SlideShare ist ein Scribd-Unternehmen logo
1 von 15
Downloaden Sie, um offline zu lesen
Famous Examples…
Horror Genre research
 Saw relies heavily on the conventions of blood and brutal weapons to create the genre of a
horror.
 Saw is a splatter/slasher horror as it deliberately focuses on the gore and graphic violence as
well as using a particular psychopath killer. In this case he is known as ‘Jigsaw’
 Saw lacks in psychological mind games and instead concentrates on brutal violence to play
on audience fears and make them feel uncomfortable.
 Saw does not rely on setting the mood or meeting the conventions of setting the scene before
an incident happens. Instead it jumps straight into the action and shocks the audience
straight away.
 Audiences are intrigued and fascinated by horror films such as ‘Saw’ as it meets the
requirements of the Maslow’s Hierarchy Theory. The audience watches the film in shock but
in an unusual way it is comforting to know that there normal lives are not like the film and
when they leave the film, it will not happen to them.
 It is a horror movie that is relying heavily on the shock and reaction from the audience than
keeping the high amounts of tension and building up to the horror moments like
psychological horrors.
 Saw does not rely on the audience getting to know characters and protagonists well and
creating a connection. They shock does not come from what is happening to the characters
they have got to know, but by the brutal deaths that different people face.
 The first ‘Saw’ movie was released in 2004.
 Early in the 2000’s the return of the sub genre of zombie horrors were brought back in films such
as ‘28 days later’ and ‘The return of the living dead’. ‘Saw’ was one of the first films in the 2000’s
to bring back the return of extreme and graphic violence into horror films.
 ‘Saw’ concentrated on the emphasis on depictions of torture, suffering and violent deaths which
had not been previously been used before. This saw the emergence of this particular genre and
saw many films similar to it follow. These included ‘The Torture’ and ‘Hostel’.
 Before ‘Saw’ the release of films such as ‘Scream’ had created a chain of horrors concentrating on
the teenage market. ‘Saw’ moved away from concentrating horror films on teenage protagonists
and influenced the genre into more extreme violence and torture of all ages. This played of many
different age ranges fear rather than just the teenage market.
 The success of the sub genre ‘Saw’ started was confirmed by the six sequels that were made in the
same way.
 The Saw film series holds the Guinness World Record of the highest-grossing horror franchise in
history.
 Many people however criticized the ‘Saw’ movies as being a copy of the film ‘Seven’ which was
released in 1995. Entertainment Weekly's Owen Gleiberman compared the plot to Seven saying,
"In a blatant imitation of Seven, Saw features a lunatic sadist whose ghoulish crimes are meant, in
each case, to mirror the sins of his victims. The twist here is that the psycho doesn't do the killing"
 The concentration of extreme violence and terror is a convention I would
challenge within my own trailer as I want to concentrate more on a
physiological horror where aspects like this are not as important. I would also
avoid this convention of ‘Saw’ movies as it limits the target audience that
could see my trailer and therefore the market for the film.
 Within in my own trailer I would also challenge the convention that ‘Saw’
uses by not setting the scene and getting a connection with the key
protagonists. I believe it is very important in a trailer to see life before the
horror event takes place to show the extreme contrast, especially in the short
time frame a trailer allows. I also believe it is important to gain a connection
with the key protagonists so I can play with the audiences fears and emotions
more within my trailer once they get to know them and guess how they
would react to certain situations. This would help to keep the audience on
edge and constantly frightened.
 A convention I would like to use within my trailer is the huge elements of
shock that the ‘Saw’ movies create. Although I would like to build the tension
more than these movies, the huge element of terror and shock created by the
scenes in this movie is something I would like to incorporate in my trailer.
Horror Genre research
 ‘Paranormal Activity’ uses ‘found footage’ and is mostly filmed by hand held cameras to give
the effect that the supernatural activity is more realistic and we are realizing their fate at the
same time that they are.
 It is a supernatural horror film which plays of psychological horrors.
 The film works by creating and building up tension throughout out the day and the action
happening at night. This creates fear and worry within the audience every time we see the
footage being filmed at night.
 The film does not heavily rely on blood and gore to be a horror film, instead it plays of the
audience psychological fears and builds the tension slowly to reach the climax point.
 The tension and fear is built in the film by the paranormal activity getting worse and worse
every night. This builds on the audiences fear of the night and dark as well as them
expecting something worse to happen each night.
 The film still uses the convention of blood at the very end but this is not what has created
the shock and fear within the audience throughout the film.
 The film does not use the conventional isolated dark setting and instead uses a modern
house in America. I believe this plays of the audiences fears even more and makes the
situation seem more realistic and relatable.
 ‘Paranormal Activity’ had the influence on the horror genre by cleverly creating a
low budget horror and showing the effect of how cleverly you can build tension
and play on the audiences fear.
 ‘Paranormal Activity’ also showed the effect of the home filmed video footage
instead of trying to convey professional filming to create the fear. The terror and
anxiety in this film was created by the realism the home videos created.
 Many films towards the end of the 2000’s were becoming remakes of older
horror films such as ‘Friday the 13th’ and ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’.
‘Paranormal Activity’ moved away from this and created a genre of horror that
played heavily on psychological fears and relied on no blood or brutal weapons at
all.
