2. A horror film is a film that seeks to inflict negative
emotional reactions from its audience, it does this by
toying with the audiences primal fears. Common themes
include the supernatural and the macabre. Roles in
horrors may include ghosts, aliens, vampires,
werewolves, demons, gore, torture, vicious animals, evil
witches, monster, zombies, killers, and serial cannibals.
3. The first horror shorts that included supernatural
events appeared in the late 1890’s, and was directed by
film pioneer George Mielles. Around that many other
horror shorts were released such as La Caverne
maudite and then in 1908 Edison studios version of
Frankenstein was release. These were the beginning,
the start of what we know today as one of the most
satisfy and exciting genres. Horror.
4. Directors like Alfred Hitchcock who is famous for movies such as
Psycho, The Birds, and Frenzy have their very own styles on how they
represent horror to audiences. Hitchcock had a really unique style
when it came to making his movies, he always used techniques which
would be noticed as his own when watching other movies of his.
A style would be his Cameo appearances he does in his movies which
he does a lot. What this does is gives the audience an instant thought
once noticing him in the movie that its his movie because he has used
this before and by doing this he is kind of marking his own territory to
tell the audience that the movie is his and no other directors or writers.
Another style would be the way he allows the camera to take on human
qualities so the audience feel as if they are uncovering the true story
and allowing them to interact and solve the mysteries within story. He
also likes to fill in scenes with no dialogue, with a point of view shot so
that the audience can see what the character is seeing.
5. Hitchcock was known to use male and female characters
in his movies rather similar, as he makes his characters
opposite to what the audience would expect as he uses
female characters and makes them dangerous blondes
who like taking risks and when it comes to the male
characters he likes making them lovable and really
caring when it comes around to their mothers so they
are less risk taking than the female characters, as for
nowadays you would get the opposite kind of characters
in movies such as the female are all caring and less risk
taking as for the males they would take any risk coming
at them.
