Still image of Serena
1. In this shot, a girl is lying on the floor, dead.
2. We twisted Serena's arm into a strange position to make it look broken, connoting some kind of struggle/violence before death. Death is connoted through her closed eyes and her pose (fallen on the floor) as this position is typically associated with death in films. She is also alone in a corner on a carpet which suggests that her death is not natural. The scene isn't that of a typical death setting such as a funeral. Instead her surroundings are slightly anonymous.
3. We shot this at Serena's eye level so that the audience would be able to see her facial features to know she has died. We positioned her centrally in the frame so that the audience focuses on her and knows she is a main character. We also had her wear black clothes as it is the colour linked with death. We also chose plain surroundings so as not to distract the audience's eyes from Serena.
4. The angle at which the light was coming from lit the photo nicely, showing her face more clearly. The focus of the shot was perfect, as it focuses on Serena more than the carpet which takes up a lot of the frame.
5. If we were to shoot this photo again I would change the exposure on the camera to darken the lighting and create a more macabre and horror-like atmosphere. There is too much light which doesn't leave much room for mystery and the feeling of the unknown which is typically present in horror films. I would also ask Serena to make a more disturbed face because she seems like she is sleeping peacefully rather than having just died.
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