Horror film is a genre with a purpose of creating a sense of fear, panic, alarm and dread for the audience. These films are often unsettling and rely on scaring the audience through a portrayal of their worst fears and nightmare. Horror films usually centre on the arrival of an evil force, person or event, many include mythical creatures such as ghosts, vampires and zombies. Traditionally, Horror films incorporate a large amount of violence and gore into the plot. Though it has its own style, Horror film often overlaps into Fantasy, Thriller and Science-Fiction too.
Conventions of Horror Movies
Positives of Creating a Short Film on Horror
You don't need to overcomplicate the storyline, horror films can be based on a range of fields, and people will be scared. They are also easy to make like the Blair Witch Project made in 1999 (
Found video footage tells the tale of three film students (Heather Donahue, Joshua Leonard, Michael C. Williams) who've travelled to a small town to collect documentary footage about the Blair Witch, a legendary… More local murderer. Over the course of several days, the students interview townspeople and gather clues to support the tale's veracity. But the project takes a frightening turn when the students lose their way in the woods and begin hearing horrific noises.)
which was made on a very low budget making a very successful horror. You don't need to get to know the characters either, the story isn't about them, its just for the audience to feel fear.Negatives of Creating a Short Film on Horror
Don't have as much time to build up tension, and then break it, build it up, break it, build it up to create suspense. You also don't get same kind of investment in a character, the psychological side to their story or finding out about them.
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