 ‘Paranormal Activity however is never bland, and tends to make viewers believe
what they're seeing is plausible, such that every creak, groan, and bump in their
own homes just might not be what they think it is. That is the true effect of this
sub-genre of horror movie; the injection of possibility into the viewers psyche.’
 Often, the thought of something happening, whether positive or negative, is more
impactful than the actual event. This is why moviegoers will (for better or for
worse) probably see an influx of movies like this. Better, because hack-and-slash
is tired, and worse, because the suspension of disbelief only has so long of a shelf
life. To be more specific, most of what the viewer experiences are sounds -
bumps, keys falling, etc - which allows the imagination even more to work with.
We hear the thumps, hear them getting closer; the anticipation for what we might
see works its magic.
 A convention from ‘Paranormal Activity’ that I would use would be
the use of the hand held camera and footage. I think this makes
the film look more realistic as the protagonists are filming all the
action themselves and it looks as if they are wanting to find out
what is going on rather than them being filmed. The hand held
camera also creates the effect of fear within the audience and for
the key protagonist.
 I would also use the conventions and same techniques that the
film uses to build tension and play psychological mind games
with the audience. I want to avoid the brutal violence and torture
and build on the audience fears through the tension built.
 I want to explore the ideas of a supernatural horror like
‘Paranormal Activity’
 I would use these conventions and build tension by slamming
doors and lights switching off as they are easy to create with the
camera and resources that I have available. These conventions
will be able to appear more professional than if I tried to convey
a torture scene. I do not have the equipment, actors or settings
to make my horror look believable. This would be the easiest sub
genre to convey.
Gothic Film – this is a type of story that contains elements
of Goth and horror. It may have romance that unfolds within the
horror film, but it usually suspenseful. One of the most earliest horror
movies created was apart of this sub-genre. They include universal
horror films, such as The Phantom of the
Opera, Dracula, Frankenstein and The Mummy. Modern gothic
horrors: Sleepy Hollow, Underworld, The Wolfman, From Hell, Dorian
Gray, Let Me In and The Woman in Black.
Examples
Slasher film - This is a type of horror film usually involving
a psychopathic killer stalking, and killing a sequence of victims in a
violent manner - often with a cutting tool, e.g. an axe or a knife.
Slasher films can also overlap with the crime and thriller genre.
Examples of Halloween, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, I Know What
You Did Last Summer, Friday the 13th, Child's Play and A Nightmare on
Elm Street.
Psychological horror - this subgenre relies on characters' fears, guilt,
eerie sound effects, beliefs, emotional instability and sometimes,
the supernatural. This is used to build tension within the film and to
further the plot. Examples of this include The Uninvited, Gothika, The
Ring, The Exorcist, Session 9, The Others, The Mothman
Prophecies, 1408, The Shining, Stir of Echoes, The Innocents, The Sixth
Sense and many others
The classic narrative structure of the Horror genre has to have a
protagonist character within the film. Horror is based upon conflict
and dilemmas the main characters endure.
From the main list of characters, several character types are chosen
for a horror film: the heroine/hero, the evil "monster" and the
supporting characters. In the 'Woman In Black' film, the protagonist
character/hero is Arthur Kipps, and the villain is the woman in black.
Horror films try to connect with the viewer - with the expectation
that the viewer will identify with the hero. Some narratives, typically
seen in the sub-genre of slasher films, are very common and
unoriginal when it comes to the film plot/storyline. For example, the
film would revolve around the story of a killer that had a traumatic
childhood past or even psychotic medial issues. Thus, ending up
killing people at random, or with "reasoning". Within this stereotypical
narrative, the characters are usually teenagers, all so happen to be
killed off in a sequence, generally leaving one to survive.
The fate of this "hero“ (the one left to survive) tends to be left
unknown, in the hands of each individual horror film.
Narratives
 ‘An audience can be described as ‘a temporary collective’ (McQuail 1972) – I would
disagree with McQuail with the idea that audiences change all the time because an
audience that is interested in watching a horror genre are attracted back to the same
codes and conventions. The target audience for a horror varies between ages but all
are attracted to watch a horror film due to the generic conventions that it includes.
Though there are different sub genres of horror, the same audience continues to watch
them and each horror film does not attract a different audience.
 ‘…the tendency to concentrate solely on why audience consume the media rather than
extending the investigation to discover what meanings and interpretations are
produced and in what circumstances i.e how the media are received’ (O’Sullivan,
Dutton & Rayner 1994) – I believe this theory to be true for the horror genre. We
watch a horror film for the fright and terror of it and not to receive a moral message at
the end. In most horror films, the issue is not resolved at the end meaning there is no
satisfaction or moral message taken away from it. Audiences watch horror films for
the anxiety and the thrills they receive from it and then walk away at the end and
forget about it. It does not leave them pondering with moral issues. For example , the
cultivation theory does not relate to the horror genre as it does not make you take
anything in particular away from the film or affect the way you learn and think about
the world.
Conclusion
From the research I have gathered, I know now that the
main reason in why people watch horror movies is to have
the feeling which is an intense emotion. Others watch it
for the sake of watching it and I have gathered that these
are mainly young teenagers who want to have fun. Every
horror film will have an audience and it shows there will
always be a market for this film genre.

