Genre Research: IT

Camera angles, shots, and movements: This movie contains mainly eye level angles, but also includes some high angles, low angles, and canted angles. The movie also has a lot of medium shots and close-ups. As well as some long shots and medium long shots. Hand-held, zoom, tracking, and flash pan movements are present.


Mis en scene: The costumes used in this movie are casual clothes worn by the kids and people, and the clown costume worn by Pennywise. The lighting is both light and dark. There are scenes during the day and also at night or in dark rooms. The makeup they use is the clown makeup that is used for Pennywise. The setting takes place is multiple places such as the kids school, house, and neighborhood. As well as in an abandoned house. The props used are red balloons, a paper boat, a yellow coat, bikes, and cars.


Sound: The sound in this movie is mainly dialogue and incidental music, but also includes diegetic and non-diegetic sound.


Editing: The movie IT shows cutaways, reverse shots, inserts, and eye-line matches.


Elements of the genre: This movie uses the feeling of suspense, anxiety, anticipation, uncertainty, a rush of adrenaline, and terror.


Liked elements: The elements of the genre thriller, that the movie had that I liked was the feeling of suspense and the anticipation because it kept me on the edge of my seat.


Unappealing elements: The elements of this genre that the movie had that did not appeal to me was the anxiety and terror.