Genre Research: Comedy and Horror

      For the two other genres, I chose to study I selected horror and comedy. I came to decision by first analyzing what genres are most prominent in thrillers. From this statement, I found that action, horror, and comedy are the most prominent genres within a thriller film. Then, I looked at what do I personally find the most important in a thriller. From that, I found that I find a blend of horror and comedy are the most important things in a thriller film.

Horror

CAMS: General camera shots are close-ups, wide shots, and point of view shots. Common camera angles are low angle, canted angle, and high angle. Common movements are tracking, Steadicam, and zooming. 

CLAMPS: Common costumes are costumes showing deterioration over time. Common lighting is lowkey lighting. Common acting is tense and suspense-filled. Common makeup is hair and light makeup until the actor needs to portray an injury, from there, prosthetics may or may not be added. Common props are weapons like knives, guns, etc. Common settings are woodlands and carnivals. 

Editing: Common editing techniques are jump cuts and long takes. 

Examples of films: Scream, Halloween, Friday the 13th, Happy Death Day, and Nightmare on Elm Street.

Common sound: Diegetic and Synchronous sound in the form of dialogue and screams and soundtracks in the form of a score.

What I like from my genre: I like the scares and the bits and pieces of comedy.

What I don't like from my genre: My genre generally relies on scares to carry to the story and usually has a weak plot with many plot holes.

Comedy

CAMS: Common camera shots mid and wide shots. A common angle is a high angle. Common camera movements are handheld and zoom.

CLAMPS: Common costumes are casual clothing. Common lightning is three-point lighting. Common acting is generally funny and light harder although there can be dark humor. Common makeup is casual makeup but t show injury makeup can be applied. Common props are breakable chairs and items that are used to have fun. Common settings are cities.

Editing: Common editing techniques are jump cuts, cutaways, and slow motion.

Examples: Grown Ups, Scooby-Doo, My Spy.

Common sound: Diegetic sound and sound motive.

What I like from my genre: I like that my genre makes me laugh at situations that I would not normally laugh at.

What I don't like from my genre: I don't like when jokes are made but don't make me laugh because they come off as corny and not funny.



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