Weitere ähnliche Inhalte

Was ist angesagt?

Evaluation Question 1
Evaluation Question 1Evaluation Question 1
Evaluation Question 1KHallWyke
 
Abbie - Real Media Research
Abbie - Real Media ResearchAbbie - Real Media Research
Abbie - Real Media Researchrhsmediastudies
 
Textual analysis of American Horror Story Hotel
Textual analysis of American Horror Story HotelTextual analysis of American Horror Story Hotel
Textual analysis of American Horror Story HotelLauraKN
 
Shades of grey
Shades of greyShades of grey
Shades of greyshafaah
 
Production pitch
Production pitchProduction pitch
Production pitchjphibbert
 
The hitcher analysis
The hitcher analysisThe hitcher analysis
The hitcher analysisJoeChapo97
 
Fmp research main
Fmp   research mainFmp   research main
Fmp research mainLuke Ross
 
Fmp research main
Fmp   research mainFmp   research main
Fmp research mainLuke Ross
 
Fmp research main
Fmp   research mainFmp   research main
Fmp research mainLuke Ross
 
Real media research - Harley
Real media research - Harley Real media research - Harley
Real media research - Harley rhsmediastudies
 
The insane essay
The insane essayThe insane essay
The insane essaymaddielois
 
Media Genre Essay - The Insane
Media Genre Essay - The InsaneMedia Genre Essay - The Insane
Media Genre Essay - The Insanegorgiep
 
Fictional film codes and conventions
 Fictional film codes and conventions Fictional film codes and conventions
Fictional film codes and conventionsJamesPotts21
 
It follows review annotation/analysis
It follows review annotation/analysisIt follows review annotation/analysis
It follows review annotation/analysisjupton1
 

Was ist angesagt? (18)

Evaluation Question 1
Evaluation Question 1Evaluation Question 1
Evaluation Question 1
 
Presentation 2
Presentation 2Presentation 2
Presentation 2
 
Thriller research
Thriller researchThriller research
Thriller research
 
Abbie - Real Media Research
Abbie - Real Media ResearchAbbie - Real Media Research
Abbie - Real Media Research
 
Textual analysis of American Horror Story Hotel
Textual analysis of American Horror Story HotelTextual analysis of American Horror Story Hotel
Textual analysis of American Horror Story Hotel
 
Shades of grey
Shades of greyShades of grey
Shades of grey
 
Production pitch
Production pitchProduction pitch
Production pitch
 
The hitcher analysis
The hitcher analysisThe hitcher analysis
The hitcher analysis
 
Fmp research main
Fmp   research mainFmp   research main
Fmp research main
 
Fmp research main
Fmp   research mainFmp   research main
Fmp research main
 
Fmp research main
Fmp   research mainFmp   research main
Fmp research main
 
Real media research - Harley
Real media research - Harley Real media research - Harley
Real media research - Harley
 
Treatment
TreatmentTreatment
Treatment
 
The insane essay
The insane essayThe insane essay
The insane essay
 
Genre analysis
Genre analysis Genre analysis
Genre analysis
 
Media Genre Essay - The Insane
Media Genre Essay - The InsaneMedia Genre Essay - The Insane
Media Genre Essay - The Insane
 
Fictional film codes and conventions
 Fictional film codes and conventions Fictional film codes and conventions
Fictional film codes and conventions
 
It follows review annotation/analysis
It follows review annotation/analysisIt follows review annotation/analysis
It follows review annotation/analysis
 

Andere mochten auch

NOTA À POPULAÇÃO SOBRE A ELEIÇÃO DO CONSELHO TUTELAR
NOTA À POPULAÇÃO SOBRE A ELEIÇÃO DO CONSELHO TUTELARNOTA À POPULAÇÃO SOBRE A ELEIÇÃO DO CONSELHO TUTELAR
NOTA À POPULAÇÃO SOBRE A ELEIÇÃO DO CONSELHO TUTELARItiruçu Notícias
 
Los embarazos a temprana edad secion 5
Los embarazos a temprana edad secion 5Los embarazos a temprana edad secion 5
Los embarazos a temprana edad secion 5Cinthya Ramos Huitron
 
Scaling Sales & Billing Operations in the Subscription Economy (Accelerate East)
Scaling Sales & Billing Operations in the Subscription Economy (Accelerate East)Scaling Sales & Billing Operations in the Subscription Economy (Accelerate East)
Scaling Sales & Billing Operations in the Subscription Economy (Accelerate East)Zuora, Inc.
 
Leccion 10. transformacionesclasificación jerarquica.
Leccion 10. transformacionesclasificación jerarquica.Leccion 10. transformacionesclasificación jerarquica.
Leccion 10. transformacionesclasificación jerarquica.julito94
 
Partnersin schoolreadiness
Partnersin schoolreadinessPartnersin schoolreadiness
Partnersin schoolreadinessNina Lindsay
 
Launch Your Career with a NASA Summer 2016 Internship (Nov 2015)
Launch Your Career with a NASA Summer 2016 Internship (Nov 2015)Launch Your Career with a NASA Summer 2016 Internship (Nov 2015)
Launch Your Career with a NASA Summer 2016 Internship (Nov 2015)Cathalina A. Juarez
 
eCommerce, Social Media, Online Advertising
eCommerce, Social Media, Online AdvertisingeCommerce, Social Media, Online Advertising
eCommerce, Social Media, Online AdvertisingMeMedia
 
Flemish Pass Source Rocks CSPG 2000
Flemish Pass Source Rocks CSPG 2000Flemish Pass Source Rocks CSPG 2000
Flemish Pass Source Rocks CSPG 2000Jock McCracken
 
Encuentro con decanos unan managua y crn
Encuentro con decanos unan  managua y crnEncuentro con decanos unan  managua y crn
Encuentro con decanos unan managua y crnCruz Roja Nicaragüense
 
1 3 extension absolute value equations
1 3 extension absolute value equations1 3 extension absolute value equations
1 3 extension absolute value equationshisema01
 
Leccion 3. desarrollo de habilidades
Leccion 3. desarrollo de habilidadesLeccion 3. desarrollo de habilidades
Leccion 3. desarrollo de habilidadesjulito94
 
Curso de iniciación al lenguaje c
Curso de iniciación al lenguaje cCurso de iniciación al lenguaje c
Curso de iniciación al lenguaje cmary219122
 

Andere mochten auch (20)

