Genre conventions in Thriller/Horror films

Conventions of the genre Horror/Thriller looking at the film When A Stranger Calls: 

Using these 6 categorys:

-Mise-En-Scene

-Narrative

-Charactors/Representation

-Cinematography

-Editing

-Sound

Film 1: When A Stranger Calls

 

 

Mise-en-scene:

• Fun Fair- rides, candyfloss, balloons, children
• Houses- window, Sillohette
• Low key lighting
• Police Searching- body bags
• Red Balloon- connotes danger

Narrative:

• Someones been killed- Murder
• Womens being stalked over the phone.
• Being lost in a fun fair

Charactors:

• Stranger- dark silohette, shadow
• Young Woman
• Mum Charactor
• Police- All men, main officer/investigator was old, white, fat, american.

Cinematography:

• POV shot- beginning, shakey and makes us feel uncomfortable.
• Close Up- Main police investegators face seeing the murder scene (Emotion of digust and scared)
• Low Angles of the fun fair- disorinatating, makes you feel insecure.

Editing:

• Whipping transitions.
• Flashing quickly into diffrent shots.
• Jumpy, Quick and fast paced editing.
• Fade to Black.

Sound:

• Phonecall (between young woman and the stranger)
• Laughter of children (Scary and Twisted)
• Mechanical noises of the fun fair rides
• Scream of the woman being murdered (amplified sound)
• Police car sirens (Unsyncrinous)
• Tense, Metalic, Slow paced and eery music thats dis-chorded.