10 December 2008

Typical Horror Film Characters

After doing some research on characters in a horror film i have found out that all horror films have the same style characters. In all horror films there is always a killer this could be a person, a supernatural character or even a fierce creature.

A fierce creature is the first typical element found in horror/suspense films. A lot of movies in this genre use a fierce animal to make a plot. Making that animal huge, savage and intelligent can absolutely horrify people.






The film Jaws is an example of a fierce animal because the killer of the film is a shark.

The supernatural is the second thing which is used as a typical horror element in this movie category. Supernatural beings, one element of the supernatural, are often used to scare people, and many beings that have a unique style have become very popular.






The ring is an example of a supernatural killer because the killer in this film is a posessed girl.



The third horror element in horror/suspense movies is murderers. Filmmakers often use a scary human character to be a typical element. In some movies, the character wears scary clothes and a mask as he commits the murders

In the film scream the killer is a human being but has been dressed in a freaky outfit to scare the audience and to set up enigma's because the audience have to work out who it really is.

Hayley

1 comment:

SMC Media Student said...

Good notes here again. How does this relate to your project?