V/H/S – Amateur Night (2013) Adam Wingard – V/H/S is a horror film based on tapes which characters have made from their experiences in a haunted house. All of the clips are from a persons perspective and was made to look like they actually filmed it. In this particular scene, the characters find out that their lover is actually a demon so they grab a camera and film the situation. This scene uses techniques which tell the audience that it has been filmed with only one camera. This is because there are no other perspectives throughout the entirety of the scene, meaning it has been filmed with one camera. It is made to look like a perspective shot by filming the situation from one of the characters POV. Throughout the scene he looks at his friend and the demon, so this is how the audience tells that it is a POV shot. They decide not to use a second camera because this adds to the horror effect as they are trapped in a certain spot which is from the eyes of this certain character.

Throughout this scene, there are a variety of shots coming from the character which are used to establish the scene. One example of this is a wide shot which is when the character returns from the bathroom and looks at the demon, this shot captures the subject and the surroundings of the room including the other characters, beds and lights. This creates the mood of the scene because it allows the audience to know that he is in a confined space with this demon, which therefore adds to the horror aspect of the film.

As far as composition is concerned, it is all hit and miss due to the nature of the scene. As they are terrified and want to get away, the composition of everything is a mess and there is no order to the scene. I believe this has been done on purpose in order to add effect and put the audience on edge due to the fact that there is no order to this scene. Because of this, it also ruins the continuity because it looks so messy. They have also edited this scene to look choppy and broken up, which ruins the continuity however it works perfectly with the genre as it adds to the suspense and tension. So even though the continuity has been ruined, it makes the film a lot better as it compliments the genre of the film.