Questionnaire

How old are you? Do you like horror films? If you don't, why? What kinds of horror films do you like and why? (Gory or supernatural) What do you expect to see in a horror film? Do you fear the film more if it is based on a true story? What time of day do you prefer watching horrors and why? Have you ever had to stop watching a horror because it’s too scary? Have you ever had sleepless nights from a horror, if so what was the horror? Do you find horrors scarier when there is a child involved?

Narrative

Narrative Jamie is reflecting on her childhood to her therapist. She talks about the times her grandfather would tell her stories about how he was a medic in the war, and the story of how he was attending to a man who was bleeding to death, but had to leave him and deal with a group of men dying on the field – so the man bled to death. Before she was institutionalised, she researched and discovered that the man’s body was never found. These are what led to the night terrors that made her hallucinate and drove her insane. The night terrors then change from being figments of her imagination, to real life when a killer fitting the description of the man in her dreams goes on a killing spree to find her. Locations: • House (living room area) • Alley, long path possibly at night

D.I.S.T.I.N.C.T

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

Conventions

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.