First, the movie Trick 'r Treat is part of the horror comedy type of horror film trend that started in the 1980's. Films of this type are fully aware of the tropes of the horror genre, and exploit them either for comedic purposes or surprise. Horror comedy films also know the history of the horror genre and make references to it. Trick 'r Treat belongs to the horror comedy movement because it is self-aware, the director knows the genre well and uses that for comedy and to defy the viewers expectation. For example, the viewer expects the girls who are costuming in the beginning to be brutally murdered, except for Laurie, who is a virgin and would therefore survive, because they are pretty and sexual, which in horror films is usually a death sentence for girls. …show more content…
However, in Trick 'r Treat, not only do they survive, they even turn out to be man-eating monsters, which is very unlike what you would except of a film of this genre.
The director also plays with the viewers preconceived ideas about horror movies by playing tension-building music to reveal something that is not scary, like for example when Emma goes to pull the sheet of a Halloween decoration, the music swells and the viewer expects something terrible to happen only to have absolutely nothing bad happen yet. Another example would be when Steven, the murderous principal, stands behind his son, he plunges a knife down to the sound of tense music and he brings the knife full of blood back up. The viewer is lead to believe Steven murdered is son, but its then revealed that the knife was full of blood because they were carving the head of a boy Steven murdered earlier, which for some reason is less horrifying to the viewer than if he had actually killed Billy, his son. In short, the director knows the horror genre very well, and uses that to surprise the viewer, as well as lead him through all sorts of emotional ups and
downs. Secondly, themes found in Trick 'r Treat are themes often found in horror films. For example, a violent death as retribution for breaking the rules is a theme often found in the horror genre. This theme is found in Trick 'r Treat when Laurie is punished for breaking the Halloween rule that says that you can only take down decorations the day after Halloween, by being murdered by Sam, the small pumpkin demon. Another horror theme found in this film is the punishment of people who hurt others. The three kids that pull a cruel prank on Rhonda end up being killed by undead children, and Mr. Kreeg, a bitter old man who dislikes Halloween and is responsible for the death of the undead children, ends up first tortured and played with by Sam, and then killed by the children he drove down a cliff.
Betty’s father warns Betty Boop not to do it as he understands the consequences. The nature of the mood is also shown in the way the instrumentals are perceived. The dancing at the end shows it all. Sound and music is used at the start and the end of the music. At the start, the music is somewhat slow and the instrumentals set the mood expected from the film. The band and orchestra is more casual just as the characters in the film. This gives the author the expectation from the film as well as how the characters could utilize the environment. At the end of the film, the cab sings in a way that is more spiritual, ghost like and the skeletons nature scares everything. The music is related to the image on the screen since it indicates what Betty could expect. In most instances, the music goes with what is on the screen to create some sense of
For example, Marlowe discovers that Geiger's books store was a smut book racket, the identity of Carmen's blackmailer and his murderer, what really happened to Eddie Mars's wife and the identity of Sean Regan's murderer. Nonetheless, the resulting fast paced plot engages the viewer. Unlike reading a novel, watching a movie involves one's auditory senses. In this case, music was carefully composed and selected to emphasize the confusion and rush. For example, fast paced music creates a feeling of tension and can be used to build suspense.
One of the techniques used to promote fear and suspense into the audience is the use of the music. This technique makes the audience afraid of the shark, whenever the theme song is played the audience is to expect another horrific attack from the deadly shark, which adds a lot of suspense and build-up to the scences following. Spielberg uses this particular sound to build-up the scene, such as in the beginning when the shark attacks the girl swimming. Spielberg uses this non-diegetic sound which is only heard by the audience, not by any of the characters in the film. A non-diegetic sound defined by film sound says, a sound neither visible on the screen nor has been implied to be prese...
The films musical score alerts the viewer to an approaching attack of the shark and they automatically build this association with the music in their mind. Horror films often make use of high string instrument notes that irritate viewers and increase tension. Music plays an important role in film editing and the editor must choose its placement wisely to ensure its intended effect on the viewer’s mind and
them as unattractive and menacing and everything about this scene is threatening and ugly and makes the audience feel uncomfortable impact. in the audience of the. The music is like funeral music, loud and sad. The... ... middle of paper ... ...bloodshed and murder that follow.
Halloween is the time of year that most people loved the idea of being scared beyond belief. But nowadays it’s harder to be genuinely scared because it seems like some people have become accustomed to most horrifying things that relate to Halloween due to the fact that it is the same every year. Nonetheless every year amusement parks use Halloween as a marketing scheme to get people and their friends to come to their horror nights, and spend money on ridiculous overpriced items, which all present the same things; clowns, clowns, chainsaws, and more clowns. Yes we can all agree that clowns are scary, but there has to come a time where the ones coming up with these “horror nights” step back and realize that what they are doing is no longer working anymore. But alas there is someone out there who knows what they’re doing, and it quite possibly could have to do with the fact that they are connected to the movie studio that did invent the horror film genre. But what makes Universal Studios Halloween Horror night so sinister? Universal Studios has a way where they take you out of reality and place you in a horror movie where you encounter many horror mazes, and also by the way they attack your senses in unexpected ways.