NOTA À POPULAÇÃO SOBRE A ELEIÇÃO DO CONSELHO TUTELAR
NOTA À POPULAÇÃO SOBRE A ELEIÇÃO DO CONSELHO TUTELARNOTA À POPULAÇÃO SOBRE A ELEIÇÃO DO CONSELHO TUTELAR
NOTA À POPULAÇÃO SOBRE A ELEIÇÃO DO CONSELHO TUTELAR
 
53815 10
53815 1053815 10
53815 10
 
Los embarazos a temprana edad secion 5
Los embarazos a temprana edad secion 5Los embarazos a temprana edad secion 5
Los embarazos a temprana edad secion 5
 
Scaling Sales & Billing Operations in the Subscription Economy (Accelerate East)
Scaling Sales & Billing Operations in the Subscription Economy (Accelerate East)Scaling Sales & Billing Operations in the Subscription Economy (Accelerate East)
Scaling Sales & Billing Operations in the Subscription Economy (Accelerate East)
 
Leccion 10. transformacionesclasificación jerarquica.
Leccion 10. transformacionesclasificación jerarquica.Leccion 10. transformacionesclasificación jerarquica.
Leccion 10. transformacionesclasificación jerarquica.
 
El proceso
El procesoEl proceso
El proceso
 
Partnersin schoolreadiness
Partnersin schoolreadinessPartnersin schoolreadiness
Partnersin schoolreadiness
 
Launch Your Career with a NASA Summer 2016 Internship (Nov 2015)
Launch Your Career with a NASA Summer 2016 Internship (Nov 2015)Launch Your Career with a NASA Summer 2016 Internship (Nov 2015)
Launch Your Career with a NASA Summer 2016 Internship (Nov 2015)
 
eCommerce, Social Media, Online Advertising
eCommerce, Social Media, Online AdvertisingeCommerce, Social Media, Online Advertising
eCommerce, Social Media, Online Advertising
 
Certificate_2
Certificate_2Certificate_2
Certificate_2
 
661 1091-1-sm
661 1091-1-sm661 1091-1-sm
661 1091-1-sm
 
Flemish Pass Source Rocks CSPG 2000
Flemish Pass Source Rocks CSPG 2000Flemish Pass Source Rocks CSPG 2000
Flemish Pass Source Rocks CSPG 2000
 
Encuentro con decanos unan managua y crn
Encuentro con decanos unan  managua y crnEncuentro con decanos unan  managua y crn
Encuentro con decanos unan managua y crn
 
1 3 extension absolute value equations
1 3 extension absolute value equations1 3 extension absolute value equations
1 3 extension absolute value equations
 
ισοτητα τριγωνων
ισοτητα τριγωνωνισοτητα τριγωνων
ισοτητα τριγωνων
 
Roby bastian
Roby bastianRoby bastian
Roby bastian
 
The Royal
The RoyalThe Royal
The Royal
 
Leccion 3. desarrollo de habilidades
Leccion 3. desarrollo de habilidadesLeccion 3. desarrollo de habilidades
Leccion 3. desarrollo de habilidades
 
Curso de iniciación al lenguaje c
Curso de iniciación al lenguaje cCurso de iniciación al lenguaje c
Curso de iniciación al lenguaje c
 
lett of rec DV 1-1
lett of rec DV 1-1lett of rec DV 1-1
lett of rec DV 1-1
 

Ähnlich wie Horror Genre research

Genre analysis
Genre analysisGenre analysis
Genre analysisadayyyy
 
Horror Films Rhetorical Analysis
Horror Films Rhetorical AnalysisHorror Films Rhetorical Analysis
Horror Films Rhetorical AnalysisRachel Phillips
 
Psychological Horror
Psychological HorrorPsychological Horror
Psychological Horrormeganwest789
 
Intertext research 1st half
Intertext research 1st halfIntertext research 1st half
Intertext research 1st halfzoemself
 
Media Evaluation D One
Media Evaluation D OneMedia Evaluation D One
Media Evaluation D OneAlix
 
Media Evaluation D One
Media Evaluation D OneMedia Evaluation D One
Media Evaluation D OneAlix
 
Intertext research
Intertext researchIntertext research
Intertext researchZoe Self
 
Psychological Horror Research
Psychological Horror ResearchPsychological Horror Research
Psychological Horror Researchievaasnina
 
Evaluation question one
Evaluation question oneEvaluation question one
Evaluation question oneSamWazza
 
Media Evaluation D Two
Media Evaluation D TwoMedia Evaluation D Two
Media Evaluation D TwoAlix
 
Use Of Suspense In Frankenstein
Use Of Suspense In FrankensteinUse Of Suspense In Frankenstein
Use Of Suspense In FrankensteinBrenda Thomas
 
Intertext research
Intertext researchIntertext research
Intertext researchzself
 
Intertext research
Intertext researchIntertext research
Intertext researchZoe Self
 
Drama film idea
Drama film idea Drama film idea
Drama film idea loopzKing
 
Conventions of a Horror Movie
Conventions of a Horror MovieConventions of a Horror Movie
Conventions of a Horror MoviePaigeCummings
 
Pitch: Psychological Short Horror Film
Pitch: Psychological Short Horror Film Pitch: Psychological Short Horror Film
Pitch: Psychological Short Horror Film N J
 
Evaluation before ancillary tasks
Evaluation before ancillary tasksEvaluation before ancillary tasks
Evaluation before ancillary tasksmrcaptainpanda
 
Evaluation before ancillary tasks
Evaluation before ancillary tasksEvaluation before ancillary tasks
Evaluation before ancillary tasksmrcaptainpanda
 
Techniques I like
Techniques I likeTechniques I like
Techniques I likeDanielle
 

Ähnlich wie Horror Genre research (20)

