Sunday, 14 September 2014

Short horror films analysed

Lights out                 

This short horror film is set in a typical dark setting, where the victim is female and alone. This setting is a typical horror film convention.

Hyperreal sounds are used for footsteps and simple sounds to exaggerate them. This excites the audience and adds suspense to the scene. Non diegetic sounds were used for the jump scares to scare the audience

There was no real speech during the film however key language features like screams and gasps were used to shoe the scared emotion to the victim


The title was introduces at the start in a in a thin uneven font with a glowing white colour on a black background, this title sequence   




Inside

This short horror film is set in a typical abandoned setting, where the victim is again female and alone. This setting is a typical horror film convention.

Hyperreal sounds are used for footsteps and creaking sounds of the floor and doors, this again is used to create a scary and odd atmosphere bin the setting which then adds suspense to the scene.in one scene some happy music suddenly started playing,  this made the song scary because it was playing in a scary dramatic scene, this is common to many horror films.

There is very little speech in this short horror film however screams and gasps and crying were features used show the emotion of the victim.

The tile sequence is done at the start and set out in a red colour on a black background to relate to the bloody and gory scene in the film.





In this short horror film it is set out in an apartment and starts off normal with no scary indirect, this is done to make it seem like a soft movie. Also the victim is also a female and alone , again a typical horror film convention

There is no real speech in this film but screams and gasps are included.

1 comment:

  1. Shamil, you need to be more detailed in your examination here. A brief plot summary may be a useful starting point.
    It may be better to use a table format, so you can see the patterns and repeated conventions more clearly. You also need to consider the title sequences in more depth. Why are certain colours used for example?
    You need to evaluate your findings here. What have you found and why do you think certain conventions are used? Are they successful? Why?
    You need to consider why most of them don't use dialogue.

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