Doomsday is a 2008 British Science Fiction movie written and directed by Neil Marshall. The film takes place in a futuristic United Kingdom, that quarantined an infected Scotland which has since been presumed dead. Many years later, the virus has leaked out of Scotland somehow and spread to the United Kingdom. It is believed that the before Scotland was quaratined, a well known doctor was actually working on the cure. A team is sent into Scotland to look for the doctor and in hope that the cure to the virus has been found.
There are many communications theories that are applied in this movie. However one scene that caught my attention was the scene when the team first infiltrated the building which they believed was the hospital. The scene was set to night time to create to a tense atmosphere around it. In addition to that, there was silence throughout the whole scene to emphasize on the tension. Fast music was also played. The aim was to keep audience on the edge of their seats. Technology was used to create the atmosphere and ambiance was effectively manipulated to bring out the desired effect.
Imagine watching a horror show. Now picture this, there is a scene where the main actress slowly walks up to the haunted room. While walking up, cheerful music is played, birds can be heard chirping happily outside and the place is brightly lighted up. Not so scary is it?
From this we can see that ambience as well as technology plays an important role in every movie. Ever watched a movie where the ambience and technology was sorely lacking? Did you even enjoy it at all? share your views!
5 comments:
i like this movie.. especially the gore inside :D the movie bring us to 3 different era which makes it quite interesting
i really cant imagine a horror story with such a setting! Yes i've come across such movies with lousy ambiance. one i can think of now is "LOST IN TRANSLATION". personally, i have no idea how it did manage to win an award. the settings of it were lousy and the camera was jerky.
Sometimes that setting works. Ever played bioshock?
It's eerie and the cheerful music at some points in the game just makes the whole place feel worse.
All lies down to how good the director is at building up the scene.
i'll have to say that this show was quite unrealistic. the people of scotland had been trapped in their homeland for the past 20 odd years, but somehow, the special operations team found a sports car in one of the crates. if this is not unrealistic, what is it?
i think what really compliments a really good movie is the soundtrack to the movie. having a good soundtrack can really bring out the atmosphere and set the tone to the whole sequence of what is to come. music has the ability to make a scene sound terrifying, or pleasant or sad.
an example would be the famous murder scene from alfred hitchcock's 'psycho'. the murder scene without the music wouldn't be as scary with the sound effects and stuff in the background.
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