Surgical Masks
Carved. Directed by Koji Shiraishi. Starring Eriko Sato and Haruhiko Kato.
Digital cameras can be very effective when shooting daylight scenes in horror films. 28 Weeks Later had an opening sequence that really got in the viewers face. Unfortuanately, Carved, directed by Koji Shiraishi, didn't take advantage of what a digital camera can do. Throughout the film the camera is stationary and static, when the camera should have been taken off the tripod and allowed to get closer to both the monster, the protagonists, and the audience.
One of the few things I enjoyed about the film was that it appeared to have been shot on location. If you are thinking of teaching in Japan and want to know what it's going to look like, Carved will give you better local color then Lost In Translation.
Carved is a ghost story about an abusive mother who has come back from the grave to prey on school children. Like using abortion as a plot point in a sitcom, having the ghost carve up little kids was just icky. Conventional camera work, poor lighting choices, and poor taste shown in the directors choice of victims, make this one horror film that would leave Count Floyd shaking his head with disgust.
Update: My sweetie pie provides much better, more in-depth commentary and analysis of the films we saw Sunday night here.
Digital cameras can be very effective when shooting daylight scenes in horror films. 28 Weeks Later had an opening sequence that really got in the viewers face. Unfortuanately, Carved, directed by Koji Shiraishi, didn't take advantage of what a digital camera can do. Throughout the film the camera is stationary and static, when the camera should have been taken off the tripod and allowed to get closer to both the monster, the protagonists, and the audience.
One of the few things I enjoyed about the film was that it appeared to have been shot on location. If you are thinking of teaching in Japan and want to know what it's going to look like, Carved will give you better local color then Lost In Translation.
Carved is a ghost story about an abusive mother who has come back from the grave to prey on school children. Like using abortion as a plot point in a sitcom, having the ghost carve up little kids was just icky. Conventional camera work, poor lighting choices, and poor taste shown in the directors choice of victims, make this one horror film that would leave Count Floyd shaking his head with disgust.
Update: My sweetie pie provides much better, more in-depth commentary and analysis of the films we saw Sunday night here.
Labels: Carved, Eriko Sato, Films, Haruhiko Kato, horror films, Japan, Koji Shiraishi
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