Thriller
Camera Angles- Common camera angles in thriller are low angles, high angles, and dutch/canted angles. These are commonly used to emphasize vulnerability or power, which are some ingredients in suspense.Camera Shots/Movements- Common camera shots and movements are hand held shots, pan shots, and close-up shots. These techniques are sued to build the drama within a thriller.
Editing Techniques- Common editing techniques that are used are cross cutting and flashbacks. These are some of the building blocks for suspense.
Examples- A few thriller films that use these methods are Get Out (2017), As Above, So Below (2014), It (2017) and Dunkirk (2017).
Sounds- Common sounds in thriller movies are incidental music, sound motif, sound bridge, and diegetic sound. These sounds are frequently used to build climax and tension. For example, eerie footsteps indicate something is coming.
Costumes- The characters are usually seen in normal clothing to create realism in the movie. The bad guys are commonly seen in dark colors.
Lighting- Common lighting used in thrillers is low key lighting, this is used often because it sets the mood of a thriller film.
Actors- In thriller films, there is always the good guy and the bad guy. The bad character always commits crimes and unruly actions and the good character is coming up with ways to commit deeds and stop the bad guy.
Makeup- The bad characters usually wear bold eyeliner and dark colors to show off their evilness. The good characters usually wear light makeup.
Props- Props that are commonly used in thrillers are any type of weaponry and it is usually shown when there is confrontation between the bad guy and the good guy.
Setting- Thrillers are commonly shot in urban areas, for example, the city. They are shot in isolated places, for example, am abandoned house or a dark alley.
Elements I like- I love the feeling of suspense and tension. I love the feeling of curiosity and the strong desire to know what is going to happen next.
Elements I do not like- I do not like so many killings in one movie, it makes me really uncomfortable.
Horror
Costumes- In many horror films, they wear regular clothing like jeans and t-shirts. Most of the time murders have blood all over there clothing. In the case where there are monsters, they are usually in ripped up clothing that has holes and missing pieces. In most horror movies the killer has a mask on and gloves to hide their identity.
Lighting- One type of lighting in horror movies is uplighting. This is when the light is facing up in someone's direction to show their face or a certain feature. Another type is spotlighting it is used to put light on something or someone in a dark room. This is mostly used to revel a new finding to a horror movie like a dead body or a missing person.\
Acting- Most of the acting has to do with being scared. Trying to make the movie more dramatic and pull the audience into the scenes. They put fear into the eyes of the people watching to keep them on the edge of their seats. They are usually running and screaming. Or in some cases hiding and whispering.
Makeup- They have gory makeup. This can be in bruises with a variety of shades of black purple and blue. Or cuts that are deep and bloody. They have special effects makeup artists come in to make the wounds and make them look real. They use eyeshadows and lipsticks to blend and deepen the look.
Props- Depending on the type of horror movie they can use a lot of different props to scare you. In murder movies, they can use fake knives and or guns. And in kidnapping movies, they can use fake chains to tie them up and assortments of fake weapons. They can use fake bodies made from silicon and plastic to fool you into thinking its a dead body.
Scenery- It often ends up on a dark foggy night where the moon is full and the spooky feeling too it. It could be in a haunted place like a house or an abandoned building. Or it could be like a graveyard or in the dark forest far from home.
Camera angles- Low angle, eye level, high angle.
Movements and shots- pov shot, wide shot, CGI, establishing shot, two shot, three-shot, trunk shot, handheld shots, tracking shot, zoom in and out, close up.
Editing- eye-line match, fadeout, reaction shot.
Sound- sound bridge, diegetic sound, score, dialog, and non-diegetic sound.
Examples- It, Nightmare on elm street, The conjuring, The exorcist, A quiet place.
Elements of horror- jump scares, monsters, murder, ghosts, kidnapping, emotional response.
Elements I like- Jump scares and the emotional attachment you get to the character as their person build up a story in the film.
Elements I don't like- I don't like it When there are kidnappings in scary movies because I know it happens a lot and it always ends up keeping me up at night.
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