http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bko9uSZW66o&feature=related
Link to Silent Hill Part 1 for the Opening 2 Minutes
Director: Chistophe Gans
Year of Release: 2006
Genre : Horror/Fantasy
Mise-en-scene: Plays the largest role since the costume is what engages the audience , and emerges them in this ''horror'' related situation. For example the woman's body language conveys fear.
Camera Techniques: Camera has close ups on the actors face because the facial expressions she is showing is important to help drive her narrative viewpoint.
Sound: Screaming helps add the sinister effect in the opening sequence , its clear this film is of a horror genre from the beginning.
Editing: Continuous editing is used to create the illusion that we are watching the events unfold as the screaming mother does. This means the audience is seeing things from the same viewpoint as the character , adding a surprise factor which is part of the ''horror'' appeal.
Narrative: The missing child is instantaneously suggesting the film is about anxiety and loss , the emotion conveyed by the mother is also of distress and panic , this fear expressed is classically shown in all horror genre type films.
I agree with all of the points you've made, and the use of continuity editing in showing events unfold as the mother sees them as you've mentioned is something that I'd be interested in using if we were to work with the horror genre.
ReplyDeleteContinuity editing, personally i think would be better for a teen drama, as thats more story driven. Whereas the use of jump cuts in a horror genre could (potentially) help create a lot more discomfort and unease in the audience. Other than that I agree with Timo!
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