Key images:
Here I am going to explain the five key images of my
animatic that I thought were most effective for our trailer.
The first image is an
image of Blake stood in front of a mirror looking at his phone, the antagonist
is stood behind him, her face is in a long screaming expression to show terror
and fear and when looking at the photograph it gives the audience a chilling
effect. The image is dark and the thing that stands out the most is the
character stood behind Blake and the flash of the camera, representing that the
film is based around cameras.
The second key image is the graveyard. This is an important
shot as it represents death which is what the main part of the film is about it
also represents the first key part of the film where Blake’s events in his life
start to go downhill. Graveyards are stereotypically related to horror films.
The angle of the camera is taken from behind the wall that is not in the
graveyard, this suggests that someone is watching Blake and spying on him but
the character who’s watching him can’t be seen making the audience question who
the character is making them want to watch the film to find out.
The third key image
is the image of Blake smiling with his friend, this image shows innocence and
happiness. Throughout the animatic we see as an audience that Blake is not the
person who he implies, he is actually the bully and the antagonist is only
getting revenge for the bullying that he was put through. The image of Blake
smiling with his friend makes the audience vulnerable into thinking that Blake
is the good character and this gives the audience more of a shock towards the
end of the animatic.
The fourth image is Blake looking at his computer screen and
viewing images, this over the shoulder shot shows Blake’s hobby and that
photography is something that he is passionate, this also gives the audience
the first insight into what Blake is most passionate about and also what the
film trailer is going to be about. Photography is something that creates images
of happy memories so that we physically have a copy of the happy times that we
want to share but in this case photographs are what destroy Blake as an
individual and makes him Bully and threaten the antagonist.
The final image is of messages of a conversation that has
happened between Blake and his mother, the messages of ‘Blake help!’ and ‘Blake
he’s coming!’ creates a sense of fear and panic for that character as it’s the
last couple of minutes that he spends with his mother. The biggest fear we have
as humans is losing our loved ones around us and this became a reality for
Blake. The image also places a sense of fear into the audience and almost
scares them into not wanting to bully anyone and as a film this is the message
that we hope to send across.
