Genre research
A horror film depicts the viewers emotions, worst fears,
terror of the unknown. The horror genre is a genre that often features scenes
throughout the film to scare the viewer using macabre and the supernatural.
This genre also overlaps with other genres such as:
- Comedy
- Thriller
- Horror
There are also
sub-genres that may be involved such as: Physiological, thriller,
demonic, supernatural, suspense or gothic. There are also hybrid genres that cross over two different genres to make a combination
of both types of film.
Conventions of horror:
- Usually starts off with a family what then gets torn apart.
- Themes to do with religion, supernatural, insanity, death and the undead coming back to life.
- Point of view shots are common in a horror to give the sense it’s real also to giving the audience a feel of not knowing what is about to happen. Fast pace editing is used to give the sense of panic due to the events taking place.
- The setting is using isolated and places where the area connotes that the people are alone.
- The characters in a horror
are normally negative energies such as devils, demons, monsters ect…
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