Definition - Horror

Web Definition:
An overwhelming and painful feeling caused by something frightfully shocking, terrifying, or revolting; a shuddering fear.

My Definition:
Horror is the feeling of fear and despair due to some form

Describing Words:

• Alarming,
• Bloodcurding,
• Chilling,
• Creepy,
• Eerie,
• Hairy,
• Hair-rasing,
• Horrendous,
• Horrifying,
• Intimidating,
• Shocking,
• Spine-chilling,
• Spooky,
• Unnerving.

Here we see a prime example of what most people view to be horror. A depiction of a demon like creature with shark like teeth, goblin ears, blotched up skin and a menacing face. The general connotations of a demon are that they possess people and serve "The Devil". Most of this connotation stem from the christian faith but demons and devils can be found in nearly every religion. One of my preferred depictions of demons can be found in many Shinto artwork done by members of that religion. 

In this image we see a prime example of some horror where a creatures hand is trying to rip though a woman's mouth and throat to escape from her.

In this image we see another typical depiction of some form of horrific figure or representation.

Here we have a woman trying to re-open their mouth after it has been sown shut 

Multiple Flash - Straight Images

Multiple Flash - Work Diary

Evaluation:
In this lesson we had to use multiple flash to make it look like there was an after effect on the image. This is were we had to keep the shutter open and only flash the flash when we want the person in the image to be seen. This would give the affect of a ghost like person of the person following them doing the exact movement they did before each flash. It think that this lesson went ok because with some of the flashes the timing was off meaning that it was hard to get the correct shots. One of the biggest problems was the room was too light but there was nothing that could have been done to avoid that because the studio we were using didn't have blackout blinds.

In this image I tried to re-create the YMCA dance with the same person. It worked apart from the Y section because it was the first flash and the more time you take in the shot the first image slowly dissipates making it look ghost like. This also means the the flash in the beginning was bot enough for the Y to come up on the image even when trying to enhance it in photoshop. 

In this image we see the person moving across the image dancing from left to right. The middle flags was the strongest which means that that person is the most viewable and most solid part of this person. This works well because it means that it puts the point of focus at the middle of the image meaning that the viewer can then read the image across to see what the overall movement of the person.

Progression:

If I were to continue this I would like to try using multiple flash in a different way by setting up multiple sources of flash or use a stronger flash to see if I could make the ghost like people more solid and to see if I could keep the first photo brighter and there for longer. 

In this image we see that there is a slight ghosting in the image but because there was less of a pause in-between each movement this means that each section is still daily solid.

Here we see two images using multiple flash were the person or object in each shot is solid and it doesn't have the transparent ghost effect on any of the shots.

Multiple Flash - Contact Sheet

Multiple Exposure - Image Bank

Here we see a basic use of multiple exposure. In this one we see the photographer has decided to overlay an image with a faded image of a woman and has placed it over trees. This allows for the viewer to both view the image of the trees and the image of the woman as well. 

In this image we see a more creative approach to the aspects of  multiple exposure. The images shows a person with a large gash though the body and the the points of cut we see that they have trees coming out of them. This adds to the effect of the image as well as making it more interesting.

Here we see that photographer has experimented with making a corridor look like it has been flooded and also looks like someone is floating at the top of the corridor. This allows for the viewer to view the image in a completely different way. This allows for a more open minded person to view the image and think carefully about how they did it. They added in the ripple affect of a swimming pool to make the image look even more real allowing for the whole image to seem distorted.

In this image we see the photographer has decided that they were going to over lay a skull over  someones face. In the image we see they have changed the image into black and white to help achieve a smoother transition from image to image.  

Here we see the photographer has decided to only use the outline of the model and has filled in the rest of the body with an image of a nebular. This images works very well because where there would be light and dark in the photo it is reflected in the image of space in some areas we see it is darker whereas in others we see light spots of cloud.

The photographer in this image has decided that they are going to combine two landscape photos by using a human face to glue the two images together. This allows them to change more aspects of the image itself. Here we see they have taken part of a mounting village and have merged it into a girls face merging in the mountain in the same area of the nose. We also see that they have used a rocky terrain to add to the neck this part is hardly noticeable because it is upside-down and merges perfectly with the bottom of the neck.