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In horror and thriller movies, antagonists are typically people who know their victims and seek revenge, jealousy, or spite. They are aware of private details about their victims without their knowledge, such as phone numbers, addresses, names, and past relationships. Antagonists often use disguises and reveal their chosen weapon to the audience before using it. Protagonists tend to be young, innocent females whom the killer also secretly knows personal facts about without their awareness.
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Overall, the document examines in detail how the author's thriller adheres to typical conventions seen across the thriller genre through its micro-level elements, cinematography, editing, iconography, colors, costumes, and character body language and facial expressions.
Thriller representations
The document discusses conventions of the thriller genre and how the author's short film challenges some of these conventions. It summarizes that typical thrillers involve action scenes like chases and fighting, with heroes defeating villains. However, the author's film subverts expectations by revealing the couple are actually the killers, not the undercover police investigator as initially presented. It also notes the film challenges conventions through having no history between the characters and an unexpected twist that makes sympathizing with the characters harder for viewers.
Unit 10 production assignment neil
This document discusses the codes and conventions of action and thriller films. For action films, it notes they typically include intense violence, fighting scenes, and showcase the main character's abilities. Thriller films focus more on psychological elements, slowly building tension and suspense by presenting characters with difficult choices. It provides examples from films like Venom, Die Hard, Would You Rather, and Se7en to illustrate these points. Stylistically, action films use intense music, costumes showing power, and editing/camera techniques that enhance drama and chase scenes. Thriller films aim to keep audiences on the edge of their seats through mystery, danger, and life-threatening situations for main characters.
GENRE CONVENTIONS
This document discusses genre conventions in film, specifically for psychological horror movies. It provides details on common elements found in horror films, including iconography (masks, blood), props (weapons, candles), settings (isolated areas), narratives (being trapped), characters (serial killers, victims), and themes (death, fear). These conventions help audiences identify the genre and convey the intended mood. The document also notes that horror film audiences typically include men and young adults seeking the thrill of exploring the unknown.
Genre Research-Thriller
Thrillers generally involve a struggle between good and evil, with the antagonist interfering with the protagonist's plans and creating danger throughout the film. The story is usually told from the protagonist's point of view as they work to overcome obstacles caused by the antagonist. Characters tend to fit stereotypes, with the protagonist having a danger-related job and the antagonist being an isolated, masculine villain. Locations are typically ordinary cities and suburbs that could inspire fear by feeling realistic places for such events.
Evaluation media-1
This document discusses how the student's thriller film follows conventions of the genre. It analyzes the use of lighting, characters, settings, and other elements in the student's film compared to conventions seen in well-known thriller films. Overall, the document demonstrates that the student's film adheres to typical thriller conventions through its use of low-key lighting, conventional character archetypes like the protagonist and antagonist, isolated settings for key scenes, and other common cinematic techniques.
Evaluation Q1 final
The document discusses how the author's thriller film follows conventions of the genre. It analyzes the lighting, characters, settings, appearances, and other elements used in popular thriller films and compares them to the author's own film. The author ensured conventions were followed, such as using low-key lighting during intense scenes, including conventional character archetypes like a protagonist and antagonist, and employing familiar settings. Body language, editing, iconography, and other cinematography choices also mirrored conventions of successful thrillers. An age rating of 15 was selected as most thrillers target this demographic.
Evaluation question 1
This document discusses the conventions of psychological thriller films and how the author's film challenges some of those conventions. Psychological thrillers typically feature a masked villain who murders multiple people for revenge or other motives. However, the author's film does not have a masked character, but instead focuses on a college student who is an imbecile and murders a fellow student in a moment of anger after learning about his father's history as a murderer. This plot deviates from the common tropes of the genre by not featuring a masked or serial killer as the main character. The film aims to challenge expectations by presenting a storyline that may be less appealing to audiences accustomed to the typical psychological thriller format.
Horror film forms and conventions
Horror movies aim to scare and thrill audiences by focusing on the dark side of life. Common themes include revenge, hauntings, demons, serial killers, religious beliefs, and ghosts. Successful horror movies employ techniques like weird camera angles, close-ups, and point-of-view shots to build tension and involve audiences. Visual elements like dark colors, white in supernatural films, and props help identify characters and situate the film within the horror genre.
Horror film forms and conventions
The document discusses various themes and conventions commonly found in horror movies. It outlines typical themes such as revenge, hauntings, demons/exorcism, serial killers, and religious beliefs. It also describes common character archetypes and how camera work, visual style, settings, lighting, and sound are used to scare audiences and advance the plot. Horror films aim to thrill and entertain viewers by focusing on the dark and frightening aspects of life.
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Character analysis
- 1. Character Analysis Choose one film within the genre that your groups project is going to be based on and discuss how the characters are being introduced in the opening sequence.
- 2. Antagonist In horror/thriller movies the antagonists are normally people who actually know their victims and are after them for either revenge, jealously of just spite. They usually know specific facts and details about their victims with out them even knowing such as their phone number, where they live, their name and as shown in screams opening sequence who they have dated before. They usually also normally have a use a different voice. Their weapon is shown to the audience before they actually use it for example in scary movie and scream there is a medium shot of the knife which the will use to eventually kill their victims.
- 3. Protagonists In horror/thrillers movies the protagonists are normally females who are shown to be young, innocent and naïve. The killer usually knows specific facts about them without them even knowing such as their phone numbers, where they live, who they know and in some cases who they have dated in the past as shown in screams opening sequence.