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Genre translates to the type of film. A horror film is supposed to appear scary and
sinister to the audience.
Themes:
Horror films centre around the dark side of life; the strange, forbidden and alarming events. The typical themes of horrors include:• Revenge• Haunting• Demons and exorcisms• Gore• Apocalypse (zombies)• Serial Killers• Ghosts
Mise-en-scene:
• Lighting: Low key, lots of dark contrasts shadows and silhouettes, puts the audience on edge and creates mysterious or sinister situations.
• Props: Violent weapons often feature in films as a main aspect such as in Texas Chainsaw Massacre (the chainsaw). Antiques often also feature in horrors to give a sense of mystery to the film.
• Setting: Often an isolated location where there is no escape, for example in the woods. Setting is also in grungy, dark conditions to give off a sense of unease.
• Costume: Often are iconic and represent the whole character or film, for example costume in the Scream franchise is now well known. Masks are often used as hiding a killers identity adds tension and mystery to the film eg. ‘who is the killer?’
Settings:
Setting often include areas such as:• Graveyards• Asylums/ Hospitals• Basements/ Attics• Isolated areas• Run down cities• Woods
Cinematography:
• High and low angles are often used throughout horror films to show power. For example to convey to the audience that a character is inferior a high angle shot, looking down on them, will be used.
• Close-ups are also used to display emotions to the audience and allow the audience to match a characters feelings.
• Point of view shots are also widely used within horror films. This is because it keeps the audience involved, therefore when something shocking occurs they also become scared.