Sam Rowden horror analysis

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Sam Rowden

Horror films


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What are horror films designed for

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Horror films are films that use disturbing

images and disturbing acts of violence to

provoke a reaction of viewers. Most horror

films have an emotional side to them as

the emotional side on most films bring out

the best reactions from viewers. Horror

films are also designed to play withaudiences main fears.


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Horror films often use the audiences real

life nightmares and bring them to life, they

do this by using market research and once

they have a good idea they use it because

they know that the nightmare they have

chosen is common so they therefore know

it will produce a common reaction frompeople.


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Plots within the horror genre often involve

the intrusion of an evil force, event, or

personage, commonly of supernatural

origin, into the everyday world. Prevalent

elements include ghosts, aliens, vampires,

werewolves, demons, vicious animals,

monsters, zombies, cannibals, and serialkillers. They use this so then people

believe supernatural characters are real.


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Key conventions of horror

There are many key conventions to a

horror film and they include the code

DISTINCT: Dont Ignore, Setting,

Technical, Iconography, Narrative,Characterisation and Themes.


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Iconography: the visual style is normally a

dark and dull setting and background.

Lighting is expressive and normally un

natural.

Narrative: all film follow Todorovs theory

however horror films add a hero and villian

in the mix as well.


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Character types: there is always a

hero/victim, villain, teenagers who

normally get killed and normally

supernatural creatures.

Themes include: good vs evil, depression,

supernatural, death, revenge, nightmares

and lust etc.


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History of horror films 1890-1940

The first time of horror events appear inseveral of the silent shorts films created bythe film pioneer Georges Mlis in the late

1890s. The best known being Le Manoirdu diable, which is sometimes credited asbeing the first horror filmever. During theearly period of talking pictures, the

American Movie studio Universal Picturesbegan a successful Gothic horror filmseries. Tod Browning's Draculain 1931.


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Horror films 1940-1960

With advances in technology, the tone of

horror films shifted from the Gothic

towards contemporary concerns. Two sub

genres began to come together the horrorof Armageddon film and the horror of the

demonic film.


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Horror Trailer Evil Dead

This is an establishing shot of the film and it shows where

the film is going to be set.

This is a close up of the book and it shows and states no

one should look at it and even go through it.

This shot is a close up of the horror women's face

and it clearly indicates distress.

This shot is a medium shot and it shows the woman on

the floor clearly in distress.


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Sinister Trailor

This shot establishes the setting of the film,

showing us the house where the film will be taking place

This shot shows us where the main character finds the

tapes of people and all the pervious house owners and

how they were killed

This shows the killer, Mr Boogie moving in

the laptop screen looking at the main

character give a super natural feeling to MrBoogie

This shows us that the main characters son is

being possessed by the evil sprit confirming that

there is a supernatural power at work

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