Genre analysis
Genre analysisGenre analysis
Genre analysis
 
Horror Films Rhetorical Analysis
Horror Films Rhetorical AnalysisHorror Films Rhetorical Analysis
Horror Films Rhetorical Analysis
 
Psychological Horror
Psychological HorrorPsychological Horror
Psychological Horror
 
Intertext research 1st half
Intertext research 1st halfIntertext research 1st half
Intertext research 1st half
 
Media Evaluation D One
Media Evaluation D OneMedia Evaluation D One
Media Evaluation D One
 
Media Evaluation D One
Media Evaluation D OneMedia Evaluation D One
Media Evaluation D One
 
Intertext research
Intertext researchIntertext research
Intertext research
 
Psychological Horror Research
Psychological Horror ResearchPsychological Horror Research
Psychological Horror Research
 
Evaluation question one
Evaluation question oneEvaluation question one
Evaluation question one
 
Media Evaluation D Two
Media Evaluation D TwoMedia Evaluation D Two
Media Evaluation D Two
 
Use Of Suspense In Frankenstein
Use Of Suspense In FrankensteinUse Of Suspense In Frankenstein
Use Of Suspense In Frankenstein
 
Intertext research
Intertext researchIntertext research
Intertext research
 
Intertext research
Intertext researchIntertext research
Intertext research
 
Drama film idea
Drama film idea Drama film idea
Drama film idea
 
Conventions of a Horror Movie
Conventions of a Horror MovieConventions of a Horror Movie
Conventions of a Horror Movie
 
Unit 10
Unit 10Unit 10
Unit 10
 
Pitch: Psychological Short Horror Film
Pitch: Psychological Short Horror Film Pitch: Psychological Short Horror Film
Pitch: Psychological Short Horror Film
 
Evaluation before ancillary tasks
Evaluation before ancillary tasksEvaluation before ancillary tasks
Evaluation before ancillary tasks
 
Evaluation before ancillary tasks
Evaluation before ancillary tasksEvaluation before ancillary tasks
Evaluation before ancillary tasks
 
Techniques I like
Techniques I likeTechniques I like
Techniques I like
 

Mehr von Neha Ajmal

Audience research
Audience researchAudience research
Audience researchNeha Ajmal
 
Synopsis on the task
Synopsis on the taskSynopsis on the task
Synopsis on the taskNeha Ajmal
 
Romantic genre research
Romantic genre researchRomantic genre research
Romantic genre researchNeha Ajmal
 
Target audience
Target audienceTarget audience
Target audienceNeha Ajmal
 

Mehr von Neha Ajmal (6)

Mise-en Scene
Mise-en SceneMise-en Scene
Mise-en Scene
 
Audience research
Audience researchAudience research
Audience research
 
Synopsis on the task
Synopsis on the taskSynopsis on the task
Synopsis on the task
 
Sounds
SoundsSounds
Sounds
 
Romantic genre research
Romantic genre researchRomantic genre research
Romantic genre research
 
Target audience
Target audienceTarget audience
Target audience
 

Kürzlich hochgeladen

Education and training program in the hospital APR.pptx
Education and training program in the hospital APR.pptxEducation and training program in the hospital APR.pptx
Education and training program in the hospital APR.pptxraviapr7
 
Maximizing Impact_ Nonprofit Website Planning, Budgeting, and Design.pdf
Maximizing Impact_ Nonprofit Website Planning, Budgeting, and Design.pdfMaximizing Impact_ Nonprofit Website Planning, Budgeting, and Design.pdf
Maximizing Impact_ Nonprofit Website Planning, Budgeting, and Design.pdfTechSoup
 
Prescribed medication order and communication skills.pptx
Prescribed medication order and communication skills.pptxPrescribed medication order and communication skills.pptx
Prescribed medication order and communication skills.pptxraviapr7
 
2024.03.23 What do successful readers do - Sandy Millin for PARK.pptx
2024.03.23 What do successful readers do - Sandy Millin for PARK.pptx2024.03.23 What do successful readers do - Sandy Millin for PARK.pptx
2024.03.23 What do successful readers do - Sandy Millin for PARK.pptxSandy Millin
 
Philosophy of Education and Educational Philosophy
Philosophy of Education  and Educational PhilosophyPhilosophy of Education  and Educational Philosophy
Philosophy of Education and Educational PhilosophyShuvankar Madhu
 
How to Manage Cross-Selling in Odoo 17 Sales
How to Manage Cross-Selling in Odoo 17 SalesHow to Manage Cross-Selling in Odoo 17 Sales
How to Manage Cross-Selling in Odoo 17 SalesCeline George
 
HED Office Sohayok Exam Question Solution 2023.pdf
HED Office Sohayok Exam Question Solution 2023.pdfHED Office Sohayok Exam Question Solution 2023.pdf
HED Office Sohayok Exam Question Solution 2023.pdfMohonDas
 
The Singapore Teaching Practice document
The Singapore Teaching Practice documentThe Singapore Teaching Practice document
The Singapore Teaching Practice documentXsasf Sfdfasd
 
How to Solve Singleton Error in the Odoo 17
How to Solve Singleton Error in the  Odoo 17How to Solve Singleton Error in the  Odoo 17
How to Solve Singleton Error in the Odoo 17Celine George
 
How to Show Error_Warning Messages in Odoo 17
How to Show Error_Warning Messages in Odoo 17How to Show Error_Warning Messages in Odoo 17
How to Show Error_Warning Messages in Odoo 17Celine George
 
General views of Histopathology and step
General views of Histopathology and stepGeneral views of Histopathology and step
General views of Histopathology and stepobaje godwin sunday
 
