scary moving image

This cinemagraph was inspired by my fear of horror films, or at least the idea that something exists within an external dimension. Bouncing off from last semesters paranomal theme, I stuck through with the idea that I could play with mirrors and reflections to create an element of surreal and mystique.

My main inspiration came after stumbling a supercut of Martin Scorsese’s obsessive and delicate use of mirrors in his films.

As seen in this supercut, Scorsese uses reflections and mirrors to portray how we potray reality. In most of the cuts, the camera begins with a shot of the mirror itself, and later zooming or panning out to reveal the scene. It sets context, the tone and the drama for the overall scene.

In my following cinemagraph, the reflection of the woman moves but not the real life character itself. I feel that this duality of two realities (real life and the realm in the mirror) is broken up. Here I play through the idea of the other realm playing; the mirrored individual. As it is simply a reflection, it has a ghostly look to it, adding a sense of mystique to the overall image.

Here is my final cinemagraph.