Genre Research for Horror

 


Horror films use multiple camera angles to capture the effect of Horror. Hand held camera shots, low angle, tilted angles, close ups, Tracking shots, Reverse and Bird's eye view all add to the effect of horror films. These camera angles can represent the power struggle between the main character and villain. Camera operators also shake the cameras to make the audience grow a sense of panic.

Suspenseful music is added in the background to add to the audiences uneasiness and anxiety, these sounds can resemble scraping sounds. This can highly impact the effect the film has on the audience. Costumes in horror films tend to be loose fitting and torn up, but the color pallet is dark colors like blacks and grays. 

Horror films are based around gore, this can be shown through horrific makeup with detailed cuts and blood everywhere inorder to gross out and scare the audience. 

The suspensful films achieve the effect of feeling chaotic by sudden jump scares and jump cuts in editting so the audience can never have a breakin the polt and always on their toes. 

Famous example of horror films are Halloween, Scream, and It.

If I were to pick this genre I would include all these elements in order to really capture the effect of horror. 


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