Research

How to make a horror film?

1. get a scary idea for the movie.
2.turn your idea into a plot of a story.
3.find an good place to film your movie.
4. find cast that are willing to star in your movie.
5. add scary movie for suspense.
6. have a scary killer/monster.
7. make something completely ordinary the centre of the drama.
8. have a plot twist.
9. Add good effects.
10. make sure you use a good editing software.


Horror Film music

Music is a very important part in a horror film as it helps to create a specific mood and is used to increase fear levels and tension.
some of the common conventions are:
- long suspenseful notes often help contrast with short sharp notes to help shock the audience.
-extremes but intentional changes of pitch tones. For example low long brass notes which suddenly change to very high fast pitched notes to make the audience feel immediately tense.
Without music the horror would decrease dramatically and it would completely dull the fear factor.

Camera Shots


 




Extreme long shot: This is also known as a establishing shot, it
normally shows an exterior e.g. landscape or the outside of a
building. There will be very little detail visible in the shot, its
meant to give a general impression rather than specific
information.





Long shot: This shot shows the entire object or human figure,
whilst the focus is on characters it still shows plenty of
background. the long shot is used to set the scene in a film.
The long shot should be a locked shot so no movement of any
sort.






Medium shot: Normally used for dialogue scenes, normally a full
length view of a human subject. Background is minimal because
its most likely been shown in a shot before.







Close up: This shot concentrates on the face and shows very very
little background. The close up takes us into the mind of the
character and The close up is a very intimate shot.






Extreme close up: This shot gets right up close and shows
extreme detail, its used to allow the viewer to reveal certain
characteristics and emotions that would get unoticed from
afar.



Types of camera movement


Tilting is a cinematographic technique in which the camera is stationary and rotates in a vertical plane (or tilting plane). A rotation in a horizontal plane is known as panning. Tilting the camera results in a motion similar to someone nodding their head "yes" or to an aircraft performing a pitch rotation.


Panning- Filmmaking and professional video cameras pan by turning horizontally on a vertical axis, but the effect may be enhanced by adding other techniques, such as rails to move the whole camera platform. Slow panning is also combined with zooming in or out on a single subject, leaving the subject in the same portion of the frame, to emphasize or de-emphasize the subject respectively.


A link to a tutorial explaining what panning is:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJcjzcO8Zts


Pedestal means moving the camera up or down without changing its vertical or horizontal axis. A camera operator can do two types of pedestals: pedestal up means "move the camera up;" pedestal down means "move the camera down." You are not tilting the lens up, rather you are moving the entire camera up. Imagine your camera is on a tripod and you're raising or lowering the tripod head





A Camera Dolly is a specialised piece of filmmaking and television production equipment designed to create smooth camera movements (cinematic techniques). The camera is mounted to the dolly and the camera operator and focus puller or camera assistant usually ride on the dolly to operate the camera. The dolly grip is the dedicated technician trained to operate the dolly.





The Purge

The Purge is an American horror film which is based on the plot of criminal activity being legal including murder becoming legal for 12 hours. It was released in 2013. The purge had a budget of $3,000,000 (estimated), in the opening weekend it made $34,058,360.
I think the film is different from a lot of horror films because I think the idea isn't like a lot of horror films which are mainly about ghosts and supernatural. The plot is different from other films which would attract Audiences everywhere, one thought which could attract people is 'what if crime was legalised in real life'. this could make a lot of people interested.
In the first 2 minutes of the film it starts with the universal title and then there is a short clip of Blumhouse productions. It then shows various clips of recent annual purges that have commenced in recent years.
The music they used is piano style music. There is various clips shown of purges that have happened in previous years, the audience don't hear the sound from the clips but music that is played over, the music is a quite

The film starts with universal.








The lighting that have used here could be telling us that the film is dark and doesn't used much light. They have put the Blumhouse purposely by the H on the corner of a room and the H is representing a house which could give us an image of what we think the film could be about.

These are the opening credits which are giving a basic information about this years purge which is commencing, this gives a open to the audience of what the film Is about.

A conglomerate is a combination of two or more corporations that engaged in entirely different businesses that fall under one corporate group.
An example of some from the United Kingdom are;
The virgin group
The co-operative group
Easy group

Classification for films

U- Universal- Suitable for all. 











PG- parental guidance- general viewing, but some scenes
may be unsuitable for young children.











12A- accompanied/advisory- suitable for those aged 12 and over
(cinema only), also suitable for those under 12, but only if
accompanied by an adult.













12- suitable for 12 years and older.













15- suitable for 15 years and older.










18- suitable for 18 years and older.














18- Restricted 18- restricted to those who are 18 and older
and are only available at licensed cinemas and sex shops.