Developing the idea - analysis

I am legend

I am legend is not a horror film however, It has some scenes where there is huge amounts of tension and makes the audience still in their seats. The techniques that the director uses in this film is the use of silence in a dark room. The fact that it is dark means that anything could be around you and you would not even know. There is a scene from I am legend when the characters dog runs accidentally into a dark room full of mutants. The character goes after his dog however it is to dark to see him, he uses the flashlight to see. 

I intend to incorporate this technique in my short film due to it being so effective. The tension will drive the audience crazy because they are waiting for the stereotypical horror clip where something appears in the dark, however because nothing jumps out the audience will be left clenching their seats due to them waiting so anxiously.




World war Z

World war Z refers to world war zombie. This film has a variety of scenes where the tension builds up. An example of this would be when the family in the film are running up a flight of stairs from the zombies. The stair well is surrounded in darkness. The director could of chose a flashlight as the source of light for the family, however he chose them to have a red flair. Red is the symbol for death so the audience sees it as a signal for something bad to happen.

I intend to incorporate this into my short film due to it being so effective for the audience. When the audience sees nothing but a red room they know something bad is going to happen. Also, the red effect allows the audience to clearly see whats happening in the room which is a strong effect because if the room was dark the audience may not see what the director wants them to see. In addition, due to visibility being clearer the audience will see the zombies in more vivid detail making it more horrifying.