- Throughout the introduction to our film you see many forms and conventions of the horror genre. For example, the titles are introduced in a deep red colour. This indicates blood and gore which is a common convention in the horror genre. Our film also consists of a few quick cuts which suggest sudden action and creates suspense and fear. The setting is located in an empty, dark and isolated area like seen in many horror films. We chose to film our sequence in an empty, dark and isolated area to outline that the main character is alone and scared. Another example could be the soundtrack we have produced using ‘Garage Band’. Our soundtrack begins reasonably slowly and friendly which juxtaposes the idea of a zombie horror film. This gives it a contrasting effect. However, as the action begins to build up the soundtrack also emphasizes the action. Examples of films we have studied are: ’28 days later’, ‘Shaun of the dead’, ‘Resident Evil’.
- Our research has been very important throughout the process of producing our film as it was very resourceful in giving us an insight to the structure of a typical horror film. By watching a variety of sequences from horror films it helped us build ideas for our own film. For example, we researched a series of different types of horror films to help us decide on what type of horror we wanted. We decided on zombie horror therefore we narrowed our further research of sequences from different films to zombie horror films. We watched some zombie horror sequences from previous media students which helped us gain ideas on the setting, music and editing of our film. Examples can be, the empty, dark and isolated garage, the build up to the soundtrack as the action in our film builds up and the quick cuts used creates a fast paced, on the edge of your seat feel to the sequence.
- We didn't particularly challenge any of the typical horror conventions as a zombie horror movie is a common theme of the horror genre. The reason we didn't challenge the conventions was because we wanted it to be a realistic zombie horror that didn't exaggerate the surreal event of a zombie apocalypse actually happening. We are also only making the opening sequence of the film so we don't have enough time to properly convey different conventions without confusing the audience.
- Here are some links to trailers and images from films from my sub-genre to support our decisions:
JABS - Tina
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