Most of the shots were provided by the portable camera on Lu Ban’s chest. The image quality of this camera was not that good and it was usually used for selfies during extreme sports. Of course, having said that, Jia Wenbin knew very well that this was definitely shot with professional photographic equipment, but it was just pretended to be handheld.
Although this footage has the shaky feel and realism of a handheld camera, it actually doesn't really make the audience feel dizzy, and everything that needs to be seen can be seen clearly.
Before entering the hospital, the camera was slightly raised, allowing Jia Wenbin to see the entire hospital clearly. Desolate, bleak, dilapidated, and declining, all kinds of negative words can describe this hospital. As the sky gradually darkened, the hospital was dark, deep and secluded.
However, when the camera moved down, Jia Wenbin clearly saw a little girl standing in front of the windowsill in the hospital corridor!
The scene flashed by in an instant, but it remained deeply on Jia Wenbin's retina.
He knew very well that a special shooting technique was used here. It looked like a quick glance, but in fact, when the camera moved, the focus stayed on the little girl for a little longer, creating an effect that was casual but able to attract the audience's attention.
However, even though he knew it clearly, Jia Wenbin still felt a little breathless when he looked at the little girl and the pale and gloomy expression on her face, and he instinctively resisted going into the hospital.
But the movie has no control over the audience.
Lu Ban walked into the hospital and began to explore.
In a dim environment, this first-person exploration really tests the audience's tolerance, because the area that can be seen is the small area illuminated by the flashlight, and the part outside is not completely dark, but hazy, as if there is something, but also as if there is nothing.
Therefore, the appearance of any human face, broken medicine bottle or the like in the poster will cause the audience's emotions to fluctuate.
"I'm sure something will happen next..."
Jia Wenbin knew the routine of horror movies. In such a silent environment, the protagonist was bound to encounter something.
At this moment, Lu Ban in the movie seemed to have discovered something. He shone the flashlight and saw the elevator door.
"The elevator. Is that the one that had the accident?"
Jia Wenbin guessed that elevators were mentioned in many places in the previous tapes, and this elevator seemed to be somewhat strange.
He saw Lu Ban pry open the elevator door and the flashlight shone into the dim cabin. Then, a figure appeared in front of Jia Wenbin. He was startled and his heart skipped a beat before he saw clearly that it was Lu Ban.
Lu Ban appeared in the mirror, motionless.
Just as Jia Wenbin breathed a sigh of relief, he saw something flash by at Lu Ban's feet.
He knew very well that it seemed to be a little girl!
Crunch——
The elevator door began to close slowly. Amid the teeth-grinding sound of metal friction, Lu Ban ran out of the elevator and took one last look at the mirror in the elevator.
The Lu Ban in the mirror seemed to be smiling.
Jia Wenbin felt a little creepy. His scalp was tingling. He clenched and unclenched his hands, and his palms were covered with sweat.
Lu Ban continued to explore and came to the nurses' station.
Here he found a notebook which recorded some of the nurses' night rounds. The words in the notebook were a bit messy and sloppy, and Jia Wenbin could only make out a little bit.
Suddenly, Lu Ban stopped flipping through the notebook. The camera trembled slightly. When he looked up, he saw a face appear in the center.
"hiss--"
Jia Wenbin took a breath, but he quickly recognized that it was just a promotional poster on the wall. The camera moved closer and showed that this person was the former director of the hospital.
The camera moved, put away the notebook, and walked towards the stairs, occasionally taking pictures of the departments and wards next to it, but they were empty and filled with only garbage.
At this moment, the camera turned, and under the light of the flashlight, the appearance of one of the wards was revealed.
The room was not empty, but instead contained a bed and an operating table.
The camera moves forward and enters the room.
You can see that the walls of the room are mottled and dirty, and the beds and operating tables are also dilapidated, giving people a gloomy feeling.
The camera enters the room, looks around, and then seems to lie down.
This perspective made Jia Wenbin feel very uncomfortable and unstable.
Such tilted perspectives in photography are often used to create a sense of unease. Especially now that the first-person perspective has been introduced into the film, Jia Wenbin feels even more uneasy. Moreover, such a shot cannot capture the appearance of the door, which makes him worry whether something will run in at this time.
Before Jia Wenbin could worry about Lu Ban in the movie, a slight metal collision sound was heard. Jia Wenbin's heart was in suspense. The camera looked towards the door as expected, and saw a doctor in a white coat slowly walking in with a scalpel in his hand.
The camera was shaking, making it difficult to see the doctor's appearance clearly. However, during a few brief pauses, Jia Wenbin could tell that the doctor was not a living person. His eyes were even colder than those of a dead person.
Jia Wenbin saw Lu Ban pick up a crowbar and, while dodging the doctor's scalpel, hit him hard on the head. In the chaotic fight, the doctor seemed to be defeated and was kicked twice by Lu Ban, knocking him unconscious.
Lu Ban stretched out his hand and took off the doctor's mask.
Jia Wenbin's eyes widened as he saw the suture marks on the doctor's face. The marks were too real, and even the best special effects makeup artist would find it difficult to achieve this level. This sense of reality led to an empathetic fear. Jia Wenbin even felt a little itchy on his face, and those scars were as if he had experienced them himself.
At this time, the sound of metal friction was heard in the corridor, and the hospital, which was originally dim and silent, seemed to wake up all of a sudden.
However, the doctor walking outside was holding a saw, and looked equally ferocious and terrifying.
The camera immediately turned its back to the wall, held its breath, and became quiet.
Jia Wenbin also held his breath at the same time, fearing that his breathing would attract the other party.
He could even hear his heartbeat slowing down.
At this time, the camera turned towards the door, and Jia Wenbin saw an ugly stitched head poking in from the door.
Although his mind clearly told him that it was all fake, Jia Wenbin's body was very obedient. He began to tremble violently, his heartbeat accelerated in an instant, and blood rushed to his ears. It was like the feeling of his deepest secrets being exposed in broad daylight.
“I’m going to die, I’m going to die…”
Jia Wenbin murmured to himself, feeling anxious. He didn't know when he had put himself in the shoes of Lu Ban and entered this abandoned hospital. Faced with the sudden appearance of the monster, he felt terrified but more panicked.
He saw the monster look around the room and finally leave. Only then did Jia Wenbin breathe a sigh of relief.
After confirming the situation outside, Lu Ban chose to continue moving forward, but Jia Wenbin felt that he needed to slow down.
For the first time, he paused the movie in his own little cinema, walked out of the study, and wanted to have a drink to calm his nerves.
Jia Wenbin walked into the kitchen calmly. Just as he took out the bottle of wine to pour himself a glass, he heard a voice.
"Why do you want to drink?"
"Grass!"
Jia Wenbin almost dropped the bottle in his hand. He looked in the direction of the sound and saw his wife lying on the sofa, playing with her cell phone without turning on the lights.
"You scared me to death..."
He is still frightened.