Evaluation q1 table hanan

Evaluation q1 table hanan

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  EVALUATION – QUESTIONONE 1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? My Typical Thriller/Horror My Production – Comparison to Product Conventions use, develop or Existing Products challenge? Titling – Horror titles tend to be in block Use – titles have not colour, font capital letters, in a minimalist yet been completed. and style design, which makes a stark contrast to the red it’s usually in – signifying the blood that’s to come in the slasher film. Old style titles are often in gothic fonts, with thick scarlet letters that drip on the screen and resemble severed limbs. However more contemporary titles, although they mostly stick to the red and black theme, are used more creatively e.g. many blur out the title of the film or have it shaking, like blinking through blood and having your vision fade (see Researched Film Openings: Scream). Camera Tracking shots are popular for Use Movement- use when victims, particularly in pan, track, groups, are running from crab, crane danger.
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  Framing a Extreme long shots are used, shot especially when a victim is ECU, CU, running from the killer, to MS, LS, emphasise their isolation and ELS helplessness (see Nancy, A Nightmare On Elm Street). Extreme close up shots, which aren’t normally used in other genre films, are used in slashers to get detailed visuals on the gore and actors’ terrified facial expressions to make the audience even more uncomfortable (Psycho, the ECU of Marion Crane’s dead eye while she lies on the floor after being stabbed in the shower). Camera The perpetrator of the killings is Angle usually shown from a low angle High, Low to emphasise their power and superiority over others, whereas victims are seen from a high angle – making them look small, weak, vulnerable. Mise-en- The set is or appears to be in a We used this in The Scene remote location, to show that Steps as the girls on the victim/s will not be able to a camping trip are far receive outside help and are out in the woods, alone in fending off the killer. away from any adult help. The use of the Sometimes the identity of the second camera in the killer is not revealed shaky handheld view straightaway, concealed identity with all the foliage a common theme – Freddy’s gave a very glove and crazed laugh is the voyeuristic feel, and first we see of him but not his as it is a POV shot face in A Nightmare On Elm we cannot see who
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  Street. Ghostface inScream the killer is but only wears a mask and we do not see what he sees – find out who he is until the end which makes us feel of the film. what he feels, quite disturbed. Editing – When a kill or something else Used – after Kelly’s jump cuts, bad is about to happen, the scream when the girls match cuts, cutting rhythm becomes faster run into the clearing reverse with erratic jump cuts – then to find her, instead of shots, slow downs dramatically when it immediately focusing cutting is revealed to be a fake scare. on the action we rhythmn make a motivated cut A motivated cut is often used, and switch where the scene is cut just perspectives to the before you see what is about to POV of the killer. happen and focuses on the actor’s reaction, heightening anticipation and the build up of tension for when the audience is finally allowed to see what has them so scared. Sound Narrative Theory