There’s a Thai film I’m familiar with called "Shutter" that’s to do with a photographer who has a disturbing past and finds that every time he takes a picture there is a disturbing ghost like figure lurking.
Having recently watched the American version, there was a specific scene I think could actually benefit my work in how they've done it. Instead of incorporating photography as a method of finishing my FMP, it could be a source of lighting.
I find it rather hard to find the clip that I'm looking for that would give an example of what I’m trying to put across, but a basic strobe like effect. A man in the studio finds himself stuck in a pitch black studio room on his own, with odd movements about him. In order to see he clicks the flash for this camera so that every now and then there is a burst of light. As the light flickers on and off you see the figure of a girl progressing behind him.
Though I'm not going for the horror feel that this film manages to put across in a blundering American kind of way, I thought it would be a good idea to do something like this for time. The camera could be in a steady place, staring into nothing but black, but every now and then there would be a flash of bright light, and a figure standing in front. As the piece progresses the figure gets older and older, seemingly going through generations, just to show how much time is fleeting.
There is always the chance that I can do it with a digital SLR camera and create it as a GIF as a practice for the idea in photography. It won’t be of a great standard but it allows me to manipulate the piece more for effects with the resources I have.
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