Lighting:
Lighting is important for the horror genre. Low key lighting is one of the main codes and conventions for horror because it creates tension and puts the audience on edge. The audience are unable to visualise the whole scene and often this creates mystery and suspense. Within the filming we had to make sure the lighting was dark enough to create a tense atmosphere. We used torches to illuminate one of the actors. This causes the audience to focus on this character and realise that she is a main protagonist. They may feel nervous for her safety as she, like themselves, are unable to visualise the outside location from the train. This emphasised that she is alone, vulnerable and trapped on the train.
Characters:
The female protagonists emphasis the stereotypes of girls being vulnerable and needing help, and to be saved by men. The characters being scared of the murderer show that he has authority over them, this makes them susceptible to danger. The characters, being teenagers, are portrayed as stereotypical as they get into trouble and they can’t sort it out on their own. This shows that they’re not as grown up as they thought they were.
Props:
Using the props makes the opening two minutes seem more realistic. The petrol can when it is first shown will create an enigma as the audience wouldn’t know what the petrol will be used for therefore they’d have to guess. The rope and makeup put together makes it too, look more realistic as it looks like the rope has done damage to the girl when she is shown.
Mise-en-Scene:
So we capture the setting and location of our opening, we have got shots of the train pulling into the station, also, some of the shots that we’ve filmed has the name of the train station in it. To create enigma we will use different shots to make the audience wonder how a station could be used to torture/ harm the characters. We then will reveal it in other shots, this will end the audience’s questioning.
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