Flim Genres- Horror

I have chosen three different film genres to research they are Horror, Action and Comedy. I am also going to be identify the conventions of these particular genre.

Horror is a film genre seeks to get a negative reaction from its viewers by playing on the audiences main fears. horror films often will feature scenes that will startle the viewer and also some of the frequent themes that are through out most of the horror films today are the macabre and the supernatural, but they may overlap with the fantasy and thriller genres.

Most horror films deal with the viewers hidden nightmares and their deepest fears,and terror of the unknown. the plots within the horror genre often will involve the intrusion of an evil force, an event, or personage, commonly of the supernatural origin, into the everyday world.Prevalent elements will include ghosts, vampires, werewolves, curses, demons, torture and serial killers.

Some Sub-genres of horror are:Action Horror,Body Horror,Comedy Horror,Natural Horror, Psychological Horror ,Zombie Horror

In Horror Films they us a range of different camera shots such as extreme close up close up and two person shot, the reason why they use these shots because they want you as a audience to feel a range of feelings with the use of the different camera shoots:

An Extreme Close Up - This is used in horror films to emphasise something, for example if the close up was of the character hands and the actions they were doing with them, then that would be emphasising the actions that the individual was about to do with there hands that has a important of relevance to what is about to happen.Say they were going to do a close up of the individuals hands with them holding something like a gun or a knife then that would be highlighting that something bad was going to happen to the person holding the knife or gun or something bad is going to happen involving the knife.

Close up - This is where the character/actor is being filmed fills the frame, this is often used to show the emotion felt by the actor while being filmed. For example if the character had just done something of significance and was showing the right emotion this shot can be used to emphasise the emotion that the idividual is feeling in that moment.

 Dutch Tilt - This shot used by which subject or object that is being filmed is tilted to an angle. This shot is often used in mostly horror films to represent confusion and if someone is disorientated . A tilted shot such as a dutch tilt often connotates confusion or panic that the subject is feeling.

Extreme long shot - This is a shot by which the hole setting fills the whole frame. This shot is often used so that the audience can work out what the setting is such as the city that the flim might be set in,also the mise en scene ect. This shot is also used in mainly horror films it create atmosphere and tension for the audience and it also will inform the audience of the creepy setting in which the scene is going to take place in.

Medium shot - This shot consists of half of the subjects body , with their costume and face still visible for the audience to see. This can be used to show the surroundings of the individual but also the emotions there are feeling at the same time. It is effectively used in horror films especially when creating tension of somebody coming up behind the subject.