Horror- (chosen genre for opening two minutes)

For our opening two minutes to a film, we decided to do a horror.
Horror is typically a genre that creates a sense of panic and fear to the audience. This genre also rely on making the audience jump and keeping them on the edge of there seats through attempting to present there worst fears and nightmares. Many horror films we see tend to involve mythical characters such as ghosts. They usually involve alot of violence and bad language we we know through there high aged ratings. A few examples of horror films are Saw, A nightmare on Elm Street, Paranormal Activity, Scream, etc.

There are many different sub-genres of horror which consist of:

Comedy-Horror:
Comedy- horror consists of both comedic conventions along with horror movie themes. The point of the comedy-horror films are typically to scare the audience as well as entertaining them and making the audience laugh.

Teen-Horror:
A teen horror is clear through its sub genre title as it would typically revolve around a teenager or a group of teenagers. This genre is more realistic for the audience as they tend to be in there teens which makes it more thrilling for them as if it is something that they could experience. They would usually involve the typical teenage issues such as dating and partying.

Monster-Horror.
A monster-horror would typically involve the horror conventions and would have the same idea to scare the audience however would involve the mythical idea of a monster. This make it more thrilling for the audience although we know it would not be true.

Zombie-Horror:
Alike the monster-horror this would involve the typical horror conventions along with a zombie which could possibly be someone from the dead or generally a mythical creature. Yet again, the idea would scare the audience although it is science fiction.

Preliminary task- Continuity

Continuity editing

180 degree rule:
The 180 degree rule is a rule which states that characters in a film, if having a conversation or if filming in one place for a longer period of time, then the camera must stay within the 180 degree angle (on one side). If this rule is broken, it can often work however it can also often confuse the audience.

                                                             

Shot reverse shot:

A short reverse shot is typically used during a conversation when the camera focuses on one person then pans to the other person then back again. This is used to alternate between the two characters throughout the conversation to allow the audience to see the characters from either perspective. Below is an  example of shot-reverse-shot in a film. We are able to clearly see that the camera is alternating between the two character, back and forth, which is a shot reverse shot.

Match on action:

Match on action is the technique of one shot cutting to another, from a different angle, showing the action of the subject. By carrying the action through using this technique creates some sort of connection or bridge which makes the audience more engaged and focusing on the action itself rather than the cutting of it.