M-2- General Reactions of amino acids.pptx
M-2- General Reactions of amino acids.pptxM-2- General Reactions of amino acids.pptx
M-2- General Reactions of amino acids.pptxDr. Santhosh Kumar. N
 
AUDIENCE THEORY -- FANDOM -- JENKINS.pptx
AUDIENCE THEORY -- FANDOM -- JENKINS.pptxAUDIENCE THEORY -- FANDOM -- JENKINS.pptx
AUDIENCE THEORY -- FANDOM -- JENKINS.pptxiammrhaywood
 
Presentation on the Basics of Writing. Writing a Paragraph
Presentation on the Basics of Writing. Writing a ParagraphPresentation on the Basics of Writing. Writing a Paragraph
Presentation on the Basics of Writing. Writing a ParagraphNetziValdelomar1
 
Diploma in Nursing Admission Test Question Solution 2023.pdf
Diploma in Nursing Admission Test Question Solution 2023.pdfDiploma in Nursing Admission Test Question Solution 2023.pdf
Diploma in Nursing Admission Test Question Solution 2023.pdfMohonDas
 
DUST OF SNOW_BY ROBERT FROST_EDITED BY_ TANMOY MISHRA
DUST OF SNOW_BY ROBERT FROST_EDITED BY_ TANMOY MISHRADUST OF SNOW_BY ROBERT FROST_EDITED BY_ TANMOY MISHRA
DUST OF SNOW_BY ROBERT FROST_EDITED BY_ TANMOY MISHRATanmoy Mishra
 
CapTechU Doctoral Presentation -March 2024 slides.pptx
CapTechU Doctoral Presentation -March 2024 slides.pptxCapTechU Doctoral Presentation -March 2024 slides.pptx
CapTechU Doctoral Presentation -March 2024 slides.pptxCapitolTechU
 
Patterns of Written Texts Across Disciplines.pptx
Patterns of Written Texts Across Disciplines.pptxPatterns of Written Texts Across Disciplines.pptx
Patterns of Written Texts Across Disciplines.pptxMYDA ANGELICA SUAN
 

Kürzlich hochgeladen (20)

Education and training program in the hospital APR.pptx
Education and training program in the hospital APR.pptxEducation and training program in the hospital APR.pptx
Education and training program in the hospital APR.pptx
 
Maximizing Impact_ Nonprofit Website Planning, Budgeting, and Design.pdf
Maximizing Impact_ Nonprofit Website Planning, Budgeting, and Design.pdfMaximizing Impact_ Nonprofit Website Planning, Budgeting, and Design.pdf
Maximizing Impact_ Nonprofit Website Planning, Budgeting, and Design.pdf
 
Prescribed medication order and communication skills.pptx
Prescribed medication order and communication skills.pptxPrescribed medication order and communication skills.pptx
Prescribed medication order and communication skills.pptx
 
2024.03.23 What do successful readers do - Sandy Millin for PARK.pptx
2024.03.23 What do successful readers do - Sandy Millin for PARK.pptx2024.03.23 What do successful readers do - Sandy Millin for PARK.pptx
2024.03.23 What do successful readers do - Sandy Millin for PARK.pptx
 
Philosophy of Education and Educational Philosophy
Philosophy of Education  and Educational PhilosophyPhilosophy of Education  and Educational Philosophy
Philosophy of Education and Educational Philosophy
 
How to Manage Cross-Selling in Odoo 17 Sales
How to Manage Cross-Selling in Odoo 17 SalesHow to Manage Cross-Selling in Odoo 17 Sales
How to Manage Cross-Selling in Odoo 17 Sales
 
HED Office Sohayok Exam Question Solution 2023.pdf
HED Office Sohayok Exam Question Solution 2023.pdfHED Office Sohayok Exam Question Solution 2023.pdf
HED Office Sohayok Exam Question Solution 2023.pdf
 
The Singapore Teaching Practice document
The Singapore Teaching Practice documentThe Singapore Teaching Practice document
The Singapore Teaching Practice document
 
How to Solve Singleton Error in the Odoo 17
How to Solve Singleton Error in the  Odoo 17How to Solve Singleton Error in the  Odoo 17
How to Solve Singleton Error in the Odoo 17
 
How to Show Error_Warning Messages in Odoo 17
How to Show Error_Warning Messages in Odoo 17How to Show Error_Warning Messages in Odoo 17
How to Show Error_Warning Messages in Odoo 17
 
General views of Histopathology and step
General views of Histopathology and stepGeneral views of Histopathology and step
General views of Histopathology and step
 
M-2- General Reactions of amino acids.pptx
M-2- General Reactions of amino acids.pptxM-2- General Reactions of amino acids.pptx
M-2- General Reactions of amino acids.pptx
 
AUDIENCE THEORY -- FANDOM -- JENKINS.pptx
AUDIENCE THEORY -- FANDOM -- JENKINS.pptxAUDIENCE THEORY -- FANDOM -- JENKINS.pptx
AUDIENCE THEORY -- FANDOM -- JENKINS.pptx
 
Prelims of Kant get Marx 2.0: a general politics quiz
Prelims of Kant get Marx 2.0: a general politics quizPrelims of Kant get Marx 2.0: a general politics quiz
Prelims of Kant get Marx 2.0: a general politics quiz
 
Presentation on the Basics of Writing. Writing a Paragraph
Presentation on the Basics of Writing. Writing a ParagraphPresentation on the Basics of Writing. Writing a Paragraph
Presentation on the Basics of Writing. Writing a Paragraph
 
Diploma in Nursing Admission Test Question Solution 2023.pdf
Diploma in Nursing Admission Test Question Solution 2023.pdfDiploma in Nursing Admission Test Question Solution 2023.pdf
Diploma in Nursing Admission Test Question Solution 2023.pdf
 
