Horror Genre Chart.pptx

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HORRORGENRE

CHARTLILY-MAE LANDELL



DISTINCT…

Don’t I gnore

S etting

T echnical Codes

Iconography

Narrative

Characters

Themes



SETT

HAUNTED HOUSE

HOSPITAL

WOODS/FOREST

DARK ALLEYWAY

ASYLUM

ABANDONED PLACES

CHURCH

GRAVEYARD

BASEMENT

FARM

WAREHOUSE

CONFINED SPACES

ATTIC

CABIN

HOTEL

WILDERNESS

CIRCUS



LIGHTING -DARK/LOW LEVEL LIGHTING – LOW LEVEL LIGHTING IS VERY OFTEN USED IN HORROR

CREATE A CREEPY MYSTERIOUS ATMOSPHERE, AS DARKNESS IS USUALLY ASSOCIATED WITH EVIL. D

ALSO MAKES PEOPLE FEEL MORE VULNERABLE AND THREATENED AS THEY ARE UNABLE TO SEE AS

PEOPLE FEAR THE UNSEEN AND UNKNOWN. ALSO SHADOWS PLAY A KEY PART WITHIN HORROR FIL

CAMERA WORK –CAMERA WORK TENDS TO BE MORE EXPRESSIVE RATHER THAN NATURALISTIC.

SHOOTING IS USED FREQUENTLY IN HORROR FILM, AS WELL AS HAND HELD OR STEADICAM CAMER

OFTEN PLACES THE AUDIENCE IN THE MONSTERS EYES. ECUS ARE NORMALLY USED ON VICTIMS TO

MORE THREAT AND TERROR ( NOT BEING ABLE TO SEE EVERYTHING THAT IS TAKING PLACE)

EDITING –IS OFTEN USED TO CREATE UNSETTLING JUMPS. ALSO SUDDEN INCREASES IN EDITING

THERE IS NO APPARENT THREAT CAUSES TENSION (SOMETHING IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN)

SOUND –SOUND PLAYS A BIG EFFECT WITHIN HORROR FILMS, ESPECIALLY NON-DIEGETIC. AS MU

COMMONLY USED TO BUILT SUSPENSE, TENSION AND FEAR. AMBIENT SOUND ALLOWS IT TO FEEL A

AND EMPHASIZES SOUNDS LIKE FOOTSTEPS AND HEARTBEATS.

TECHNICAL



ICONOGRCLOWNS

KNIFE/GUN/AXE/WEAPONS

BLOOD

DANGER

SHADOWS

PATHETIC FALLACY

SKELETONS

ZOMBIES

WOLVES

MONSTERS

VAMPIRES

DEATH

MASKS

CROWS

DOLLS

MIST/FOG

FIRE

BLACK

RED

RELIGON

GHOSTS

PARANORMAL ACTIVITIES



NARR



WITHIN HORROR FILMS WE USUALLY FIND SET CHARACTER TYPES. TH

PROTAGONIST IS NORMALLY THE VICTIM/ HERO, STEREOTYPICALLY SE

FINAL GIRL WHO IS VIRGINAL.

THE VILLAIN OR MONSTER MAY BE HIDING A SECRET OR THEIR PAST I

DRIVEN THEM TO BECOME PSYCHOTIC AND EVIL. SOME MAY BE CRAZY

WHO HAVE CREATED AN EVIL CREATURE OR WHO HAS OVERREACHED

POWERS.

AS WELL AS THE MAIN CHARACTERS WE TEND TO FIND THE TYPICAL S

WHO GET KILLED STRAIGHT AWAY. THE “HAVE A GO” HERO WHO GETS

THOSE WHO REFUSE TO BELIEVE.

CHILDREN ARE COMMONLY USED IN HORROR FILMS IN MULTIPLE WAY

EITHER BE VICTIMS, WHICH EFFECTS THE AUDIENCE AS CHILDREN AR

AND YOUNG SO THE AUDIENCE FEAR FOR THEM LOSING THEIR LIVES.

THE OTHER HAND CHILDREN CAN ALSO BE USED AS THE ACTUAL

VILLAINS/MONSTERS. AS THE AUDIENCE WE EXCEPT CHILDREN TO BE

AND SWEET SO MAKING THEM EVIL AND SCARY WILL BRING SHOCK AN

FOR THE AUDIENCE.

CHARA



THEMES/T

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