Diego Okereke discusses the cinematography techniques used in the student film "Deadly Love". Close-up shots were used to show characters' emotions and capture important details. Point-of-view shots were also utilized to make the audience feel more scared and emotionally attached. Long shots and tracking shots were employed to establish settings and the sense that a character is being followed. High angle shots were chosen to make characters seem powerless. Sound choices for the film included scary and suspenseful music similar to the themes of Halloween and The Threat. The main challenge faced was achieving realism given limited equipment.

1. Forms and
Conventions
of Media Texts
Diego
Okereke

2. In our film Deadly Love, I have
chosen to use a variety of
camera shots such ad close
up’s that I have used to see
reactions on our actor’s and
actresses’ face. This is the shot
that shows the most emotion
from the characters. It is also
used to capture detail in an
important scene.
One of the most famous close ups
in horror movies was the one from
the film “The Ring” where you
can see revenge the creepy eyes
of this ghost called Samara and
we wanted to recreate a similar
close up to that one.
Close Ups

3. Long Shots &
POVs - Tracking
I have also chosen to use a
few pov shots so that the
audience can become
emotionally attached and
more scared. Also a tracking
shot to make out a
character is being followed.
I have used a long at the
beginning of the park scene; this is
a great scene to use to establish
horror movies. This shot I have used
put into perspective how deserted
and scary the park is.
A famous pov shot was
the shark in jaws, so I
wanted to replicate in
some ways the same
shot in our movie

4. High Angles
and Cutaways
I have chosen to use a few high
angles as well, these are used in
horrors to make the figure that is
being looked down on seem
completely powerless and
vulnerable.
A nice high angle shot I wanted
to recreate in some type of way
was the high angle from Shadow
of a Doubt, but unfortunately
due to lack of any high quality
equipment I couldn’t replicate it.
I have also included a cutaway
in place of special effects as we
couldn’t afford to injure
anybody at the moment of the
attacks.

5. Sound
The sound choice for our movie Deadly
Love was natural and very easy. As soon
as we heard the scary suspenseful and
creepy sounds of The Threat we decided
that this was the perfect music to use.
I wanted to use a
great theme
song with
dreadful low
notes and
terrifyingly
minimal
composition like
the Halloween
one.

6. Challenges to
the Genre
In order to produce a horror movie, we have considered a few factors as to make it
fit into the genre. We tried to create tension created through mystery, suspense, gore,
terror, or shock.
This was a pretty straight forward elements of horror, and I think we showed it nicely.
Then, in order for a horror film to be seen, it captures the universal fear of things like
death and so we did.
What we’ve struggled with is the Unrealism. Trying to make the action realistic was the
hard bit as we don’t have the appropriate equipment to do high quality movies.