Caliane
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yeah, thats pretty holy shit. great shot.
The woman in black however, the ghost is in every scene. They don't have that tense moment where oops, just ice melting. its the ghost every time. Its so predictable.
The long shot mentioned. The ghost is there the entire time. The shot depends on you NOT noticing her, right away. So if you see her right away in the 30s shot, all the tension is taking out of the scene as you now have her just standing there for 26s before she finally moves.
The movie is a blend I guess failing at both imo. You have suspense ghost stories, somelike the blair witch, paranormal activity, etc. where nothing ever happens, most of the time is spent waiting for the hammer to drop. Then you have overt, which of course usually are less frighting, although can use jump scares, or a story which is creepy as shit. poltergeist, exorcist, the house on haunted hill, the haunting, etc. These obviously can get real silly real fast. aka, the remakes of haunted house, and the haunting.
So, I think the woman in black wanted to be suspense. but showed us too much. Every damn time there was a moment of suspense, and the camera panned, there was a ghost.
