Hello everyone, welcome back to another one of my blogs! For todays post, I wanted to talk about the different technical elements that you could see in the Horror genre. Horror itself is known to have very dark tones along with eerie sounds.
Lighting
The first element that I wanna talk about is the lighting. In many cases, dark lighting is the norm which can be found in many movies ranging from old to very recent. The reason as to why dark lighting has become so normalized in many horror movies is because the way it creates a eerie environment. When I watch horror movies, I usually perceive the whole "dark lighting" as a must in the movie because to me if there's no dark lighting it wouldn't really be a horror movie since it helps create that spooky environment.
Suspense/Tension
Moving on, I looked into the suspense and tension that many horror movies produce when the audience watches. This is usually one of the most important things that a horror film should have in them to ensure that the movie can be successful in theaters. My initial thought on this was that not having suspense doesn't necessarily mean that the horror film would be bad, however, I would be proven wrong when I notice many of the movies I watch would always have this whether its a small amount or is shown many times. Movies like Friday the 13th would be a good example of this since at many times would show the teenagers in Camp Crystal Lake doing something and would have the camera angle at a way so that we as the audience would see them through Jason's eyes. To me, this was a pretty cool thing the production company did to really get the audience on their toes since the scene would instantly cut as soon as the teenagers scream at the sight of Jason coming to kill them.
Finally, I wanna talk about how in horror movies, there's always in some shape or form of the feeling of vulnerability and isolation. What I mean by this is when a character in a film or show is shown by themselves or always seems like their scared of being alone. This can be seen in The Black Phone when Finney, the protagonist, is captured by the Grabber and is locked in the basement where he is shown to be crying and terrified of him being trapped in the basement with only a mattress and black telephone. This insinuates the idea of the psychological horror films always having a character show signs of major stress and shock of the idea of being alone with a murder or someone with strange supernatural powers.
Citations
https://raindance.org/unveiling-the-essentials-of-horror-key-elements-and-their-cinematic-uses/
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