Genre Research: Horror

 

• Common CAMS: reverse-shots, close-ups, tracking shots, pans, zoom, wide shot, low angle, hand-held, over the shoulder, cantered, and birds-eye 
• Common Sound: no sound, silence, abrupt noises, echos, footsteps, sound of breath, can all be diegetic or non-diegetic 
• Common Mis-En-Scene (CLAMPS):  
• Costume - casual clothing for protagonista typically, antagonists usually wear masks or dark clothing                                        
• Lighting - low lighting, usually at night in the dark, shadows and shapes to create fear                                        
• Actors - normally required to act fearful or eerie                                                        
• Makeup - bruises, cuts, made to look as if the victim is tortured or in pain, makeup applied to look grimmer                                          
• Props - props are normally weapons such as knives, axes, guns. Other props maybe rocking chairs and creaking doors                                      
• Setting - Typically somewhere isolated, perhaps an abandoned house, the environment is normally abandoned and dark
• Common Editing: cutaways, jump cuts and fade outs
• Example Films: Us, Insidious, The Conjuring, Annabelle, The Nun
• Elements I like: I like the fear and suspense it creates. I enjoy the anticipation it builds up for eerie moments
• Elements not appealing: I feel like they may drag on for too long and are all really similar. The silence and eerie sounds can be disturbing at times