Written by: Nathaniel M. Kirkland
Directed by: Nathaniel M. Kirkland
Lead Actor: Brynn Steblay, Chang Voon
A teenage girl begins suffering from nightmares and hallucinations, before finally uncovering the truth behind the death of the one who haunts her.
The movie begins with the main girl having a nightmare of someone standing in the graveyard (Ghost) and also screams. She is woken up by her roommate who was worried about her mumbling in her sleep. The main girl then makes her way into the toilet where she tries to compose herself by washing her face, as she bends down to wash her face the ghost girl appears once again. At that moment the main girl has the illusion of blood coming out of her mouth but she soon realizes that it wasn't real. She goes back to sleep but is once again haunted by voices causing her to sit up on her bed, she them realises that there is a mysterious figure wearing white clothing rocking back and forth at the bottom of her bed, as she gets closer to the figure she is grabbed by the ghost, but later wakes up and realises that she was just dreaming. However when she is grabbed the memories of the ghost transfer to her so she finds out that the ghost killed herself. She then finds the diary and is grabbed from behind after that the film ends.
Overall the settings chosen for the film fit well with the conventions of a horror film since they are dark as a result of poor lighting with the addition of the movie being filmed during night time. They also use the cemetery for the first appearance of the ghost so that we as an audience are aware that she is indeed dead, the fact that this scene is in black and white also emphasis the idea of death as it is lifeless without colour.
Non-diegetic sound is used effectively at the begining when the screen is black and all we can hear is the voice of a girl echoing. This gives of the impression that the woman is disturbed or that what we are hearing is actually a memory since it's echoing, so she's probably not entirely sane.Non diegetic sound is also used for the background music which has a repeated pattern played over and over again to match the heart beat of the female characters or to represent the story which is being relived through the flash backs.
At the start of the film there is a constant use of fade in and fade out as well as sudden cuts from different scenes that have not been seen yet in the movie and some zooms into certain objects, most importsntly a diary.This gives off the effect of someone having constant flashbacks from an event and the image of the diary shows the importance that object has to the movie and it's title. However it can also be used to intrigue the audience, since the constant change in images causes the audience to wonder how they are connected together and what is the story behind it all.
In addition the effect of making the camera shake at the end of the intro to the story gives of an uneasy and disturbing effect which could be used to illustrate the inner emotions of the fmale characters.
The effect that they use to make the image of the girl sitting on the bed bounce around and not focus on only one figure helps to show how the girl is not able to see clearly since she has just woken up. It also helps to reenforce the idea that the girl is a ghost so she is not something that is solid or real.
A lot of side and low key lighting is used which contributes to the dark and mysterious atmosphere of the film and genre.The fact that the film is filmed at night also conforms to the conventions of a horror film.
Overall I would rate this movie as PG because the frightening content present is short and mild.
The movie begins with the main girl having a nightmare of someone standing in the graveyard (Ghost) and also screams. She is woken up by her roommate who was worried about her mumbling in her sleep. The main girl then makes her way into the toilet where she tries to compose herself by washing her face, as she bends down to wash her face the ghost girl appears once again. At that moment the main girl has the illusion of blood coming out of her mouth but she soon realizes that it wasn't real. She goes back to sleep but is once again haunted by voices causing her to sit up on her bed, she them realises that there is a mysterious figure wearing white clothing rocking back and forth at the bottom of her bed, as she gets closer to the figure she is grabbed by the ghost, but later wakes up and realises that she was just dreaming. However when she is grabbed the memories of the ghost transfer to her so she finds out that the ghost killed herself. She then finds the diary and is grabbed from behind after that the film ends.
Overall the settings chosen for the film fit well with the conventions of a horror film since they are dark as a result of poor lighting with the addition of the movie being filmed during night time. They also use the cemetery for the first appearance of the ghost so that we as an audience are aware that she is indeed dead, the fact that this scene is in black and white also emphasis the idea of death as it is lifeless without colour.
Non-diegetic sound is used effectively at the begining when the screen is black and all we can hear is the voice of a girl echoing. This gives of the impression that the woman is disturbed or that what we are hearing is actually a memory since it's echoing, so she's probably not entirely sane.Non diegetic sound is also used for the background music which has a repeated pattern played over and over again to match the heart beat of the female characters or to represent the story which is being relived through the flash backs.
At the start of the film there is a constant use of fade in and fade out as well as sudden cuts from different scenes that have not been seen yet in the movie and some zooms into certain objects, most importsntly a diary.This gives off the effect of someone having constant flashbacks from an event and the image of the diary shows the importance that object has to the movie and it's title. However it can also be used to intrigue the audience, since the constant change in images causes the audience to wonder how they are connected together and what is the story behind it all.
In addition the effect of making the camera shake at the end of the intro to the story gives of an uneasy and disturbing effect which could be used to illustrate the inner emotions of the fmale characters.
The effect that they use to make the image of the girl sitting on the bed bounce around and not focus on only one figure helps to show how the girl is not able to see clearly since she has just woken up. It also helps to reenforce the idea that the girl is a ghost so she is not something that is solid or real.
A lot of side and low key lighting is used which contributes to the dark and mysterious atmosphere of the film and genre.The fact that the film is filmed at night also conforms to the conventions of a horror film.
Overall I would rate this movie as PG because the frightening content present is short and mild.
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