The shot shows a girl's arm reaching out of darkness grasping at
a wall, framed as a close-up of the hand and forearm. The iconography could be
described as signifying the horror genre, as it follows conventions such as a
dark colour scheme, shadows and a stereotypically vulnerable figure positioned
as the victim.
In order to clearly connote our genre, we used high-key lighting
for stark contrast between the hand reaching into the light, and the dark
shadow to the right of the shot. By framing the shot tightly, this allows the
use of gesture to be seen clearly, and the action of gripping a wall connotes
fear and struggle.
The dominant reading is intended to be that this is from a
horror film and that the shot depicts a victim trying to escape from the
darkness behind them. However the shot leaves other interpretations open as it
does not reveal a face, adding to a fear of the unknown.
Our shot is successful, as the horror genre is signified through
the mise-en-scene, gesture and lighting, whilst the contrast between the
highlighted victim to the dark oblivion to the edge of shot leaves the viewer
guessing what happens next.
In hindsight, I would alter the shot's lighting to focus on a
smaller part of the hand, as this would create a darker image and make the
horror genre clearer to the target audience than the original image.
Additionally, this could create the effect of a frame-within-a-frame, connoting
a claustrophobic feel and again the wider genre. Facial expression would have
clarified the genre further, while some small details such as scratch marks and
perhaps a scarier background would have also improved the shot.
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