve racking thriller. Despite starting off the film normally, lowkey lighting is still used to translate that something is bound to go wrong. In the opening of Bird Box, a woman (main character) is seen sternly giving two children orders to stay quiet and obedient throughout the journey they are soon to embark. The woman ...
Arianna's dolly shot shows that she was walking down the hallway, like it was supposed to look.
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