Camera Angles

Using weird angles and canted cameras are common in horror movies. As well as this horror films often use extreme close ups and Point of view shots in order to express fear or to make the audience feel more involved or to add tension. Often dark colors like red and black (links to evil, blood and danger etc.).Lighting is expressive and non-naturalistic. Low-key lighting can help to crate dark shadows and unfamiliar shapes in the blackness. Lighting can be motivated in the world of the film (like bonfires, fireplaces and torches).Props can help us to further identify horror genre. D.I.S.T.I.N.C.T Don’t Ignore Setting Technical code - The codes and conventions in media can be separated into 3 distinct groups - Technical (camera techniques & shots), Symbolic (i.e. clothing, colours), Written and audio (music etc.). These give the text meaning and determine the response of the viewer. They can be used as a basis for simple text analysis. So in order to compose any work related to media you should con Iconography - Discussing imagery as iconography in this way implies a critical "reading" of imagery that often attempts to explore social and cultural values. Iconography is also used within film studies to describe the visual language of cinema, particularly within the field of genre criticism) Narrative Characterization Themes