The forms and conventions of horror films are of night/darkness, blood, being chased, creepy children, screams, vampires, zombies and other paranormal evil and is set in deserted houses and woods to play on the themes of being alone and isolated. Horror films are made to scare the audience and play on their fears for example clowns (IT), Claustrophobia (Saw) and death (Most horror films deal with this). The horror films openings I have studied are of Scream, which opens with a character that dies before the main film starts which is what happens in ours, The Ring, which follows a person unknowing of what is to happen and The Grudge, which shows a man commit suicide due to unknown reasons. We have developed the characters from scratch as it were, choosing to make the characters separate from the story, and show how they would react to the situation rather than create characters for the specific characters. We have changed the main horror genre by having two of the main characters die in the opening scene, instead of having the four characters die one after the other over the whole film. We put the audience straight into this terrifying scenario with the characters to make it seem more realistic and let them get to know the remaining characters as it goes along, with no time to stop and relax as the story doesn’t have a break.
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