Personal Resilience in Project Management 2 - TV Edit 1a.pdf
Personal Resilience in Project Management 2 - TV Edit 1a.pdfPersonal Resilience in Project Management 2 - TV Edit 1a.pdf
Personal Resilience in Project Management 2 - TV Edit 1a.pdf
 
DUST OF SNOW_BY ROBERT FROST_EDITED BY_ TANMOY MISHRA
DUST OF SNOW_BY ROBERT FROST_EDITED BY_ TANMOY MISHRADUST OF SNOW_BY ROBERT FROST_EDITED BY_ TANMOY MISHRA
DUST OF SNOW_BY ROBERT FROST_EDITED BY_ TANMOY MISHRA
 
CapTechU Doctoral Presentation -March 2024 slides.pptx
CapTechU Doctoral Presentation -March 2024 slides.pptxCapTechU Doctoral Presentation -March 2024 slides.pptx
CapTechU Doctoral Presentation -March 2024 slides.pptx
 
Patterns of Written Texts Across Disciplines.pptx
Patterns of Written Texts Across Disciplines.pptxPatterns of Written Texts Across Disciplines.pptx
Patterns of Written Texts Across Disciplines.pptx
 

Horror Genre research

  • 3.  Saw relies heavily on the conventions of blood and brutal weapons to create the genre of a horror.  Saw is a splatter/slasher horror as it deliberately focuses on the gore and graphic violence as well as using a particular psychopath killer. In this case he is known as ‘Jigsaw’  Saw lacks in psychological mind games and instead concentrates on brutal violence to play on audience fears and make them feel uncomfortable.  Saw does not rely on setting the mood or meeting the conventions of setting the scene before an incident happens. Instead it jumps straight into the action and shocks the audience straight away.  Audiences are intrigued and fascinated by horror films such as ‘Saw’ as it meets the requirements of the Maslow’s Hierarchy Theory. The audience watches the film in shock but in an unusual way it is comforting to know that there normal lives are not like the film and when they leave the film, it will not happen to them.  It is a horror movie that is relying heavily on the shock and reaction from the audience than keeping the high amounts of tension and building up to the horror moments like psychological horrors.  Saw does not rely on the audience getting to know characters and protagonists well and creating a connection. They shock does not come from what is happening to the characters they have got to know, but by the brutal deaths that different people face.
  • 4.  The first ‘Saw’ movie was released in 2004.  Early in the 2000’s the return of the sub genre of zombie horrors were brought back in films such as ‘28 days later’ and ‘The return of the living dead’. ‘Saw’ was one of the first films in the 2000’s to bring back the return of extreme and graphic violence into horror films.  ‘Saw’ concentrated on the emphasis on depictions of torture, suffering and violent deaths which had not been previously been used before. This saw the emergence of this particular genre and saw many films similar to it follow. These included ‘The Torture’ and ‘Hostel’.  Before ‘Saw’ the release of films such as ‘Scream’ had created a chain of horrors concentrating on the teenage market. ‘Saw’ moved away from concentrating horror films on teenage protagonists and influenced the genre into more extreme violence and torture of all ages. This played of many different age ranges fear rather than just the teenage market.  The success of the sub genre ‘Saw’ started was confirmed by the six sequels that were made in the same way.  The Saw film series holds the Guinness World Record of the highest-grossing horror franchise in history.  Many people however criticized the ‘Saw’ movies as being a copy of the film ‘Seven’ which was released in 1995. Entertainment Weekly's Owen Gleiberman compared the plot to Seven saying, "In a blatant imitation of Seven, Saw features a lunatic sadist whose ghoulish crimes are meant, in each case, to mirror the sins of his victims. The twist here is that the psycho doesn't do the killing"
  • 5.  The concentration of extreme violence and terror is a convention I would challenge within my own trailer as I want to concentrate more on a physiological horror where aspects like this are not as important. I would also avoid this convention of ‘Saw’ movies as it limits the target audience that could see my trailer and therefore the market for the film.  Within in my own trailer I would also challenge the convention that ‘Saw’ uses by not setting the scene and getting a connection with the key protagonists. I believe it is very important in a trailer to see life before the horror event takes place to show the extreme contrast, especially in the short time frame a trailer allows. I also believe it is important to gain a connection with the key protagonists so I can play with the audiences fears and emotions more within my trailer once they get to know them and guess how they would react to certain situations. This would help to keep the audience on edge and constantly frightened.  A convention I would like to use within my trailer is the huge elements of shock that the ‘Saw’ movies create. Although I would like to build the tension more than these movies, the huge element of terror and shock created by the scenes in this movie is something I would like to incorporate in my trailer.
  • 7.  ‘Paranormal Activity’ uses ‘found footage’ and is mostly filmed by hand held cameras to give the effect that the supernatural activity is more realistic and we are realizing their fate at the same time that they are.  It is a supernatural horror film which plays of psychological horrors.  The film works by creating and building up tension throughout out the day and the action happening at night. This creates fear and worry within the audience every time we see the footage being filmed at night.  The film does not heavily rely on blood and gore to be a horror film, instead it plays of the audience psychological fears and builds the tension slowly to reach the climax point.  The tension and fear is built in the film by the paranormal activity getting worse and worse every night. This builds on the audiences fear of the night and dark as well as them expecting something worse to happen each night.  The film still uses the convention of blood at the very end but this is not what has created the shock and fear within the audience throughout the film.  The film does not use the conventional isolated dark setting and instead uses a modern house in America. I believe this plays of the audiences fears even more and makes the situation seem more realistic and relatable.
