My end goal was to create a horror story that effectively disturbed and/or
unsettled my audience. Invoking fear is an art form, one which I aimed to perfect with this project.
My earlier outlines called for a focus on the audio element of storytelling.
However, as the creative process continued, I made the decision to use a hybrid
of fear-inducing audio and still photography to tell my story.
At its core this is a ghost story. With inspiring elements from Slenderman and The X-files,
I utilized powerpoint to create a slideshow video documenting my encounters
with a ghostly figure that began showing up in the background of my photography.
To portray this work of fiction, I staged scenes with my friends as actors.
Then, visualizing where I wanted the ghost to appear, I directed the positioning of the actor playing the ghost so as to be the most scary. Audio was taken from creative commons purple-planet.com.