VHS Codes and Conventions

The codes and conventions for VHS are taken from one particular section of the film, I was unable to find a suitable YouTube video showing this section of the film. The section is towards the end of the film and follows the men at the begging of the film who break into a house looking for a video tape, the house is dark and a majority of the men have vanished by this part of the film and it focus' on a few of the men as they watch one of the video tapes and walk around the previously mentioned house. The reason we have chosen to look at VHS in detail is due to the fact that it uses handheld camera footage for the majority of the film, this is something that we ourselves would like to implement into our own film with the use of the killer using a handheld camera to see his perspective of the events that unfold. It was imperative to look a a film such as VHS to see how handheld cameras are implemented in feature horror films, and to see how we could emulate these conventions.

Scream - Intro Research

The Introduction to scream follows a similiar plot to what we intend our film to be about. I have looked into different camera shots, sound, and editing used within the introduction to see how we could use this to help us create our own film.

Texas Chainsaw Massacre - Documentary Scenes Research

Here I have done some research into the documentary scenes of the film, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, our original idea was to create a horror film that incorporated scenes that would appear to be from a real documentary but we decided to change this upon further thought into what we wanted our film to be about, in case we decide to change our minds we decided it would be a good idea to research into a film that has used this style in order for us to gain a basic understanding of how it could be done if we changed our idea.

The Strangers Codes and Conventions

The codes and conventions analysis are taken from this scene in The Strangers

This particular scene follows a similar theme and tone that we are attempting to incorporate within our film such as horror and tension, as well as this this particular scene is somewhat similar to what we would like our film to be like in the sense that there is a lone female alone and her house is being 'invaded' by some form of antagonist. Another part that we would be able to take away from this scene is the use of music and sounds to create tension and to set a tone of overwhelming confusion and horror.