  • 8.  ‘Paranormal Activity’ had the influence on the horror genre by cleverly creating a low budget horror and showing the effect of how cleverly you can build tension and play on the audiences fear.  ‘Paranormal Activity’ also showed the effect of the home filmed video footage instead of trying to convey professional filming to create the fear. The terror and anxiety in this film was created by the realism the home videos created.  Many films towards the end of the 2000’s were becoming remakes of older horror films such as ‘Friday the 13th’ and ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’. ‘Paranormal Activity’ moved away from this and created a genre of horror that played heavily on psychological fears and relied on no blood or brutal weapons at all.  ‘Paranormal Activity however is never bland, and tends to make viewers believe what they're seeing is plausible, such that every creak, groan, and bump in their own homes just might not be what they think it is. That is the true effect of this sub-genre of horror movie; the injection of possibility into the viewers psyche.’  Often, the thought of something happening, whether positive or negative, is more impactful than the actual event. This is why moviegoers will (for better or for worse) probably see an influx of movies like this. Better, because hack-and-slash is tired, and worse, because the suspension of disbelief only has so long of a shelf life. To be more specific, most of what the viewer experiences are sounds - bumps, keys falling, etc - which allows the imagination even more to work with. We hear the thumps, hear them getting closer; the anticipation for what we might see works its magic.
  • 9.  A convention from ‘Paranormal Activity’ that I would use would be the use of the hand held camera and footage. I think this makes the film look more realistic as the protagonists are filming all the action themselves and it looks as if they are wanting to find out what is going on rather than them being filmed. The hand held camera also creates the effect of fear within the audience and for the key protagonist.  I would also use the conventions and same techniques that the film uses to build tension and play psychological mind games with the audience. I want to avoid the brutal violence and torture and build on the audience fears through the tension built.  I want to explore the ideas of a supernatural horror like ‘Paranormal Activity’  I would use these conventions and build tension by slamming doors and lights switching off as they are easy to create with the camera and resources that I have available. These conventions will be able to appear more professional than if I tried to convey a torture scene. I do not have the equipment, actors or settings to make my horror look believable. This would be the easiest sub genre to convey.
  • 10. Gothic Film – this is a type of story that contains elements of Goth and horror. It may have romance that unfolds within the horror film, but it usually suspenseful. One of the most earliest horror movies created was apart of this sub-genre. They include universal horror films, such as The Phantom of the Opera, Dracula, Frankenstein and The Mummy. Modern gothic horrors: Sleepy Hollow, Underworld, The Wolfman, From Hell, Dorian Gray, Let Me In and The Woman in Black. Examples
  • 11. Slasher film - This is a type of horror film usually involving a psychopathic killer stalking, and killing a sequence of victims in a violent manner - often with a cutting tool, e.g. an axe or a knife. Slasher films can also overlap with the crime and thriller genre. Examples of Halloween, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, I Know What You Did Last Summer, Friday the 13th, Child's Play and A Nightmare on Elm Street.
  • 12. Psychological horror - this subgenre relies on characters' fears, guilt, eerie sound effects, beliefs, emotional instability and sometimes, the supernatural. This is used to build tension within the film and to further the plot. Examples of this include The Uninvited, Gothika, The Ring, The Exorcist, Session 9, The Others, The Mothman Prophecies, 1408, The Shining, Stir of Echoes, The Innocents, The Sixth Sense and many others
  • 13. The classic narrative structure of the Horror genre has to have a protagonist character within the film. Horror is based upon conflict and dilemmas the main characters endure. From the main list of characters, several character types are chosen for a horror film: the heroine/hero, the evil "monster" and the supporting characters. In the 'Woman In Black' film, the protagonist character/hero is Arthur Kipps, and the villain is the woman in black. Horror films try to connect with the viewer - with the expectation that the viewer will identify with the hero. Some narratives, typically seen in the sub-genre of slasher films, are very common and unoriginal when it comes to the film plot/storyline. For example, the film would revolve around the story of a killer that had a traumatic childhood past or even psychotic medial issues. Thus, ending up killing people at random, or with "reasoning". Within this stereotypical narrative, the characters are usually teenagers, all so happen to be killed off in a sequence, generally leaving one to survive. The fate of this "hero“ (the one left to survive) tends to be left unknown, in the hands of each individual horror film. Narratives
  • 14.  ‘An audience can be described as ‘a temporary collective’ (McQuail 1972) – I would disagree with McQuail with the idea that audiences change all the time because an audience that is interested in watching a horror genre are attracted back to the same codes and conventions. The target audience for a horror varies between ages but all are attracted to watch a horror film due to the generic conventions that it includes. Though there are different sub genres of horror, the same audience continues to watch them and each horror film does not attract a different audience.  ‘…the tendency to concentrate solely on why audience consume the media rather than extending the investigation to discover what meanings and interpretations are produced and in what circumstances i.e how the media are received’ (O’Sullivan, Dutton & Rayner 1994) – I believe this theory to be true for the horror genre. We watch a horror film for the fright and terror of it and not to receive a moral message at the end. In most horror films, the issue is not resolved at the end meaning there is no satisfaction or moral message taken away from it. Audiences watch horror films for the anxiety and the thrills they receive from it and then walk away at the end and forget about it. It does not leave them pondering with moral issues. For example , the cultivation theory does not relate to the horror genre as it does not make you take anything in particular away from the film or affect the way you learn and think about the world.
  • 15. Conclusion From the research I have gathered, I know now that the main reason in why people watch horror movies is to have the feeling which is an intense emotion. Others watch it for the sake of watching it and I have gathered that these are mainly young teenagers who want to have fun. Every horror film will have an audience and it shows there will always be a market for this film genre.