Common Camera Angles: Romance
-Over thé shoulder shot: This shot is what it says, a shot from over the shoulder usually facing another person. This is commonly used in romances.
-Two person shot: This one is quite obvious, as there are usually two people in a romance who fall in love with each other. Two person shots are when there are two people in the shot.
-Close ups: Close ups are shots that are close up usually of the face. These are used to show character emotions, and romances are emotional hence the shot.
-Long shot: These are shots that show full body. They can be used in romances for characters to show their body language towards another person.
Common mis en scene: Romance
-Lighting: romances typically have bright scenes that are beautiful to create a good mood in the people watching the film.
-Setting: there are many common shots for romances like being in a park or the beach. These are places of happiness and show freedom which is very commonly conveyed in romances.
-Props: there are many things to show that you’re watching a romance. There can be rose petals, heart shaped beds, two people getting it on.
Common editing: Romance
-In romances there are typically warm colors made by certain filters to portray a warm bubbly feeling.
-Inserts: there are many romance movies that have inserts of facetime, text messages, etc. These all show communication between the characters and relationship.
Elements of romance
-There is usually a strong hero who sweeps the other character off their feet.
-There is almost always conflict and emotional tension during some point in the movie
-There is a realistic believable plot
-And nevertheless, a happy ever after usually occurs within most romances
Common camera angles: Horror
-Aerial shot: these are shots from a birds eye view that make characters seem vulnerable and small compared to their opponent.
-Close up: these are very often used to show the reaction on characters faces after something terrible has happened.
-Track shot: these are also very often used to show fast movement and to create suspense. They are shots that look like someone is filming off a train, following the movement of a vehicle, person, etc.
-Opening shot: these are used in the beginning of horrors to show the setting of where it’s taken place, a creepy building, castle, house, etc.
Common mis en scene: Horror
-Lighting: Usually horrors take place with dim lights to create a creepy affect on audiences.
-Props that could be used are weapons such as axes, knifes, guns, arrows, etc. These are all very common because a horror usually has to do with someone killing another being.
-Setting: there are many common settings for these movies, such as a creepy house, graveyard, the woods, etc.
Common editing: Horror
-Pace: there are many times in a horror movie where the pace has been sped up to create a sense of hurry and fear.
-Cut away: these are commonly used to show the characters reaction of the situation they are facing.
-Jump cuts: these are used to show the passage of time which can be used to scare the audience
-Fade out: these are used to give a mysterious and tense feeling for the audiences, also leaving them on a cliffhanger.
Elements of horror
-There are almost always rules that people need to love by to survive, and the rules accidentally are broken and chaos breaks loose
-There are usually an abundance of characters to make up for the ones who are most likely going to die
-There is always the element of surprise
-Proper theme music, suspenseful, fast paced, etc.
-Sometimes there are cliffhangers that imply there could be a sequel
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