Reflections on shots

For my first media task we had to split up into groups in order to produce a number of film stills. One of the main factors we had to control  was the atmosphere in order to make sure we created one appropriate for the chosen genre.

In my group we chose to do horror film stills. This involved a member of my team dressing up in all black, wearing a mask and holding a baseball bat in order to stimulate a supernatural character from a horror film.

My film still was from a medium long shot with the red light from the dark room on and the door slightly open with the paranormal being looking out from it straight towards the camera. I also turned the night vision mode on the camera in order to create the eerie, tense atmosphere needed for a horror film still.

In hindsight, if I were to repeat this task, I would attempt to create a similar shot, but find some way of hiding the body of my teammate omitting the other objects in the shot, which prove to be quite distracting and spoil the illusion of my horror film. I would like to create the idea that this shot is in a house, and so the poster on the left side of the wall would not be there if I were able to recreate this shot.