1. Horror
is a genre of speculative fiction which is intended to, or has the capacity to
frighten, scare, disgust, or startle its readers or viewers by inducing
feelings of horror and terror.
2. All
horror movies have a different plot but that all contain similar content. For example,
most horror films are known to have more dark and dull colors. Most horror films
are dark because this produced more fear as in the dark there is the unknown. It
also normally the setting is in places that will cause fear such as graveyards,
old houses, basements, overgrown forests, as evil can hide in these places. Moreover,
horror movies contain suspense, creating anticipation that something bad will
happen but the audience doesn’t know when it will occur or what will occur.
There also are characters with disfigurement of faces and bodies and snakes,
spiders, and rats as theses things produce fear and emotion in people. Lastly
all horror movies contain spooky music as this intensifies feelings of suspense
and shock.
3. All
horror films used common production techniques to produce this fear in the
audience. One of the most common seen in in production techniques is underexposed
meaning leave more areas of the frame in the shadows to create a more
mysterious feeling as they can’t see everything. Another technique horror film
use haze or fog because it adds mystery and set a unique mysterious mood the scene.
Using the red gel in certain scenes in a horror film can be used make the
audience unnerved and make them more intense. An angle used often in horror
films is the Dutch tilt as it creates an unsetting feeling in the audience and
they also try to find new unique angles to create the same effect.
4. After
watching several trailers for horror movies, I found many use similar ways of
marketing these films. The trailers try leave a slight confusion as this tends
to hook potential viewers to go watch the movie. Also, they always try to build
up mystery by not revealing the entire plot and leaving somethings unsaid. Many
trailers try to only show a few characters or only give the audience a glimpse
which again used to create more suspense. Sometimes they even leave character
faceless by not letting the face of the monster to be seen. Another factor that
might get people to go watch the movie is add a testimonial and/or a recommendation
by someone the audience would trust.
5. The
film “insidious” directed by James Wan is a good film that embodies the genre
of horror. Throughout the entire film, trailer, and cover is all dark colors. They
used a lot of shadows and dark backgrounds in the film to create mystery and
suspense. For example, there is a scene when a little boy is walking around
with a small lantern and this only lights up his face but nothing around him.
This doesn’t allow the audience to see what is happening behind or around him which
creates fear. Also, in the trailer that came out for this film the plot wasn’t explained
at all and seemed very confusing which got more people to go watch the movie. Moreover,
they also use very selective choice of background music as hit helps scare the audience
especially with all the jump scares. Lastly in the trailer and most part of the
scene the “ghost” or “demon” was left faceless as you could never see him.
6. The
film “It” directed by Andy Muschietti is another horror film that embodies the
horror genre very well. First off, the setting is exactly where a horror film
is expected it takes place in the sewer and an old run down house. This also
always for the dark colors and very dim lights as both places aren’t eliminated
very well. Moreover, one of the main colors of the film is red as the “monster”
is a clown and red is a prominent color. This color is significant as it makes
scenes more intense. This film also uses very specific music to create more fear
in the audience. And it also follows the darkness throughout the film and use
of shadows.
7. More
horror films: The Conjuring, Annabelle: Creation, The Shining, The Exorcist, The Witch, The Nightmare on Elm Street, and Sinister.
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