Key components of horror films
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Horror films typically involve an evil creature or serial killer that stalks and kills victims. Common themes include good versus evil, the consequences of ignoring warnings, and seeing things others cannot. Typical locations are isolated places like empty houses, woods, motels, and abandoned towns. Stock props that often appear include candles, skeletons, dead bodies, axes, and other weapons as well as Ouija boards, radios, and mirrors.
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Key components of horror films
Horror films typically involve an evil creature or serial killer stalking and killing victims in isolated locations like empty houses, woods, or abandoned towns. Common themes include good versus evil, the consequences of ignoring warnings, and mental illness. Stock props that help set the scary tone include candles, skeletons, dead bodies, and weapons like knives and chainsaws.
Key components of horror films
Horror films typically involve an evil creature or serial killer that kills many victims. Common themes include good versus evil, revenge, religion, science gone awry, or mental illness. Films take place in isolated or abandoned locations like empty houses, woods, motels, and graveyards. Stock props that often appear include candles, skeletons, Ouija boards, phones, and weapons like axes and chainsaws.
Key components of horror films
Horror films typically involve an evil creature or serial killer that kills many victims. Common themes include good versus evil, revenge, religion, science gone awry, or mental illness. Films take place in isolated or abandoned locations like empty houses, woods, motels, and graveyards. Stock props that often appear include candles, skeletons, Ouija boards, phones, and weapons like axes and chainsaws.
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Key components of horror films
Horror films typically involve an evil creature or serial killer that kills many victims. Common themes include good versus evil, revenge, religion, science gone awry, or mental illness. Films take place in isolated or abandoned locations like empty houses, woods, motels, and graveyards. Stock props that often appear include candles, skeletons, Ouija boards, phones, and weapons like axes and chainsaws.
Key components of horror films
Horror films typically involve an evil creature or serial killer that kills many victims. Common themes include good versus evil, revenge, religion, science gone awry, or mental illness. Films take place in isolated or abandoned locations like empty houses, woods, motels, and graveyards. Stock props that often appear include candles, skeletons, Ouija boards, phones, and weapons like axes and chainsaws.
Key components of horror films
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The document lists common conventions, characters, plots, locations, issues and props found in horror films. It includes stock characters like masked killers, psychopathic villains and last girl standing, as well as plots involving evil creatures killing people and ignored warnings. Common locations are abandoned houses, woods and graveyards. Recurring issues involve good vs evil, religion and the supernatural. Props that often appear are voodoo dolls, skeletons, masks and weapons.
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Deactivate poster ideas
The document discusses three poster ideas for a horror film called "Deactivate". Idea 1 involves embedding the film's tagline amongst other words to create a puzzle-like poster. Idea 2 shows a large knife with blood revealing the title. Idea 3 places a character's face in the middle with the title overhead and tagline on either side. It then explores developing Idea 3 further by showing only half the character's face to create mystery, or showing lips whispering in an ear to hint at a hidden secret.
Deactivate poster ideas
The document discusses three poster ideas for a horror film called "Deactivate". Idea 1 involves creating a puzzle-like poster with the film's tagline embedded amongst words related to horror. Idea 2 features a large bloody knife with the title revealed by blood falling down the blade. Idea 3 presents a character's face with the title over their head and tagline on either side, to appear as the character's thoughts. Further development of Idea 3 explores positioning half a character's face or lips whispering in an ear to generate mystery and intrigue for the audience.
Deactivate poster ideas
The document discusses three poster ideas for a horror film called "Deactivate". Idea 1 involves creating a puzzle-like poster with the film's tagline embedded amongst words related to horror. Idea 2 features a large bloody knife with the title revealed by blood falling down the blade. Idea 3 presents a character's face with the title over their head and tagline on either side, intended to look like their thoughts. Further development of Idea 3 explores positioning half a character's face or lips whispering in an ear to generate mystery and intrigue for the audience.
