When you compare how to make horror movies feel more scary using two kinds of materials it becomes like this

It is meaningless to say that "This is a scary movie" when making a scary movie feel "scary", but by combining various elements such as lighting, sound effects, acting, scripts, the feelings of "fear" It is important to make it spring up in your heart. A movie that explains the method using two images that can compare such contents as to how to make that "emotion" happen is published.

What Makes a Movie Scary? - YouTube


A black shadow attacking a boy in bed ... ...


A monster who is surprised by a boy who shouted "Okay ~ ~!" In fear and screams as "Ga ~ ~ ~!" Over a boy. This is a one scene that expresses fear in a well-known Pixar work "Monsters, Inc.". Even here, the director has been given a feeling of fear, but with more full-scale horror work, a lot of ingenious efforts have been accumulated.


The theme is short film which won first place in the short video contest and the number of views on YouTube exceeded 100 million times so much "Lights Out"is. This work by Director David F. Sandberg, since full-fledged full-length movie works are made later, I will verify how the same scene changes depending on how to show It is perfect for content.


Firstly from the movie version scene. The stage is like a warehouse ......


There are many mannequins. Apparently the warehouse of apparel related companies.


A woman walking in the dark warehouse. I am preparing for my return home.


When you turn off the lights of the office that no one has ever ......


It appeared something.


A woman to be taken in a state like "... ....?" In order to verify that someone was left, switch again ......


Turn it on to brighten the room.


There is no one there.


However, once you turn off the lights, something's shadow.


Repeatedly turning on and off several times ...


Along with the sound effect "Burn!" Suddenly the shadow is in front of me. It is a scene that gives fear to those who watch by sounds and images.


On the other hand, the stage of the short film version is the corridor of the house. A woman who is ready to go to bed and heads to the bedroom with his pajamas. By the way, it seems that the same actress plays both works.


When I turn off the lights in the hallway, again there are people.


"... .... っ て?" Is taken in the same configuration as the long version. However, the composition of the screen is completely different.


Scared, turn on the light again.


No one is here.


Yet someone there.


Repeatedly turning on and off many times while frightening ......


Suddenly, a human body like a ghost is in front of you! It is also made to make people watching those who watch.


It is a similar configuration, but rather it may feel more eerie than this short film. In other words, although the short film version is more fearful than the main part, it is said that the reason for this reason is that it is due to the difference in the way of showing in this commentary movie.

Decisively different, the length of the scene has changed with two pictures. The short film version is longer than the movie version by the length of the scene itself for about 4 seconds, and the state of the light on and off is one time larger. With this "one time", the movie explains that the fear of the audience is further complemented.


The technique to convey fear to the audience by "length" is also used in the scene using the following clown. An eerie clown is placed in the boy 's bedroom, and the boy who is obviously frightened by that appearance. First of all, the appearance of fear is transmitted from acting by a boy.


It's a clown that existed for about 30 seconds.


The next moment suddenly disappears.


A boy whose fear grows even more when the clown is gone.


After that, the clown makes a noise around the room as if it were alive. The boy follows the figure of clown with a flashlight, but the figure of a clown illuminated in a dim room will caught a fear.


Small animals like raging mice also panicky ... ...


Fear is a climax to clowns keeping moving a room while standing sounds "Does ... ...."


In this way, the depiction that something does not appear in the darkness says that something is present, it is said that the imagination and fear of the viewer will be strongly caught.


How to make the composition of the screen is one of the factors that fears fear. In the short film version, the figure of a fearful woman is reflected beyond the corridor, but this is just the composition of seeing a woman from the ghost side.


This is a way to express the helplessness of the hero against monsters and ghosts. By painting the figure of a person who can not become an unknown opponent, it gives a terrifying fear.


In addition, the manner of fear changes depending on the setting of the scene. The stage of the movie version "Lightsout" was a place like a warehouse.


Even warehouses can fully express fear, but by making this scene setting more private, fear is further doubled.


For example, when monsters appear like this in the bathroom scene which is the most private space, the fear that "something" which should not be originally entered is at home is quite true.


Also, how to use lighting is also a point. In the short film version which feels strong fear, even in the scene where ghost appears it is filmed so that the figure of the hero can be seen properly. By this, it is easy to understand that the main character and ghost exist in the same space.


In one movie version, when you turn off the light, the appearance of the hero becomes almost invisible. There is a difference in fear from such a place.


Finally another point is that the movement of the main character is also a major factor. This scene walking in the corridor means that ghost will appear in the very place where the hero actually walked. The sense of distance makes the audience feel strong fear.


In this way, it was explained that there is a big difference in "fear" transmitted from a video work by one small stack.


In the video work, lighting, acting, composition, screenplay, acoustic effects etc. will convey the atmosphere in total. It is said that when all of them engage, the force becomes even bigger.


So, by arranging the images of the new and old two, it is like this. This is a short film version that expressed everything in about 2 minutes ... ...

Lights Out - Who's There Film Challenge (2013) - YouTube


This is a movie version trailer. It was two movies that clearly shows the difference between the composition unique to the short film version and how to make the full size version.

Lights Out - Official Trailer [HD] - YouTube