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In the horror movie Scream, the film techniques of mise-en-scene are used to convey meaning and build suspense. The isolated house setting foreshadows bad events, while knives, masks, and black costumes used by the villain obscure their identity and represent evil. Dark lighting and dull colors in opening scenes also signal an impending tragic murder will occur.
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Both the film trailer for The Others and the student film trailer Shortcoming utilize common conventions of the horror genre in their trailers. They both use dark color palettes and ominous music to set an unsettling tone. Both trailers also include shots of vulnerable female protagonists in perilous situations and establish the settings and time periods of the films. Additionally, both trailers build narrative understanding through dialogue, foreshadowing of supernatural elements, and fast-paced montages using flash cuts and transitions. Overall, the trailers effectively communicate that the films belong to the horror genre through their adherence to standard genre tropes and representation of common character archetypes.
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Both the film trailer for The Others and the student film trailer Shortcoming utilize common conventions of the horror genre in their trailers. They both use dark color palettes and ominous music to set an unsettling tone. Both trailers also include shots of their victims appearing frightened or in peril. Additionally, both trailers follow the typical horror trailer format of using a montage of quick clips towards the end to tease the scares and storylines without revealing too much. While The Others trailer focuses more on supernatural horror and Shortcoming on psychological horror, they both effectively communicate that they belong to the horror genre through their use of familiar trailer tropes.
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Mise en scene refers to everything presented on screen, including props, costumes, lighting, and color scheme. It aims to set a particular atmosphere and influence the audience's interpretation. For example, low lighting may create a darker, scarier mood for a horror film. Costumes and decor can also represent a character's personality or emotional state. Props must be consistent with the film's time period and genre, like space-themed items in a science fiction movie. Lighting, colors, and costumes further amplify a character or film's themes and tone through stereotypical associations like darker colors symbolizing danger. Overall, mise en scene strategically arranges all on-screen visual elements to implicitly convey meaning
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The document analyzes the opening sequence of the film Insidious through its use of camera work, editing, mise-en-scene, sound, and character representation. The opening uses techniques like tracking camera movements, slow pacing through montage editing, and ominous music to set an eerie tone and establish suspense. Iconic horror elements like a moving chair and disturbing toys are used to subtly indicate the supernatural genre. Character roles like the vulnerable boy and threatening antagonist are clearly depicted through lighting and positioning to introduce the narrative.
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The document analyzes several movie posters and magazine covers, describing their visual elements and how they convey information to viewers. It discusses the Amityville Horror poster's use of dark colors and a figure holding a gun to suggest a killer is involved. It also examines posters for Friday the 13th and Nightmare on Elm Street, noting visual cues like weapons, villains, and taglines that establish the films' genres and draw interest. Magazine covers for I Am Legends and Shutter Island are summarized, focusing on how imagery, text, and stars are used to inform viewers of the films' genres, plots, and main characters.
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The document provides information on common elements of psychological horror films, including weapons, settings, costumes, lighting, sound and sight. Weapons tend to be psychological rather than physical, exploiting victims' fears. Common settings are large houses, forests, schools and hospitals to create realism. Lighting uses low-key lighting and shadows to appear frightening. Sound incorporates unsettling noises and music to build tension. Sight includes flashbacks explaining the killer's disturbed past and shadows/silhouettes hiding their identity.
Codes and convention of a psychological horror
The document provides information on various techniques used in psychological horror films, including weapons, settings, color, lighting, costume, sound, and sight. Weapons in these films are often psychological rather than physical, using fear and tricks of the mind. Common settings include large houses, forests, schools, and hospitals to create realism. Dark colors like black and lighting that creates shadows are used to establish a frightening atmosphere. Flashbacks are sometimes incorporated to explain the killer's disturbed past.
Evaluation: Question 1
The document discusses how the opening sequence of a horror film establishes characters and conveys genre to set expectations. It summarizes that the sequence introduced a male antagonist and two female protagonists, one who is killed, following horror conventions. Dark costumes and lighting created an eerie atmosphere. An establishing shot of a dark, quiet area around a lake set an ominous tone. Quick cuts and symbolic props like blood and a weapon also effectively presented the genre and left viewers suspenseful to watch more.
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The opening scene builds suspense as the main character senses something is wrong but the threat is not yet revealed. Character roles and the basic plot are introduced through the young boy protagonist and his father who becomes the victim of an unseen threat. Cinematography like close-ups, lighting, sound design and props are used to create an eerie atmosphere and hint at a supernatural threat while hooking the audience to learn more.
Evaluation Question One
This document analyzes the ways in which the opening sequence of a student media product uses and develops conventions of real thriller films. It discusses how each shot establishes mood, characters, and power dynamics through techniques like camera angles, lighting, sound, and props. For example, low angles are used to show a female character's power over a vulnerable male victim. While revealing more of the plot than a typical opening, the sequence uses violence and a dark atmosphere to reinforce thriller conventions and set expectations for the genre.
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The opening scene of Secret Window takes place in the main character's home, establishing him as a writer. He is seen lying on a sofa surrounded by books and an unfinished novel on his laptop. The character is disturbed by a knock at the door from a stranger wearing a black hat, hinting at a psychological thriller genre. Flashbacks are shown through sound and camerawork of the character discovering his wife with another man in a motel room. Throughout the opening credits, each name or company is displayed for a few seconds with gaps in between, giving a suspenseful feeling appropriate for a thriller film.
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