In what ways does cinematography create the tone of a supernatural film, use two examples and your own film, voices?

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    In what ways does cinematography create the tone of a supernatural film, use two examples and your own film, voices?

     

    ‘Voices’

    ‘The ghost of a small child tries to recover the relationship of his parents before his father leaves permanently.’

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hq500eJnzoE

     

    On this film I was a cinematographer (director of photography).

    The director asked me how I can set the mood with lighting, editing and camera movements and I set about achieving that through various techniques, such as the washed out film colours, the grain on the film, the documentary style shooting and the natural lighting to give a verite feel.

    You can explore other methods by cinematographers on other films and relate it back to Voices.

    As a reference point you can use two other films of your choice but keep it back to the journey of the film making process in ‘voices’

    I would also like a small mention on the montage twoards the end, and discuss a little on montage and how it can be effective at compressing time, please refrenence ‘the apartment scene’ from City of God (2002) as inspiration.

    References

    I Googled some interviews that can help but in general keep the references academic and better related to the subject:

    Interview with Cinematographer Luis Bohorquez

    http://www.theasc.com/ac_magazine/January2011/Biutiful/page1.php

    Books, You can use some of these but feel free to use your own:
    Bright darkness: the lost art of the supernatural horror film. Jeremy Dyson Cassell P L C, 1997

    Supernatural Romance in Film: Tales of Love, Death and the Afterlife. Richard Strine 2011

    Miracles and the Supernatural in Popular Secular Film: A Narrative Analysis. Christopher J. Cunningham 2008

    More things than are dreamt of: masterpieces of supernatural horror. Alain Silver 1999

    Archetypal Content of Personal Fears and the Supernatural/horror Film 1987

    Film suggestions:
    In Dreams(1998)
    The Invisible (2007)
    The Lovely Bones (2009)
    The Mummy (1999)
    Next (2007)
    Night of Dark Shadows (1971)
    Passengers (2008)
    Practical Magic (1998)
    Premonition (2007)
    Red Riding Hood (2011)
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