Possessions

POSSESSION

Within possession scenes, often the characters' appearances are altered to represent the evil within them.
(This could easily be achieved using colour contact lenses, a small amount of prosthetic make-up and other costume techniques to make them appear less human. This technique would allow our audience to differentiate between the character when themselves and when taken over by the evil within.)

During possession scenes, characters are often thrown about and in various films, levitate above ground during exorcisms.
(This technique increases character's inhumanity and creates fear, acting as an unnatural evil that cannot be control using human methods. However, it would be difficult to achieve with little experience and money so therefore could end up looking cheaply made and not achieve the intended effect. Also, a very skilled actor is required to demonstrate the change in character which could be difficult to find.)

Change of voice is also often used within possession as a technique to represent communication with the devil/demons/spirits inside the victims. 
(Dubbing over an actor's voice, if edited precisely and effectively can easily act as a method to increase fear within our scene. We could use a deeper, more sinister voice to represent the evil speaking also to highlight the contrast between the victim and it's possessor as not to lose empathy for the character themself.)



Advantages and Disadvantages of involving possession in our opening scene:

• (Disadvantage) Without highly skilled actors and a well-written script, these scenes can appear very unrealistic which is not what we intend. We want to include supernatural elements with a realistic setting to increase the tension and exorcisms require a high knowledge of religious scripture and ritual elements that could be difficult to immitate effectively. 
• (Advantage) Within paranormal, this technique would allow us not to create a physical form for our evil and for it to remain as an invisible fear, only visible through a victim's body therefore possibly more scary than using an actor/animation to represent the demonic powers.