Genre Research: Horror & Drama

 Horror:

Common camera angles in your genre? In the horror genre the most common camera angles are High Angles, Tilted Angles, Close-Shots, and Hand Held. The reason these angles are used in this these types of film is because it creates a sense of suspense and tension making the evilness seem greater.

Common Mis-En-Scene in your genre? Depending on the type of horror film, the Mis-En-Scene varies but, the most common would be the evil presents wearing a costume or mask to hide their identify. This evil presents could also wear regular clothing since the setting could be anywhere, they would want to be in place not drawing attention.

Common Editing in your genre? The common editing involved in a horror genre would a fast pace having cut aways and jump cuts. This is down to create suspense, create mystery, and also scare the audience.

Common sound in your genre? The sound in a horror film all depends on the speed. With fast pace music or sound the film could be trying to scare the viewers while a slow past sound/music could built tension. This is done to change the mood of the viewers by making them anxious of what is about to happen next.

Example Films of your genre? Some examples of horror films are Halloween, Friday the 13th, and The Shining.

What elements of the genre that you like? Some of the elements in the genre of horror that I like are the jump scares that they contain. The reason why jump scares are some of my favorite are because you least expect them, making them fun and surprising.

What elements of the genre do not appeal to you? One element of the genre that I don't appeal to is the resolution that the film has. The reason why I don't appeal towards this is because in most of the films, the resolution could be too quick or even leave the audience confused.

Drama:

Common camera angles in your genre? Common camera angles in drama consist of Mid-shots, close shots, high angles, and long shots. All of these camera angles are used to establish and emphasize a certain object, helping the viewers understand what is happening.

Common Mis-En-Scene in your genre? Some of the most common Mis-En-Scenes in drama films are regular clothing, either from business attire to casual wear. This is because in drama films the characters are usually regular people matching their environment.

Common Editing in your genre? Common editing in drama are reverse shots, action match, and eye-line match. The reason these are usually found in this genre is because these types of editing help the viewers understand whats going through the character mind and what happening during the scene at the same time as they interact with their environments.

Common sound in your genre? Some of the most common sounds in the genre of drama are music and the sound created by the environment the scene is filmed. When music is being played it can symbolize that their is emotions being involved and when sounds by the environment is created it is establishing the setting that the character is located at.

Example Films of your genre? Some examples of drama films are Titanic, The help, and Forrest Gump

What elements of the genre that you like? Elements of drama films I like is the theme the film tries to portray. Having a good message helps create the movie in its entirety as it guides the movie throughout the film leading to the ending.

What elements of the genre do not appeal to you? Elements in the genre that don't appeal to me is the unnecessary dialogue. The reason why it doesn't appeal to me is because it could be boring sometimes having the film makers stretch the movies out could lead to the dialogue to be overdone.