Aleidys Diaz Colon

Aleidys Diaz Colon
Mr. Cruz
2023-2024 Beacon Capstone Project
December 1, 2023
Scopophobia
The paranoia where you feel like you’re being watched is a fear that we have all
experienced at least once in our lifetimes. This is because our brains are wired to notice
whether or not someone is watching us. This gaze detection system can help us
perceive if we are being threatened. Sometimes we hear a noise that is too faint, but
loud enough that can trigger fear, which makes our brain try and formulate a reason that
explains the noise. Some people face paranoia more extremely than others, and in
which case it turns out to be a phobia. After you find who’s looking at you, you feel
some sort of small relief in a way because you found who it is and where it is. But what
if you couldn’t? What if you’re in a situation where you’re alone and you can’t see
anything but still feel like you’re being watched?
In my Capstone, I am going to create that feeling and make the audience feel like
they’re being watched. But the twist is, they aren’t. By using sound, the environment,
and the title of my film, I’m going to deceive the audience into believing they’re being
watched. Each event will occur differently. First, it will be the title of my film, which will
be very dramatic to capture the audience’s attention, then I will make the audience
adjust to the environment, and lastly, I will add sound to further convince the audience
that someone is watching them.
The name of my film will be “You’re Being Watched”. This will make the audience
grasp the idea that they’re not alone in the environment they are in and build up anxiety.
It is very easy to change a place where you feel safe, to an environment you no longer
feel secure in. This is because when we are accustomed to a peaceful setting, we don’t
expect something to completely demolish that safety. The astonishment and the
uncertainty creates anxiety, and the anxiety tricks us into overthinking. For example,
let’s say you are in your own home, watching the news, and they are uncovering a case
involving your neighbor who was stalked. The unfortunate circumstance didn’t occur to
you, but because it took place near your home, you will start to overthink yourself into
believing that you’re being stalked as well.
When we feel like we’re being watched, it is most likely because we’re in an
environment where we can’t see anything. The woods in Burrillville is the environment I
am going to film in because when it gets dark, it's completely dark. There are no street
lights in certain areas and no houses with lights. The audience is going to get a glimpse
of what the woods look like in daytime, but then it will switch to night time in order to
make the darkness engulf the spectators. In addition, it will have many first person point
of view shots to really convince them that they are in the woods experiencing everything
first hand.
I have different sounds that I want to incorporate into my film that associates with
the concept of my idea. My idea revolves around anxiety, overthinking, and fear. When
we experience those emotions, sometimes we start to hallucinate. We start thinking
someone or something walked past us when nothing did, someone said our name when
no one did, seeing something out of the corner of our eyes but nothing was there. All of
these examples are what I want to put into my film. My goal is to add whispering, faint or
loud footsteps, breathing, and screaming to further convince the spectators that
someone is with them.
Moss, Laura. “Why Can We Sense When People Are Looking at Us?” Treehugger, 14 May
2020, www.treehugger.com/why-can-we-sense-when-people-are-looking-us-4864192.
“A Sixth Sense? How We Can Tell That Eyes Are Watching Us.” Haiku, 20 Sept. 2016,
www.ndcn.ox.ac.uk/news/a-sixth-sense-how-we-can-tell-that-eyes-are-watching-us#:~:te
xt=Indeed%2C%20our%20eye%20structure%20is,the%20direction%20of%20someone's
%20gaze.
“Anxiety Hallucinations.” AnxietyCentre.Com, 19 Dec. 2021,
www.anxietycentre.com/anxiety-disorders/symptoms/anxiety-hallucinations/.

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2023-2024 Beacon Capstone Project

anything but still feel like you’re being watched?

that someone is watching them.

believing that you’re being stalked as well.

we experience those emotions, sometimes we start to hallucinate. We start thinking

someone is with them.

“Anxiety Hallucinations.” AnxietyCentre.Com, 19 Dec. 2021,

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