Now that we have the group and the task decided on, we are now looking towards researching the most popular styles of film, and how to create such pieces. I decided to first look into the horror genre, as this particular genre seems to attract a large audience.
I have looked at several opening clips to films, but the most useful of these are 'Constantine' and 'Resident Evil'. They have shown several conventions of the horror genre, for example, using darkness as a method of making an eerie feeling in the opening scenes. This could be effective in our piece, however because of the quality of the camera being used to film it may not be possible to use this in our piece. Another well used convention is the music in the beginning of the piece - generally quite drawn out and uses strings or strange instruments to create a feeling of suspense. Also, non-diagetic sounds are used in places of extreme tension, evidently in order to shock an audience, which is the whole purpose of this genre. All of these techniques are successful at creating the atmosphere of a horror genre, and thus could be of great use should we choose to use it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PyDU6Uwh0M - Resident Evil opening scene. In particular, I am focusing on the music used in this piece, as the music is perfect to build up an atmosphere of suspense.
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