When we created our OTS it was important to have the right research behind it. We used the storyboard to find what shots we were planning to have in it and tried to find similar examples in actual films to see how they filmed it and how we could use similar techniques. This was beneficial to us as it allowed us to see how effective our OTS would be by seeing clips that link into it giving us a better idea on how to adapt it.
torture scenes - the achilles heel - hostel
Hostel is a 2005 American horror film, This clip is from the first installment there is also Hostel part 2 and Hostel part 3. The film tells the story of two college students who find themselves in danger of a group that kidnaps, tortures and kills victims. Therefore this was a good clip for us to watch to get inspiration on how to film these scenes in out OTS however we wanted to leave the 'killer' out of our OTS to leave the audience in suspense therefore not all ideas within this scene could be recreated.
These are the main shots within this clip that we gained inspiration from, showing that the character has no escape was a main point within our OTS therefore these shots were useful to recreate, we created more shots similar to this to get the point across to the audience that the only escape for our character was for her to die.
ghost scenes
The ring is an American supernatural psychological horror film. The ring is noticeable for it being the first American remake of a Japanese horror classic. The main plot is that there is a cursed videotape that had been rumoured to kill the viewer within 7 days after watching it and the story develops from that, This was useful to get inspiration from as there is a ghost character in it therefore it helped up on how we could develop a similar character.
These shots in the clip allowed us to be able to develop how the ghost character in out OTS should act to make as realistic as we could for example the way the character walked was useful to copy as it helped set the scene as well as what the character was wearing, which we also tried to recreate by getting our character to wear a nightgown to show that see is secretly vulnerable. We also use the same effect of the blue tone to create a more cold atmosphere and create a more dead effect within the OTS.