Horror films and emotional response

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Horror films and emotional response

• Aim to make links between horror film techniques
  and audience response.

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Starter

• Do Now watch this clip from Singin in the Rain
  How does it make you feel? Explain.
• Recap
• The question for this topic will be asking you to
  examine the micro and/or macro aspects of the
  film.What does that mean?
• What were some of the emotional responses we have
  to film?

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My film scares.

• Think what is the scariest film you have ever
  seen and explain why?
• Have a look at this website list of the scariest
  films of all time. How many have you seen?
• http//www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20310838_20303609,
  00.html
• Task Do you like the horror genre?
• Explain why in a paragraph of writing using
  examples of films that you have seen.

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What kind of scares?

• This crosses over into the idea of Freudian
  Psychoanalysis and why we are scared when we
  watch horror movies.
• What types of fear to horror movies convey?
• Fear of the dark
• Fear of the extraordinary
• Fear of strange sounds
• Fear of God
• Fear of man
• Fear of the mind!

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Horror techniques

• The emotional intention of horror films is
  simple, to scare!
• How do they do it? What technical aspects do they
  use?
• Lighting how?
• Cinematography- what types of shot, angle etc?
• Editing - which techniques?
• Sound- very important?

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Horror and technique- examples

• Watch clips from these two horror movies and make
  notes on the following technical areas and how
  they create a sense of fear
• 28 Days Later Danny Boyle (2003)
• Halloween- John Carpenter (1978)
• Cinematography
• Editing
• Mise-en-scene( including lighting)
• Sound

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Writing task

• Write a couple of paragraphs comparing and
  contrasting how both horror films use filmmaking
  techniques to create emotional responses.