Deactivate poster ideas
The document discusses three poster ideas for a horror film called "Deactivate". Idea 1 involves creating a puzzle-like poster with the film's tagline embedded amongst words related to horror. Idea 2 features a large bloody knife with the title revealed by blood falling down the blade. Idea 3 presents a character's face with the title over their head and tagline on either side, to appear as the character's thoughts. Further development of Idea 3 explores positioning half a character's face or lips whispering in an ear to generate mystery and intrigue for the audience.
The development of my horror poster
The document describes the development of a horror film poster. The poster features the main character illuminated by a blue light from an open book. Photoshop was used to edit the original photo by darkening the background, eyes, and fingernails. Text elements were added including the film title above the book, the tagline above the character's head, and the release date and studio information. Color palettes and fonts were chosen to create consistency across elements and link the poster to the film's trailer.
Deactivate – story board
The storyboard follows a teenage girl who finds an old yearbook triggering flashbacks to bullying she experienced, she becomes obsessed with deleting her past online which intensifies when she believes someone is stalking her, the storyboard uses various camera shots and editing techniques to build tension as the girl is terrorized and tries to escape her pursuer.
The ring, 4 micro elements
The document discusses key elements of the horror film "The Ring" including its narrative structure, characters, and use of technical film techniques. It notes that the film follows a typical structure of building crisis, disequilibrium, and resolution. It also explores the film's use of camera angles, editing, lighting, sound, and themes of good versus evil. Iconography, such as the appearance of the first victim, and props, namely the mysterious videotape, are highlighted as important narrative devices.
Scream trailer
A new Scream movie is coming out in 2022 and this trailer gives viewers a sneak peek. Several young people receive threatening phone calls from a ghostface killer who is back to terrorize their town. The trailer teases intense scares and suspense as the new targets try to survive and discover the identity of the masked murderer haunting their community once again.
Urban legend trailer
This urban legend trailer tells the story of a group of friends who go camping in the woods and encounter strange occurrences. Strange sounds are heard at night and mysterious lights are seen in the forest. The friends start to disappear one by one as an unknown threat stalks them in the dark woods.
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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre trailer shows a group of young people taking a road trip to an isolated area where they encounter a family of cannibals led by a man with a chainsaw. Scenes of the cannibals killing and butchering the group are interspersed with shots of the masked man chasing them with his chainsaw. It previews the 1974 horror film about a family of murderers who kill young visitors to their secluded home.
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Este video de YouTube muestra un tutorial de 5 minutos sobre cómo configurar una cuenta de correo electrónico en Gmail. Explica los pasos para crear una cuenta, incluida la elección de un nombre de usuario y una contraseña, y proporciona una demostración visual de cómo acceder a la bandeja de entrada, escribir y enviar un correo electrónico.
Cinventions of horror films
Halloween is a slasher film that follows common slasher conventions such as having an unknown killer, a sweet female hero who senses the killer, and uses suspense and a knife weapon throughout the film culminating in an ending that leaves room for a sequel.
Cinventions of horror films
Halloween is a slasher film that follows common slasher conventions such as having an unknown killer, a sweet female hero who senses the killer, and uses suspense and a knife weapon throughout with a twist ending leaving it open for a sequel.
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Key components of horror films
- 1. Key components of horror films
- 2. Plot/ issues/ themes and situation -Evil creature kills lots of -Good verses evil people -Revenge -Warning ignored, with drastic -Religion consequences -Depression -Seeing things no one -Science gone bad else can see -Child hood issues -Serial killer stalks/ - Lust slays victims • - Envy -Death of the • - Suicide innocent • - Zombie -Mental / • - Apocalypse insane • - Nightmares
- 3. Locations and back drops • Empty house • Barns • Hotel/ motel • Woods • Diner • Holiday homes • Basements • Trains and tunnels • Graveyards • Run down towns • Empty theme parks • Fields • Highways.
- 4. Stock props • Candles •Spiders/ • Voodoo dolls cobwebs • Skeletons •Ouija board •Radio • Dead bodies •Telephone • Grave stones •Mobile phone • Axe •Car • Knife •Mirror • Chainsaw •Electric chair •Door handle • Light switch • Crow bar