Although the rest of Ghostship (Beck-2002) lacks scares and a decent plot giving it largely unfavourable reviews, the gory, no nonsense approach to this opening undoubtedly draws the audience in and stays true to the slasher/ body horror sub-genre. It does this through a multitude of techniques.
I'll start off with evidently the most obvious way in which Beck captivates the audience's attention which is through the use of CGI. He does this to create the effect of limbs, torsos and heads being separated from the victim's bodies while predominantly superimposing layers of this with prosthetics to create the blood and gore seen after the incident.
The use of the
diagetic sound of the squeaky wire when the trap has just been activated
creates an intensity where the audience are in wait for
the inevitable ramifications of the clinical action to develop.
The medium
pan-right at 0:58 is used to show the almost bewildered/ freeze
framed expressions of the ship's passengers as they all try to make sense
of what just happened. Beck does this to prolong the scene and capitalise on
the event, once again building suspense to amplify the shock factor when the
scene (and people) finally starts to unfold.
F.O
2 comments:
good choice of opening Freddie (yuck) and some relevant comments. You will need to sort out the highlighting though
The highlighting seems to be playing up so I've gone with white text on a black highlight for the time being.
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