Genre Research Blog A Level: Thriller/Horro


 Common camera angles in the thriller/horror genre;

Close Up, Tilted Angle, Low Angles, Hand-held Camera Angle, 
Wide Angle, Tracking Angle, Birds eye/High angle. 

Common Mis-en-Scene in the thriller/horror genre:
Some common props in horror films are knives, crosses, machetes, 
chainsaws, axes and masks. Horror movies also often use dark lightning and 
are filmed in a common setting such as the woods or a dark house. They are also
 always filmed at night time.

Common editing aspects in the thriller/horror genre:
Jump cuts, Parallel cuts, Cross cuts, and Over-Extended Scenes. 
There is also a lot of cgi to make monsters and special effects.

Common sound in the thriller/horror genre: 
Lots of sudden noise, loud noise, eery noise, high pitched noise
and noise that is unpleasant to the ear. There is also a lot of silence to 
build tension during the scene. There is then usually a loud sudden noise to 
break the tension

Example films in the thriller/horror genre:
Sinister, Hereditary, Insidious, The Conjuring, and The Ring

Some elements of the genre that I like and would use are dark lighting and the setting being in a dark house. I also like over-extended scenes and eery noise. My favorite aspect of this genre that I would like to use is the props. The choice of props really adds to the vibe and theme of the film.

Some elements of the genre I would not like to use is a hand-held camera angle. This is very overused in horror films and every film using this angle is pretty much the same. I also do not like loud noise, it makes the film uncomfortable and not fun to watch. 

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