Genre Research: The movies

 

Thriller 

Common CAMS 

A thriller is a suspense film that evokes excitement and suspense in the audience. Common camera angles and shots in thrillers are high angle shots, low angle shots, canted angles, wide shots, and panning shots.

Common Sound 

A lot of non-diegetic sounds are used in psychological thrillers such as: High pitched violins. High pitched string percussion. Lots of screaming, suspenseful sounds.     

     C.Common CLAMPS (Mis-en-scene)

Common Mis En Scene in thriller, entails pretty normal clothing as far as costumes goes. Lighting used in thriller movies are key lighting, under lighting, and filler light. 

The actors in thriller movies are people who have to portray a kind of dark persona and be able to show little emotions. Makeup is not commonly used in thriller.Weapons are the common props in fight scenes, which are commonly used to create tension. Settings always usually entail like dark allies and abandoned type buildings.

      

     D. Common Editing 

Titles, jump cuts, optical editing, shot reverse shots, graphic match, match on action, and parallel editing. 

     E. Example Movies 

F. What elements of the genre that you like? 

What I like about thriller is that it creates so much suspense and that they always seem to have a sense of plot twisting leaving me with the Wong guess of what was to come next. I also like that it is always upbeat and fast paced. 

     G. What elements of the genre do not appeal to you?

The element of the music actually, I do not really enjoy when music is constantly playing in the movie although sometimes it does contribute to the film. It is not always pleasant to me. 

Drama 

Common CAMS 

Establishing shot. This is used to introduce a setting, usually an exterior shot of the building where the action takes place.Wide angle, the lens is zoomed out all the way to see the widest view possible. Long shot, medium shot, close-up, extreme close-up, two-shot, and over-the-shoulder.

Common sound 

Dialogue. The dialogue is the foremost of the three “ingredients” of a soundtrack, sound Effects, diegetic sound. 

Common CLAMPS 

Costumes in drama films include regular outfits, Cinematic lighting is a film lighting technique that goes beyond the standard three-point lighting setup to add drama, depth, and atmosphere to the story. Cinematic lighting utilizes lighting tricks like bouncing light, diffusing light, and adjusting color temperatures. The actors also in these movies create a great sense of emotion and connection to the other characters. Makeup is pretty moderate. Props used in these movies typically are fake houses not much figures. Some theatre sets are very elaborate and detailed. 

Horror 

Common CAMS 

Hand held camera shot. This is used very often in horror films to add a sense of reality. Low angles. Low angle shots are very powerful in the way they can emphasise just how scary or intimidating a villain is. Tilted angle, close up, tracking or panning shot, reverse, and birds eye/high angle.

Common sound

Non-diegetic sounds, high pitched string percussion. Lots of screaming, suspenseful sounds. Dialogue of course and no music soundtracks are really found in horrors. 

Common MIs-En-Scene (CLAMPS)

Costumes in a lot of horror movies use regular clothes but a lot of it may be bloody or an imitation of something else. Lighting is always dark, rarely is it bright and upbeat. Actors really have to tap into a different side I feel, to portray horror because its so dark and creepy and the elements are complex. Make up is huge, a lot of special effects makeup and just these non human like features are always prevalent. Props mostly include weapons like knives, etc. and settings seem to usually take place in abandoned houses, the woods, and sometimes even public places. 

Common editing 

Flashbacks, jump cuts, optical editing, shot reverse shots, graphic match, match on action, and parallel editing, and eye line match. 

Example of Films 

What elements of the genre that you like? 

I like that horror is actually scary and it really sends viewers to having nightmares sometimes. But I really do enjoy the sound tracks, the storylines, everything 

What elements of the genre do not appeal to you? 

Sometimes it actually can be a little bit too scary. The blood and sometimes the killing.