My Film Still Analysis BLK

The genre we chose was horror and this shot conveys the genre through the spot light on Josh which creates shadows and a dark background which means the audience can only see part of what is in the foreground of the shot and none of the background which leaves them unsure of what is happening in the shot.

To achieve this affect we only used one spotlight to light the shot and placed it in front of the bars of the cage to create the unusual shadows.

We intended for the audience to believe that Josh had been locked away in a cage and that a guard was walking by him in this shot with a flash light looking in on him. We intended for the audience to interpret that although Josh was trapped he wasn't scared, but more determined.

The lighting of our shot is successful as it conveys the genre.  

In hindsight I would spend more time on choosing the correct framing to make the shot even more dramatic. By making the framing tighter we could have made the focus more on the characters expression.