The film Genre that we are going to focus on for our production is horror but slightly thriller, as we all enjoy a good a good ‘scary movie’, but also we are really looking forward to go behind the scenes and to actually research and find out what goes on, what makes a horror film, possibly finding out what the special effects are that make the murder seem so real.
I think it will also be very interesting to dig deeper into the making of a scary movie, and find out more detailed information that the audience of the film would not really take into account at the time.
A list of items that we need to find out before we even start to create a horror movie of our own are as follows:
Analysing three opening sequences to a horror film
Establishing shots- plot, setting
Mise-en-scene
Significant shots and sequences
Editing
SFX
Sound
Narrative
Titles and text
Recurring motifs
Target audience
A convention is a set of agreed, stipulated or generally accepted standards, norms, social norms, or criteria, often taking the form of a custom (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_(norm))
Conventions can even be associated with horror films for example; horror films are made to originally ‘scare’ people. According to http://www.filmsite.org/horrorfilms.html, a horror film is designed to frighten and panic, and to invoke our hidden worst fears, but at the same time just be fairly entertaining for people to actually watch them, all these things are accepted by the audience as they know that it is associated with a horror film.
Other obvious conventions of a horror film that we as a group have identified are:
Blood
Death
Killing
Haunted houses and other scary settings
Monsters
Evil
Weapons
Darkness
Storms
Chase sequences
Gore
Violence
Screams
Ghosts
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Good stuff. You seem ready to undertaken a detailed micro analysis of horror opening sequences. You need to move toward completing the preliminary exercise as well. Please read pages 31-33 of the OCR text book and start thinking about your continuity exercise. A more robust time plan will help manage your time.
ReplyDeleteApply Vera Dika's theories from Contemporary American Horror The Stalker Film to your analysis of opening sequences
ReplyDeleteTypically, an opening sequence will contain:
Details of cast and crew.
The film's title.
An introduction to character or character type.
Indication of place.
Indication of historical period.
Information regarding mood and tone.
Introduction to signature theme tune.
Information about genre.
Questions that the viewer finds intriguing.
Patterns and types of editing that will be echoed in the remainder of the film.
Mise en scene and cinematography that will be echoed or elaborated upon later in the film.
I would like to see you identify the above in your textual analysis.
Have you read pages 31-33 of the ocr textbook yet?
You need to regularly update your blog. I know you have been producing a video analysis of horror films. We really need to move forward on the storyboading and shooting of your opening sequence.
ReplyDeletedon't forget to use your homework time too.