Genre Research: Horror

 WHAT TYPES OF MEDIA  IS USED IN HORROR FILMS?

Common CAMS in the genre: 

  • Point of View
  • Handheld
  • Dutch Angle
  • High Angles
Common CLAMPS in the genre:
  • Clown Costumes
  • Low Lighting 
  • Blood
  • Knifes 
  • Hammers
  • Dark Colored Objects
Common Editing in the genre:
  • Fade To Black
  • Straight Cuts
  • Transitions
Common Sound in my genre:
  • Stringed Instruments 
  • Breathing 
  • Stabbing 
  • Flesh Wound 
  • Screams
Example Films:
  • It
  • Friday the 13th
  • The Shining
MY THOUGHTS:
I like the scary music and the sound effects. I would use this to make it sound scary and I like the use of point of view to show the suspense.

I would not use gore or people getting stabbed because I don’t like that kind of stuff. It doesn’t match my style of film I like and the violence is just not for me.




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