EXEMPLAR.Main Influence

Main Influence.

having completed a broad range of primary and secondary research on fil openings you need to summarise.   What were the main influences on the construction of your media text.  In completing this post you will meet the OCR assessment objectives AO1, AO2 and AO4


please find an example  of how you could do this


IN ADDITION YOU CAN COMMENT ON ANY THEORY THAT YOU HAVE STUDIED AND CONSIDERED TO BE IMPORTANT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF YOUR SCRIPT, NARRATIVE.

As in previous posts you will need to make your presentations  multi-media therefore visuals which illustrate your written accounts work well as can be seen below.

EXEMPLAR.Main Influence

We were influenced by a variety of different movies which are as follows:

• Se7en
• American Horror Story: Murder House
• Blair Witch Project
• American Werewolf in London
• The Shining
• The Walking Dead
• The Call

The techniques that influences us involved editing, camera angles, mise-en-scene and sound. Most of the horror movies operate with low key lighting which is a reoccurring theme within our videos. Additionally, there are a variation of slower shot durations (to increase suspense) or quicker shot durations to increase tension.

The Blair Witch Project

These shots contain fast edits, scraggy handwriting and ominous settings.

American Werewolf in London

Credits production company

Comic aspects employed to set the tone for the horror comedy film.

Title inserted midway through the opening credits

Actors credited first

Other main crew members credited after actors

Hill shots create a feeling of isolation and mystery as the audience do not know what could lurk in the hills.




The Shining

Production company credited first. Shot duration is longer and is filmed at a slower pace to build the tension of the scene.












Credits producer before actors or crew.

Credits actors.















The Se7en 

This opening contains music that feels quite heavy which creates the feeling of suspense and fear for the viewer.






















 ABOVE ALTHOUGH THE LEARNER DID NOT MENTION THIS HE COULD HAVE COMMENTED ON THE USE OF HANDWRITTEN TEXT and how it linked to the horror narrative.   

The Call

The killer of this film used to have a very close relationship with his sister

She used to have luscious blonde hair.

However she was diagnosed with cancer.

And relationship she had with her brother strengthened.

So the killer abducts girls who have blonde hair in an effort to remember his deceased sister.

This shot creates suspense as there is a quick flash up which focuses on her eyes, making her appear to have supernatural properties which is an effective shot to use to create a thriller.