Shots used in horror films

Low angle is to make people look like they have authority. When use in horror films it makes the attacker or monster look powerful and scary. Its a clear indication to the audience who's in charge. I got a screenshot from the Purge. Here they look like their going to conquer the house. The low angle  emphasises
  how powerful and destructive they look.

High angle is to makes the audience have a view of whats happening around them. In horror the shot makes a person/thing appear threatening and makes the audience feel uncomfortable. Here is a perfect example i found from The Purge. The eye contact also looks threatening it adds to the effect. High angle is usally to show who has more authority and this usally means that they are under the authority however

Canted angle helps the audience feel distorted from the film confused even. This has been used in Devil it help understand that something wrong is happening. The world is up-side-down could mean all hell is coming from the dead.

Eye level lets the audience feel like their in the production I think is similar to point of view but it more of an outside over looking view to know what is happening and how the character looks and feels. Eye level angle allows the audience understand what the character is going through but being next to them.  

The development of vampires

Watching vampire films made me realise how vampires have developed over the years, in terms of looks and how they a represented in films. I noticed that in the older films they are seen as ugly, creepy looking. Easier to spot by their distorted face it’s less human like and more monster looking. As the years go on vampires are more sexualised, seen attractive to humans. They look less distorted and more like humans. Twilight was a dramatic change, the age was younger and the settings are a lot different. It’s set in an everyday scene. There’s romance between humans and a vampire.   

convention of a horror film

Propp's, Todorov's,Levi-Strauss theories

Analysing Horror Posters

In Psycho poster you can tell it might be based in a hotel by the way it has the small text on top of the poster. This can be seen as ironic as the person looks like its crying for help show the complete opposite of someone being “relaxed”. The black framing shows darkness in this poster, it can also show isolation from everyone. The person is centred which could mean they are the main character in the film . The person is naked and therefore looks venerable to anything. The hands look like the person is trying to escape and its scared of what may be behind them. The red could represent blood coming from the person or danger. Psycho is split because it could represent both personality of a person. 

The was are decayed meaning no one has been there for a long time. It also adds shadow and dark walls can emphasise the emptiness of the room. The doll is staring at the audience, this is to engage with the audience and draw them in. The domestic women creates mystery to the movie. The everyday child told and the typical rocking chair mean the audience can relate to some of the props. The “based on a true case files” it trying to scare the audience

   

The saw is a clear indication to the name of the film. It can also mean the saw is in full control as it hold the 3 rotting teeth that looks like it been their for ages. You an tell by the discolouring, The bloodstains on the teeth could mean the teeth have been pulled out by someone which show torture in the poster. The “W” in saw looks like a pitch fork that can be related to the devil. At the bottom there's an anchor which refers to the teeth.

Intro To Horror

In this media project we’re focusing on horror movies. Well be looking at sounds, the theories of horror films and the effects of horror. I like horror films because I like to be scared and not knowing what will happen next. I like that each horror can be different although sometimes it’s predictable. I like the idea of how horrors get made which is why I picked media again as A2. I have only recently been watching horror films because when I was younger I was really scared of them. I was scared of monster and ghost which is why I never really watched horror films. When I was around 8 I watched The Sixth Sense which I was terrified of and since then I never really liked watching horror. As I grew older more people my age wanted to watch horror so I went to my friend’s house were all of us would have a movie night and watch horror films. This began to be regular and I realised I wasn’t scared of horror films no more after looking at the rest of my friends reactions. After discovering I was prone to horror films I made it my mission to find a horror film that would scare me. I had watched Annabelle, Conjuring, Sinister 1, Mama and Devil Due and still not satisfied of how it was made so I thought going to the cinema would create the atmosphere more scarier I watched Babadook, Ouija and realised I still wasn’t scared I watched films online like poltergeist, Unfriended, The Ring and again not scared I feel that because I know it’s not real I’m not scared but in theory I believe that the horror films aren’t living up to their names no more they’re not scary and there is no build up anymore. Recently I went to watch Sinister 2 so far this is the best horror I’ve watched I think the way it’s set was perfect. The sound work well and the storyline was scary and not unrealistic which is why I probably felt scared.