There are two key lights throughout the entire short film these are the corridor light and the bedside light in the bedroom. The sound of the light switch also helps to build tension throughout the corridor scene. This is something that the vast majority of the audience will empathise with, as most people have been afraid of the dark at some point in their lives. When the room is well-lit, it is shown to be a safe environment because you can have clear vision of the whole room, whilst the dark is shown to be scary as it is unknown. Lighting holds a great significance in this film.
Then she comes out from under the covers as she clearly thinks the room is safe, she begins to smile and laugh, then turns towards her bedside table and see a creepy, inhuman face. The woman reaches a hand out of the bed, and pushes the plug back into the socket then the light goes back to normal and the room is silent. As she is whimpering in fear, we see through the covers that the light beside her bed has begun to flicker, which typically symbolises a supernatural force nearby. She gets enough courage to peer out from underneath and we see that the door has swung wide open, she then hides back under the duvet. This becomes more and more intense, the hallway light turns off, and she hides under her duvet. When in her bed, she begins to hear footsteps and a creaking sound. Once she does this, she clearly feels safer and heads to bed. In the next couple of shots we see her ripping duct tape, then using it to secure the light switch in the on position. She repeats this 5 times and on the fifth time, the figure is right next to her. As the light goes off, we see a silhouette at the other end of the corridor but when the light is turned back on, there is no one or nothing there. We see her come out of a room into a corridor, then walk to the end and turn the light off. This woman is the only character that we see in the entire short film, which gives us the assumption that she is alone in the house. Throughout the film we see a woman, who looks around 30 years old. Lights Out is a supernatural horror/ thriller lasting a total 2 minutes 41 seconds.
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