I'm only going to address the last bit since the rest is nonsense.
Nonsense? What in those statements were nonsense?
You first said that you don't understand why people would do day for nights. I responded saying that lighting and/or schedule might be a reason for day for nights and they have a use.
You then responded saying that whatever happens at night can happen during the day, and that unless you are making a multi-million dollar film that they should stop before they begin. I responded saying that sometimes films are more effective or make more sense when they take place during the night. I gave the examples Goodfellas, Shallow Grave, Tell, and From Hell. You then said that if you don't have the budget of Scorsese, how do you maintain emotion, completely ignoring my other examples, one of which was a film that cost $2000. You also said that any hack can make you afraid of the dark, but a true master can make you afraid during the day. There were also two statements that made no sense seeing that they were in response to my statement.
I responded to this again mentioning my other examples, then saying that you should do what suits your story best, which could be setting it at nighttime. It you cannot shoot at night, you may have to do a day for night. I also said that it was more effective for Jack the Ripper to kill during nighttime. I also said that I never suggested that fear can only be evoked during nighttime sequences, and that it's ridiculous to not try another way of achieving an effect if it makes your film more effective.
You responded that saying you have the tools and time, go for it (which if seems you are ignoring that editors/effects programs that allow for manipulation of colors and brightness are TOOLS). You also mentioned that Jack the Ripper could have killed people during the day.
I responded saying that if you are able to pull off nighttime another way, and that it makes more sense/is more effective than daytime, then that's the way to go. I also said it would make little sense to make Jack the Ripper kill people during daytime, because that is not how he killed people in real life, and that setting at night contributed to the tone of the film.
I also said that you don't have to find new objects to scare people with, but find new ways to scare people with old objects. If anything, I find your statements to be nonsense.
Go ahead and use the same music, same jump scares, same things that everyone else is using. You'll have a crappy movie like the Conjuring (the end credits of which was the scariest part).
What implied that? I did say that you don't have to find new objects to be scary with, but new scares using old objects. I also said that day for night can be used if there are budget/scheduling issues. Also, I thought
The Conjuring was a fantastic film. I jumped a couple of times, was tense in fear a couple of times, and the audience was flipping out. That tells me it was a good horror film.
