Friday, 16 December 2016

Jumpscare Research

A huge part of our thriller is the jump scare which is very important for us to get right in order to portray the message we are trying to show, as this is what the whole video leads up to. Without getting this scene right then the whole video would be compromised. In order to make the whole sequence worth watching then the ending is going to be very important so I will have to do a lot of research in order to find what type of jump scare our sequence is similar to and I would have to look at this one and see how the producer effectively makes it work. According to research I have done, a lot of people believe that a jump scare is a cheap way of scaring the audience.
In its simplest form a jump scare is a sharp cut usually accompanied by a frightening sound. We thought that the jump scare shouldn't just scare the audience but it outlines a key part of the film so the audience is constantly reminded of this scare throughout the film.
The most important part of a jump scare is the 30 seconds before it, so the build up which is usually slow and suddenly goes to a jump scare.



-Archie Eve

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