Moving Image Genre.

Our initial ideas are to go with the Horror Genre,we have brainstormed rough ideas as a group,to establish the necessary codes and conventions.Here are some we thought up.....

• Music-tension building for example the psycho shower sequence
• Location-graveyard,Forest,House
• Weapon-Texas chainsaw massacre-chainsaw,saw-range of devices,etc
• Blood-gory scenes in saw etc
• Nighttime-the strangers whole film was at night
• Teenagers-portrayed in scream (stereotypical)
• Screams-Halloween bedroom scene
• Running-Blair witch project
• Death/murder-psycho shower scene,saw "games"
• Red-associate with death or blood
• Black-darkness,mystery
• Hero-Rachel in the ring,police in saw
• Moon-American ware wolf in London
• Sound fxs-breathing
• Abit of a love story-scream boyfriend and girlfriend or boy trying to "woo" girl
• Isolated areas-well in ring,Blair witch project
• eerie atmosphere
• tension

When creating our horror opening sequence, the music we are going to use will be non- copy right as will the sound effects,this allows us to be individual and not copy other films but instead use inspiration from them.

We have been looking at the opening sequences of some horror films, this is so we can see what sort of camera angles and techniques to use and to see the codes and conventions of a typical horror film. Here are some openings we viewed as a group!

THE RING

• Dark lighting
• Close ups show emotion
• Pathetic Fallacy
• Eerie Music
• Girl teenager-on her own
• High angle shot shows vulnerability
• extreme close ups to put emphasis on objects
• Scream and zoom in

• THE GRUDGE
  
  
  
• Dim lighting-whole scene lit by a flickering light which is a convention for horror genre
• Close up to reflect mood
• girl alone
• close up of grudge
• Quick transitions

FREDDY VS JASON

• Institution shown at start
• Dark lighting
• Establishing shot
• introduction of weapon
• scary location
• Doll in the fire-symbolic
• Close ups
• Fire-connotations of danger
• Young child-girl reflects innocence
• Newspaper clippings-adds narrative
• Extreme close up of eyes
• We choose to watch a trailer also because we wanted to get a overall feel of the genre.

NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET

• Weapons
• Narrative text
• Extreme close ups
• Dark lighting
• Girl wearing white-symbolizes innocence
• Nightmare
• Use of shadows
• Introduction of antagonist