Conventions of the thriller/horror genre

When a stranger calls

Mise-en-scene

• Body bags
• Dark Lighting, builds up tension for the audience
• Fair Light/Rides
• Red Balloons - Adds danger to the audience
• Silohette

Sound

• Screams
• Children Laughing in the fair
• Phone Ringing
• Sirens, Asynchronus, adds danger to the audience
• Eerie music - builds up tension for the audience

Characters:

• Stranger/Killer
• Policemen,more dominant than other characters, stereotypical for them

Editing:

• Flashes into each shot
• Uses a lot of fades to black
• Fast Paced during extract

Narrative

• Someone being killed at the start
• Stalked by a mysterious person
• Victim feels uncomfortable

Cinematography

• Handheld camera, steady camera adds to the tension and suspense
• Camera is jumpy throughout extract
• Close-Up on policemen when girl had been killed, shows his disgust, shock

1408

Mise-en-Scene

• dark night
• Heavy rain
• Haunted Hotel, stereotypical and adds to the theme of horror

Sound:

• Thunder/Wind/Rain
• eerie music at the start
• Melodic music during the day
• Siren in the background when he is in the car

Cinematography

• Close up on cigarette, shows that it will be important later in the film
• Establishing shot on hotel, links with the forest, emphasises the genre of the film

Characters

• White American male, middle aged, stereotypical of the genre
• 2 old aged people that own the hotel that look creepy,weird

Narrative

• Man being lost, haunted theme

Editing

• Man has a flashback
• Cross fade between shots
• Eclipses when he is in the bedroom

Blair Witch Project
Narrative:

• teenagers go off into the woods to try and find out if the "Blair Witch" is real
• While out in the woods they get kidnapped and killed

Mise-En-Scene

• Dark wood/stereotypical for horror films
• Dark Night - adds tension and emphasises the genre
• Located in woods - stereotypical for horror films and builds tension

Sound

• Wind
• Trees rustling in the backgroud - build tension and suspense for the audience

Red used on cover - emphasises danger/blood
Located in woods - stereotypical as this is where most people get killed in horror and thriller film.