My shot signifies my chosen TV drama sub-genre of horror through the mise-en-scene. The shot has low key lighting and the main source of light is coming from below the actor's face, therefore creating a larger, creepy shadow on the ceiling and surrounding walls. To achieve this effect, I placed the small light below the actor's face on a dim setting and minimised all other light by closing the curtain and switching the other lights off.
The conventional eerie setting of dark, narrow corridor also connotes the sub-genre and makes the audience feel claustrophobic and trapped. This is increased by the fact that the actor has their arms spread to the whole width of the corridor and is blocking the only exit. This connotes the dominant reading of this shot to be that the actor is the antagonist of the story and the narrative is centred on the theme of good vs evil. This shot portrays the antagonist finding the protagonist, who was hiding from him prior to this still.
I think that the technical code of framing is successful as it is a low-angle medium shot which makes the audience feel inferior to the antagonist but ensures that the antagonist's angry facial expression and eyes that scare directly into the camera can be seen.
In hindsight, I would try to centre the light directly below the actor's face so that the shadow formed directly above his head and on-centre. I would also try to place the actor's hands so that they are symmetrical and frame the shot centred.
However there is a juxtaposition of costume; the antagonist is wearing a jumper with a logo and jeans which are clothes that any normal teenager might, rather than a costume that connotes that he is the villain of the story.
The conventional eerie setting of dark, narrow corridor also connotes the sub-genre and makes the audience feel claustrophobic and trapped. This is increased by the fact that the actor has their arms spread to the whole width of the corridor and is blocking the only exit. This connotes the dominant reading of this shot to be that the actor is the antagonist of the story and the narrative is centred on the theme of good vs evil. This shot portrays the antagonist finding the protagonist, who was hiding from him prior to this still.
I think that the technical code of framing is successful as it is a low-angle medium shot which makes the audience feel inferior to the antagonist but ensures that the antagonist's angry facial expression and eyes that scare directly into the camera can be seen.
In hindsight, I would try to centre the light directly below the actor's face so that the shadow formed directly above his head and on-centre. I would also try to place the actor's hands so that they are symmetrical and frame the shot centred.
However there is a juxtaposition of costume; the antagonist is wearing a jumper with a logo and jeans which are clothes that any normal teenager might, rather than a costume that connotes that he is the villain of the story.
