My group have chosen to film a horror genre opening for our film opening. To more clearly understand the requirements intended to make a succesful horror genre opening I needed to evaluate 3 horror genre film openings to see the techniques used when filming for example sound and costume and apply these to my film to create a succesful horror genre opening.
The first horror film opening I watched was Shrooms (2006)
Right away there is fear shown which automatically puts the audicence on edge. A girl shows running through the woods , the girl signifies inocence and the woods is an eerie and scary setting it creates a wondering and frightening atmosphere as to what can be in there. A clip of a scary broken down factory is shown this also adds a fearful atmosphere having the same wondering on edge effect of what it means and what is in there. There is use of blood signifying violence and threat this creates a scary atmosphere for the audience. There is a shot of blood and a human hand which then links back to the girl running scared through the forrest this makes it clear to the audience that the violence is linked to humans that there will be murder and signifies that the girl in the forrest is not only running scared but is actually running for her life, this quite obviously sets a dark and scary atmosphere to the film. Shadows are shown with non diegetic screaming setting a scary atmosphere of violence and terror. A man with a sack on his head is shown, this signifies that this character is the murderer and the character appears as scary the costume used adds a really chilling effect. The non diegetic sound use of the voices speaking unable to make sense of it but creates a worrying terryfying atmosphere, also the use of non diegtetic sound througout the piece involves high and low pitch it has an eerie effect. The lighting is low key and is constantly dark, darkness is used to create threat and fear.
The second film opening I chose was The Ring (2002) i only analysed the first 2 minuites of the clip as this will be the length of my film opening.
In this clip even the logo of the film 'Dreamworks' has been created in a horror genre it has been made darker and portrays a much more scary effect. A shot of a house is shown the house as a whole has an eerie effect , this was a good choice of location the setting already keeps the audience on edge. The low key lighting of the girls in the room adds a scary atmoshere the two girls signify innocence and creates a threat. The lighting flickers this effect is used well as it signifies that the tv is being watched whilst creates a scary worrying atmophere. The diegetic converstaion mentions a video tape 'that kills people who watch it' this scares the audience and they begin to understand the plot of the film and creates a threatening and worrying atmosphere. 'Someone knows youve watched it' and 'you will die in 7 days' This diegetic quotation adds a worrying scared atmosphere to the audience. an immidiate scary atmosphere is created when one of the girls diegetically says that they have watched the tape last weekend, this worrys the audience as they fear what will happen next.
The Third Horror genre opening I chose to analyse was Wrong Turn (2003) Once again I only analysed the first 2 minuites of the clip.
A aerial shot of a forrest is shown at the beggining of this clip this has a scary effect on the audience from the start as the location of a forrest has an eerie worrying atmophere. The high pithced non diegetic sound when the two people are climbing signifies something bad is going to happen, also the female character is portrayed as weak when she is shown to be struggling to climb the rock, this from the start conotes to the audience that if something bad does happen to the man she is with she will be useless and vunerable this therefore leaves the audience in anticipation and wondering what will happen. When the girl is shown to be the weakest climber of the two she signifies innocence and when she slips off the rock this signifies threat and danger to this 'innocent' charcater. The man diegetically quotes 'Were 50 miles from anybody who you screming for' this sets a scary threatening atmosphere as it shows they are far from help or safety. A non diegetic low pitched sound is made when there is a shot of the woman alone climbing the rock this signifies danger and threat. The titles that come up have a very horror genre to them they appear to be eerie and scary the way they flicker off like ghosts.
After watching and analysing these three Horror genre film openings it i now have a clearer understanding of what needs to be done in order to create the right atmposhere 'fear and worry' of a horror genre. I need to use low key lighting in order to add threat mystery and worry to my audience and i need to use low key non diegetic sound when signifying danger and high key non diegetic sound when adding an eerie scary effect. It is clear that location is important for my horror genre and from watching these three clips it is clear that the forrest is a good location for a horror genre as it is eerie and adds an immediate worrying wondering yet scary effect. When creating my opening I will need to create tension to the audience make them feel scared and uncomfortable. My opening will need to have a threatening worrying and scart effect on my audience in order to be succesful. Death is frquently used in Horror film opening as it is clear from the three above so my film opening will need to include violence and blood to create the right atmosphere for a succesful Horror genre opening.
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