Whilst this is happening the Halloween theme music is playing in the background, this music is very high pitched and uses string instruments to create horror and suspense for the viewers. Once the credits have been shown there is a 'vls' (very long shot) of the house this is used to set the scene, this is a subjective point of view from the killer .This can be related to the German expressionism where they would use bumpy camera movement to seize the audiences concentration .They use a handheld camera to do this scene as it emphasises the killers movements to the audience. As the Killer begins to make his way around the house be looks up to see the light go off. When this happens there is a sharp shrill sound which enforces the killer's actions.
People are addicted to the synthetic feeling of being terrified. Modern day horror films are very different from the first horror films which date back to the late nineteenth century, but the goal of shocking the audience is still the same. Over the course of its existence, the horror industry has had to innovate new ways to keep its viewers on the edge of their seats. Horror films are frightening films created solely to ignite anxiety and panic within the viewers. Dread and alarm summon deep fears by captivating the audience with a shocking, terrifying, and unpredictable finale that leaves the viewer stunned.
In the film, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, every time there was a close up of Augustus Gloop in the candy room, sinister music would play. This foreshadowed that something bad was going to happen to him in that room. It puts the viewer on edge and creates a mood of suspense because they don’t know what is going to happen. He also uses music to foreshadow events in the movie Edward Scissorhands. Every time Edward saw Kim happy, angelic music would play which foreshadowed that something would happen between them and also gave you a hint about his feelings towards her. Burton used music to show foreshadowing in the movie Dark Shadows as well. When Josette was walking toward the edge of the cliff suspenseful music played create a mood of suspense and fear that Barnabas wouldn’t make it in time and she would fall to her death. One of the many other cinematic techniques Burton often uses in his films is using lighting and color to show
Music can decipher a narrative event by indicating a perspective. To unify a set of diverse images and provide rhythmic and formal continuity and momentum, a film’s structure is more often than not, directly articulated by a musical structure. Music can assist the dialogue and visuals of film and often is inaudible (e.g. music is meant to be heard unconsciously, not consciously). Music has been used by directors to reinforce or strengthen certain weak scenes in film and then on the other hand when music is not needed to reinforce a scene
During the making of the movie Edward Scissorhands, Tim Burton chose different kinds of music and sound in different scenes to help control the feeling that the audience gets when they watch it. No matter if it’s happy, sad or scary, there is music or other sounds that help us ease into the atmosphere of it. For example, the scene where there is an assembly line making cookies, there is non-diegetic sound. The scene opens in the mansion, there is dark and ominous music playing which could make us sense mystery and feel fear. However, when the inventor holds up the heart, there is peaceful music that is meant to make our mood change from fearful to calm. Tim Burton brought the audience into the tone of what’s going on in the scene in order to create a great experience for
Different from other types of films, the music in Phantom of the Opera was used by all the characters, as a way to tell their part of the story. The music created a convincing surrounding for the film, guided the audiences. The music was constantly a signifier of emotion, as the characters expressed their feelings through the songs. The music score was an emotional and scary score that tied into their diegetic/non-diegetic singing, giving the main characters an identity, specifying situations and places to help connect certain points. When we hear the dark music play throughout the movie, it plays a certain theme, that theme gives the viewers a clear hint of who or what the music is talking about. Another example of signifier of emotion was in The Devil Wears Prada, where the film used either fast upbeat songs for when Andy walks all around the city, running errands for Miranda, or romantic alternative music when Andy is with her boyfriend and true friends (The Phantom of the Opera/The Devil Wears
This technique aids other elements in creating suspense because it makes the audience think that they should be seeing something when in reality there is nothing there. Overall, the editing in The Hurt Locker was effectively used along with audio and other elements to create the suspense present in the film. The music and sound plays a role in representing the intensity of the situation in many scenes. The music is instrumental, with an emphasis on long, low, eerie sounds to intensify
Music: On one hand I felt the director underutilized the use of music in this piece, but on the other I figure the Director wanted this effect- he let the scene, and its silence convey the true horror. He didn't want to use music to control how the audience felt. The ending song felt particularly poignant and worked extremely
Although admittedly some scenes have a comical side to them, Besson's fast paced action and gruesome images hold the tension and suspense brilliantly. His use of close-ups and camera movements, especially the subjective stance used by the victim, convey the feelings felt by the characters and the way in which they behave. Sound plays a crucial role in the opening sequence because, in my view, it is used to control the level of suspense and intrigue.