Genre Research: Thriller & Horror

   My group and I had to choose two other genres and research them. We decided to research about the Thriller and Horror genres. Some requirements we had to research about these genres were the common camera angles, mis en scene, editing, and elements.

         Horror genre:
* Common camera angles in the genre are pull-aways, reverse shots, close-ups, tracking, pan, zoom, wide shot, low angle, over the shoulder, hand-held, birds eye, and cantered.
* Mis en scene:
Lighting- low lighting, usually at night in the dark, shadows and shapes to create fear.

Costume- the victims are usually dresses casually, and the villains are dressed in particular costumes such as masks to disguise themselves.

Makeup- bruises and cuts to show damage.

Setting- somewhere deserted, abandoned and isolated places.

Props- weapons such as knives, axes, chainsaws, rocking chairs, dolls, creaking doors.
* Common editing in this genre are cutaways, smash cuts, jump cuts, and fade outs.
* Elements of the horror genre are the dark, scary places, spooky music, suspense, creepy crawly things. Some other elements of this genre include foreshadowing, fear, mystery, and imagination.
* Example films of horror are Halloween, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, Annabelle, The Conjuring, and The Ring.
* Common sounds in this genre include diegetic sound, non-diegetic sound, sound bridge, sound motif, dialogue, silence/no sound, score, and incidental music. Sound effects are also very common such as footsteps, creaking doors, echo voices, and animals howling.
* The elements of this genre that I like are the suspense and fear because this is what makes horror so good and appealing.
* The elements of this genre that do not appeal to me is the spooky music.

        Thriller genre:     
* Common camera angles in a thriller are high angles/birds eye view, tracking, pan reverse, tilted, point of view, zoom and over the shoulder.
* Mis en scene:
Lighting- low/dark lighting but also light/warm colors. Also lights could be used to form shadows.

Costume- some costumes used are dark or black clothing, creature like costumes, masks, hoodies, and teared clothes.

Makeup- makeup can be used to make dirt smudges, runny make up due to crying, bruises and cuts. Also dark make up is used to look scary.

Setting- most thrillers are filmed in isolated locations, dark allies, haunted places and are also filmed at night time.

Props- there are many props used like phones, money, broken glass, fake blood, notes, and brief cases. Also weapons like knifes, chainsaw, household tools, and guns.
* Common editing like flashbacks, montages, slow mo, jump cuts, graphic matches, and action matches are used in lots of thrillers.
* The elements in a thriller is the feeling of suspense, excitement, anticipation, uncertainty, surprise, anxiety, terror and a rush of adrenalin.
* Some examples of a thriller are Get Out, A Simple Favor, Us, A Quiet Place and Split.
* Common sounds are animal or extraterrestrial sounds, sounds when walking, orchestral music and in general just sound effects. Also dark, eerie sound and sometimes just silence.
* The elements I like in this genre is the feeling of not knowing what will happen next and the rush of adrenaline because that’s what makes a thriller movie so interesting.
* The elements I don’t like are terror and anxiety because I’m just not a fan.