To lay out our knowledge of horror movies concepts we we created a brainstorm in class on wednesday 15th of september. Since I do not have a scanner and it is quite hard to see a full A3 page on this blog I will type up the brainstorm we did in class.
Settings:
* Mountains
* Basements
* Abandoned Buildings
* Cemetery
* Fields
* Old Houses
* Farm
* Carnival
* Spaceships
* Outback
* Hills
* Dreams/Nightmares
* Crypts
* Underground
Lighting:
Creates Atmosphere
* Lack of
* Bright light
* Dimmed lights
Characters/Archetypes:
* Pedophiles
* Mental Patient
* Cannibals
* Monsters
* Prisoners
* Criminals
* Mutants
* Aliens
* Serial Killer
* Zombie
* Ghost
Camera:
Hand held
* Blair Witch Project, Paranormal, Horror, Thriller
Fixed/Spectator
* Hollywood, Action, Drama
Editing
Creates atmosphere
* Quick, fast paced
* Slow, can make something tense
Realism vs. Hollywood
* Realism is often in horror movies, with verisimilitude.
* Unrealistic can take you out of the action
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