Researching the Horror Genre

 The horror genre is a well known and popular genre.  It has stood out as a genre because of its many unique conventions and clichés.  Some common camera strategies used in the horror genre are close up angles.  Close up angles can be observed in many horror films both new and old.  They are so widely used in the genre because they simultaneously make the audience focus in on a key point and reduce the information they are given about the rest of the scene.  By making audiences focus on a single thing, it increases the tension and their investment in that thing.  If it is a character, they would feel more shocked if they were to suddenly die while in the close up shot because they were so focused on them.  Along the same lines, close up shots reduce the information the audience can gather about the surrounding.  This increasing the tension of the scene.  When the tension finally snaps, it makes the audience that much more shocked.  

The horror genre is a controversial genre because of its common clichés.  Some do not like the repetitive feeling of horror films while other do.  Personally, I do like horror films despite their sometimes repetitive feeling.  However, there are always exceptions.  Many horror movies have succeeded at surpassing the common clichés and becoming a unique and very entertaining movies.  We hope to be able to make a horror movie like that. 

Some things I do not like about the horror genre, however, is the tendency of horror movies to rely on cheap scares to get an audiences reaction.  For example, jump scares.  Don't get me wrong, I like jump scares, but only occasionally.  They can get repetitive.  


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