I decided to use my audio visual video as a way of getting across a message of how escapism can be used to get over a struggling event for an individual. My interviewee went through a difficult time and she used cinema as a way of forgetting about her problems and became better through the process. This was her way of coping by projecting her problems onto what was happening in the film and worked better when she saw how they dealt with them. I started with simple ideas, taking a more realistic approach and thought of the photos i could take before i did the interview. Looking at photographers that would use a similar style to the subject i was doing. With the subject being a horror movies in particular, i looked for a photographer with a creepier tone and where the shots were more atmospheric. The photographer i chose was a man named Dean Sewell. His photos made a real sense of atmosphere to them with clever uses of color and shading. Though his shots are shot very straight and not as much variety in angles and such, i knew i could use this example as a way of finding a mixture of lighting and mood to create a unique atmosphere even while shooting a simple location.

It started with simple photos of simple travelling shots to establish the place where she lived then to more simple shots of her house with moody lighting to establish the environment that surrounds her ever since. The video will switch from live footage to simple photos with specific colors and angles. Unfortunately i wasn’t able to get as much as i would like to as the interviewee asked to keep out of the video altogether as a way of avoiding comments from her past relationship. The other real problem was getting the interview with a lot of background noise throughout the whole thing, which at times isn’t as bad but some times is still noticeable enough to ruin a good silent moment. Since she was soon to be married, i wasn’t able to get another interview so i had to improvise and either put in music at some moments where it was to much or just have to stomach through and hope for the best. Taking screenshots of certain female characters in horror movies came from the internet, i used them for more examples of what she’s talking about.

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