What is it that I'm doing different this year?
I've never asked myself that question before. Ha.. that's different this year!
Coming to our topic:
I've always romanticized meeting the devil. When I was a kid, watching a horror movie meant a sleepless night. By the time, I reached my late teens, I got more and more intrigued by this idea. As years passed by this idea started haunting me. How would I imagine a devil to be? When I explain, you should imagine everything in low light. For example, as if this character is in a room with lights switched off. Depending on the necessity, you can place a light right on the face for a brief amount of time and switch off immediately. You can also flicker or change the colour of light ( red and blue is ok. I wouldn't recommend green. Let's stick to standard HTML colour coding scheme; RGB). The light shouldn't be too bright.
Somehow, it's easier for me to imagine women in this role than men. Men don't scare me so much as women. The girl sitting right opposite to me in the BMTC bus wearing goggles and with a coloured scarf around her nose can easily send a couple of chill currents down my spine especially if the scarf is in darker shades. Don't even think about this whole thing in the night! Burqa-clad women simply fit right into that spot. They needn't try much. No moving and no talking. I'll start sweating even if they don't look at me!
Imagine a woman in black lipstick, black bindi, heavy kajal (only lower eyebrow lining) and red eyes. Wuhuhuhu.... there were a couple of waves from my spine to neck right when I'm typing this. Slender ladies are scarier than their stouter counterparts. How does "long hair falling on just one eye and just half of the forehead and a couple of scars on the visible part of the face" sound? Scars needn't be prominent actually. Skin colour ranging from light to dark grey is good!
Haa... the next specimen would be bushy hair. Very important characteristic is that the hair has to be curled and messy. Blond hair scares me more than the black. I don't know why! For this character especially, I don't need darkness. Even in wide daylight, I can easily run away and hide in a conference room. These devils have to be in sleeveless costumes be it sarees or just tops. They are simply super duper scary!
Cool devils don't have that disgusting angry expression as if they are about to eat you. They are very friendly and offer help most of the times. Just that they do that exactly when you least expect them. They may pop out of bath tub or from window pane or from an abandoned well or from the basement or from grave yard or simply behind the door as soon as you open - depends on your imagination and experience actually - and say "Are you looking for someone?" or "Please tell me where David is?" or "Why did you leave me here?".
The scariest ones are those who ask for your help! Imagine you are driving alone in the night and someone shows a thumbs up on the way. I would stop the bike or car, turn around and take another road.
Cool devils don't screech. They just have a blank expression and look somewhere beyond the camera usually.
Abstract devils don't show up completely. You hear howls, tingling bells, leaves flying with the breeze, cracking twigs, crickets, flapping wings, clouds with less-than-half moon (absolutely no stars), freely swinging cradle and things like that. But you don't see them! You only have to feel them when the camera moves abruptly or when the background music goes intense.
I've never asked myself that question before. Ha.. that's different this year!
Coming to our topic:
I've always romanticized meeting the devil. When I was a kid, watching a horror movie meant a sleepless night. By the time, I reached my late teens, I got more and more intrigued by this idea. As years passed by this idea started haunting me. How would I imagine a devil to be? When I explain, you should imagine everything in low light. For example, as if this character is in a room with lights switched off. Depending on the necessity, you can place a light right on the face for a brief amount of time and switch off immediately. You can also flicker or change the colour of light ( red and blue is ok. I wouldn't recommend green. Let's stick to standard HTML colour coding scheme; RGB). The light shouldn't be too bright.
Somehow, it's easier for me to imagine women in this role than men. Men don't scare me so much as women. The girl sitting right opposite to me in the BMTC bus wearing goggles and with a coloured scarf around her nose can easily send a couple of chill currents down my spine especially if the scarf is in darker shades. Don't even think about this whole thing in the night! Burqa-clad women simply fit right into that spot. They needn't try much. No moving and no talking. I'll start sweating even if they don't look at me!
Imagine a woman in black lipstick, black bindi, heavy kajal (only lower eyebrow lining) and red eyes. Wuhuhuhu.... there were a couple of waves from my spine to neck right when I'm typing this. Slender ladies are scarier than their stouter counterparts. How does "long hair falling on just one eye and just half of the forehead and a couple of scars on the visible part of the face" sound? Scars needn't be prominent actually. Skin colour ranging from light to dark grey is good!
Haa... the next specimen would be bushy hair. Very important characteristic is that the hair has to be curled and messy. Blond hair scares me more than the black. I don't know why! For this character especially, I don't need darkness. Even in wide daylight, I can easily run away and hide in a conference room. These devils have to be in sleeveless costumes be it sarees or just tops. They are simply super duper scary!
Cool devils don't have that disgusting angry expression as if they are about to eat you. They are very friendly and offer help most of the times. Just that they do that exactly when you least expect them. They may pop out of bath tub or from window pane or from an abandoned well or from the basement or from grave yard or simply behind the door as soon as you open - depends on your imagination and experience actually - and say "Are you looking for someone?" or "Please tell me where David is?" or "Why did you leave me here?".
The scariest ones are those who ask for your help! Imagine you are driving alone in the night and someone shows a thumbs up on the way. I would stop the bike or car, turn around and take another road.
Cool devils don't screech. They just have a blank expression and look somewhere beyond the camera usually.
Abstract devils don't show up completely. You hear howls, tingling bells, leaves flying with the breeze, cracking twigs, crickets, flapping wings, clouds with less-than-half moon (absolutely no stars), freely swinging cradle and things like that. But you don't see them! You only have to feel them when the camera moves abruptly or when the background music goes intense.
