Horror Genre Blog

  One genre, we as a group researched was horror. We had been thinking about making one of our assignments one of horror since the music video. If we were to do a horror introduction we will need to include, a high angle, close ups, tracking shots, reverse shots, tilted angles, and low angles. Horror movies also tend to use hand held cameras especially during intense scenes.

There is typically two types of horror costumes. One in which the character uses a childish aesthetic to hide their murderous intentions and then the other one is the serious side that is filled with more grays and blacks along with typical white masks. The make up in horror tends to be bold and unnatural and tend to make the skin seem washed out. In nearly all horror films there is a prop weapon involve. There is also a lot of flashing lights.

The editors tend to edit in special effects, cross cuts, jump cuts and cutaways. Editors also input the sound in the horror film for example sound motif, diegetic sound, and sound bridges. You can find these examples within the Nun, it 2, the Empty Man and Fear Street.

The elements of horror that we like is the aspect of it. The idea that one can find creepy and disturbing things entertaining is intriguing. Not to mention, the ways we'll get to explore our environments and editing skills. 

The biggest thing we don't like is how difficult it would be to include a murder scene in the introduction of a film. It would feel very out of place and strange for it to just be a murder scene. Not to mention, it would be difficult to find fake blood during the beginning of the year. Another thing would be finding a location where we will have a good atmosphere but also won't bother other people. We don't want to get in trouble for pretending to fake murder someone.