Question one: What is the most significant element of creating a good horror film, taking into consideration Mise-en-scene/sound/camera movement/lighting ect?
Due to the number of participants there was a large variety of differential responses but the most frequent was the significance of sound in a horror film which provides unsurprising results due to the high usage of sound within horror. Responses that chose sound said that it had the effect of 'Building tension' as well as 'Lack of dialogue being creepy' which shows the ultimate fundamentality of sound itself. This can be linked to films such as 'The Grudge' where there is no dialogue in the opening minutes, with an eerie silence,filled only by enhanced jarring noises e.g. the tap dripping or another example would be the off-key piano/wind effect which made up the soundtrack.
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| The grudge villain Question 2 |
Many said that the victims would be 'young, vulnerable and helpless- perhaps geeky' whereas the villains would have 'wild flowing black hair ' which can be linked to the Ring where the girl has similar characteristics and has an unnerving effect on the audience as the watchers. They also said that the villain would be a 'female child who is mentally disturbed' again relating back to 'The Ring' who was neglected and unloved.
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| The Ring's horror character |
What setting would you associate with a horror genre film?
Most participants stated that 'Isolated woodlands'( something which we are thinking to use) were 'scary' and 'unsettling' which was used in The Blair witch Project (filmed by amateur cameras) a hybrid genre film containing elements of horror and a physiological thriller .
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| The Blair Witch Project location woodland Other dominant responses said that 'ordainairy houses' were quite freaky as you know something is going to happen which is often associated with supernatural activity such as ghosts which can be linked to Paranormal Activity ( again hand held cameras) which uses an ordainairy house capturing strange activity on camera before one of them becomes possessed something which we can use in our own individual film. |
Question 4
What props would you feel conveys the horror themed genre the most?
Frequent responses initiated that ' childrens drawings' were 'symbolic' and 'scary' as they gave the audience the 'wrong impression' as well as conveying a 'premonition'. This is an idea which we would like to adapt on except we want to give a bitter twist to the idea, making the idea our own and can also be found in The grudge where the villan draws two people and one is scribbled out to diplay that the person is/may be dead.
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| A child's drawing where they are shooting someone Other frequent responses were ' Blood' and 'torture devices' which is evident in the Saw films as Jigsaw used them to entrap his victims as well as making them do horrific things for survival. |
| An example of the devices used in Saw |
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| Resident evil zombie |
In terms of costume what would you say would be the most effective in a horror?
Participants said that for the victim 'normal casual clothing' should be used as they have to contrast with the 'surrealism' of the villan. This can be linked to the the film Scream where all the victims are wearing normal clothing before being brutally stabbed.
| scream victim In terms of the villan responses were 'dirty rags' and 'covered costumes' which can be compared to The Ring and Scream again and is something which we are thinking of adapting but in a manner that dosen't seem as though we are copying as with every idea that we borrow we must give our on personal twist. The scream costume- similuar to what we are thinking of using for Zoe's character |
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| The Rings costume complete with lank greasy hair |
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