Hellooo viewers! Today I will be watching short horror films that have similar lighting, camera work, and ideas as mine to show how I plan to try to incorporate these features in my two minute film opening. All of these videos are from YouTube and they are about 5-8 minutes long each.
The first video
This one is called "Never Left | Horror Short Film" by CIAK COMPANY
As seen in this clip (this is the end of the full video), it ends abruptly but has a impactful ending to the film. I want to end my film opening on a cliffhanger. The lowkey lighting in this film ending, is something I'm planning to include for my two minute film opening. I want the lowkey lighting because in horror films, that is one of the many things that horror movies/films include the most, especially in jump scares and important parts of the movie/film.
As you can see in this scene it is a POV shot of the main guy looking to the antagonist. This is one of the shots I plan to use many times in my film opening to emphasize important turning points in the film opening. I annotated this scene because it is similar to a scene I have in mind for my opening film, towards the end, (refer to blog #23, numbers 9 and 10) for those scenes.
The Second Video:
This one is called "Ignore It - Short Horror Film (Award Winning)" by Grimoire Horror
There wasn't a clip from here that I would take inspiration from to add to my film, but here is a scene annotation.
As seen in this shot, the entity or antagonist is being reflected from the girl's glasses. The reason this stood out to me, is because I wanted to do something similar, but instead of reflecting over my glasses, I reflect off of my glass sliding door of The Nun's Glasses, showing the POV of Alana.
The third video:
This one is called "Double Vision | Independent Horror Short Film" by Isabella Kiser
The clip you are about to see, is a minute long, (not the full film).
In this clip, the double of the protagonist is getting closer every time she close her eyes, turn off the lights, or is just not looking at the doppelganger. I plan to use this also for my film, (look at blog #23, number 9). I want to use this technique or feature, because as it happens the audience never knows how close each time the antagonist is going to get, which creates suspense. I want to have at least one suspense factor in my film to help the atmosphere of the film opening, leaving the audience in suspense as I plan to end in a cliffhanger.
Reflection
Watching these videos show, in action, what I plan to have in my film opening. I want to have most, if not all of these features in my film to create the feeling I want to have in my film opening. This was a cool experience, to see the different ways people create a horror story in a short story. We will see soon enough if I was able to execute these wishes and plans.
Dad Joke of the Day:
Since it is the Christmas season, I have the right one.
What do you call a singing elf,
A wrapper. 😹
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