Recently i got into this British Television show called Bedlam. It premiered on ITV on October 1, 2011. I only watched the first season starring Theo James, Charlotte Salt, Hugo Speer, Will Young, and Ashley Madekwe. This drama is based off supernatural chills centered around a haunted insane asylum turned apartment building. What i found interesting for this TV series compared to American TV series we are accustomed to is this season only have 6 episodes. Usually TV series have about 22 to 24 episodes per season.
In one clip i found starting from 43 seconds to 1:02, (http://youtu.be/uMNWWl0S7AQ?t=43s) interesting. This is from the first episode when Kate played by Charlotte Salt, was in the bathtub and we knew she was in danger. The soundtrack helped give us the idea of she was in trouble. The camera did a zoom in of the ring she was wearing. The ring was connected with a dark spirit that was drowned to death in the asylum. We see the special effects of the black goo oozing from the walls. It gave the scene more dramatic effect. It let the audience know that something big was happening. When Kate was taken under the water, the spirit took over and tried to drown her. We see a bird eyes view shot of the spirits hands, covering her mouth trying to stop her from breathing. Then we see Kate put her hand on the tub trying to get out but the camera zoomed in on the spirits hand preventing her. Jed (played by Theo James) comes to the rescue but the camera angle is different. I am thinking the camera was under the water trying to get the shot of Jed saving her. It was a good aspect because i thought it was an interesting shot.
For this scene there wasn't too much lighting going on. I didn't think there needed to be since it was a dramatic scene that could lead to Kate's death. The only light i see was the light from the lamp and the light from the outside window. But if it had too much light, i don't think the scary effect could have captured the audience.
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