Task 2.2 Genre Research - Horror

Genre research 
A horror film is a film that a negative feel to the film also a feel that the person that is watching it should be scared and they should feel a lone. these types of films should look in to the persons watching it they negative emotions.  there are aspects of other genre in horror such as thriller or supernatural or fantasy.
History of Horror films:
from 1898 to now horror has changed a lot, from the colour of the film was back the in black and white and now it is in colour. a thing that has stayed the same is that there are still set in shacks and sceary houses and this hasnt changed over the years.

Sub-Genres of Horror: 
There are a lot of types of horror film such as a romantic horror, comedy horror , action horror, thriller horror  and adventure horror.

Codes and conventions of Psychological Horror:

in a horror film there should be fast paced sortieing and

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this film has conventions of horror such as the lighting because they are dark and scary and this is a convention of horror because it hids people and things because this creates negative feeling and this is what a horror film is and this is because it needs to make people feel scared and a lone and make them feel like they need to watch on to see if something good happens.

another convention of horror is that there is a lot of close ups and and not many shots run for long periods of time and this is because there is a lot happening in one seance and they need to get a lot of information in and doing these not very long shots makes the watcher see what is happening.

another convention of horror is that the music creates the feeling of the film and the msuic they use is scary and load and screechy music witch makes people think and feel a lone and scared, this also is used to make you feel in the film and this is a good thing because it makes them more scared and the films looks more realistic.

another convention of horror is that the start of the film is that you have long lasting shots to build up tense and this can put the watcher on edge and also you need to get short snappy shots to get all of the content into the film and this also creates the effect that a lot is happening to that person.

another effect that should be used a a lot in a horror film is a fade and this is because it gives the effect if the lights being turned off and that is good in a horror because people don't really understand that dark and there for they will be scared. also this creates the effect that something will happen in the next scene.

another shot that is a convention of horror is a point of view shot and this is because it makes people think they are on the film and this taps into the watchers mind and makes them even more scared then they already are. there should be more high and low angle shots and this is because it looks like the charectore is being watched and this is good in a horror because people will be more scared.