“There are darknesses in life and there are lights; you are one of the lights.”
The use of puppets is certainly encouraged to manipulate Dracula and the wolves.
​This is a story about confronting darkness and stepping into light.
The final effects carry the audience from terror to catharsis.
In the novel DRACULA, the vampire transforms into a mist, a wolf, a storm and goes from a corpse-like voivode to a young, handsome doppelganger. He flies, crawls downward down a wall and enters rooms without a key. Oh, and he drinks blood. DRACULA without special effects can exist but it's a tougher sale. The ideal production would pick and choose what to highlight. A producing organization need only consider budget and safety.
Dracula is most terrifying when he is almost seen — his power filling the space even when his body does not.
As a paean to the late 1800s, there is plenty of room to explore the simplicity and innovation of that era.
Sometimes the simplest solution is the most effective. Audiences will forgive a great number of sins if the artists buy into them.
Don't let the effects overpower the strength of the story. Enhance it. Again, immerse your audience and demand their attention. Pull them in, scare them, break their hearts and let them feel like they have been through an arduoous journey with the actors. The supernatural rises best from faith and sleight of hand. Embrace that.
Dream sequencing
Floating Spirits
Blood effects
Supernatural Effects
Puppetry
Practical Effects
Silent Film Sequence
Fight Sequence
Projections of some sort will cover a multitude of effects, the zoetrope sequence give you permission to shoot for the stars
SPECIAL EFFECTS
