Candles Practical

2nd Candle Attempt

As we felt that our first practical of how we wanted our candles to look didn't bring across the supernatural element which we wanted for the genre, we decided to make another attempt. 

We felt it would be effective to include candles in our opening as not only are they symbolic to spiritual enlightenment, they are also a common convention in supernatural horror films. As well as this, the use of candles are also effective as it can limit what the audience is able to see. 

Final image

As I had new candles, prior to photographing them, I decided to let each candle burn between the duration of a few hours to a few days, so that they were all different sizes in addition to this giving them a worn out and shabby look (which is also achieved through the dark marks I was able to achieve by putting parts of the candle in direct fire).

Evaluation

Although I felt that this was effective as I was able to make the candles look tarnished, I felt that I may have left the candles burning for too long, as in the final image, the candle in the middle lost its structure, also the remaining candles seemed too small. When we decided to film our scene with the candles, I would but thick and tall candles as opposed to the ones I used as these are more common in horror films when candles are used. In addition to this, when filming our candle scene, I think it would be more effective if there were a larger amount of candles as opposed to only having 3 or 4 candles as I think this more effective when trying to create an eerie atmosphere. As well as this, I would also ensure that all the candles are of the same colour.