Consideration into implied violence

I may also introduce a certain amount of violence to increase the intensity. The problem with this is that I lack the necessary resources to create simulated violence in my film. It would be difficult for me to create scenes with physical violence, without the scenes looking excessively artificial. Fortunately, I can get around this problem by relying on more subtle techniques or ‘implied violence’. I can communicate to the audience that an event is happening without literally showing it by using symbolism, representation, and conventions. For example, if I wished to communicate a man being murdered (In all probability my film will not feature this) I could substitute the physical murder scene with a different scene which represents and symbolises the murder.

So the literal murder scene could be substituted with a different scene, the man could have his back turned as the murderer stalks up behind him with a weapon, giving the impression that the man is doomed, while the murder is occurring the camera would switch to a close up of a candle being extinguished. By doing this I would be communicating to my audience that the man is being murdered without actually having to stage it.