Presentation of Smile-

overall narrative structure and planning

This picture shows our group gathering together everyone's ideas to create a spider diagram. Everyone within the group contributed their ideas to the come up with our main idea.











With the planning of the overall narrative structure we came up with a list of costumes and props. 









This is weapon that the clown in our story will be using. We chose a bat because we wanted to portray a violent character.

Focus groups-

As a class we split off into two groups boy and girls to focus on the target audiences of horror films, and to find out specific sub-genres that are popular within the audiences that watch horror films. As well as this it will help us find out what people detest in the horror film world and will let us know what to include and what not to include in our own film in order to make them as successful as they can possibly be. Here are both groups feedback videos;

Textual Analysis- Hush

Sound-

Birds chirping- This is to connote peacefulness and tranquility, which can be the a juxtaposition of what is really going to happen.
Rustling of the bushes and trees- Connotes also peacefulness which shows that the person that is living in the house is at peace and has no problems with where they live.
Ticking of the stove- Causes tension and puts the audience feeling scared and in danger when really its only the stove.
Pouring of the wine- shows that the character is relaxed in where they live and know what they are doing.
Chopping of the food- This important because it is a connotations of violence as the character chops with a knife, which is a weapon. This type of sound can cause the audience to feel tension and scared.
Whisking of the eggs.
Crushing of the garlic- This can be connoted as a form of violence and danger.
Shaking of the cat food- This is important because this is the only way of her communicating with her cat due to the fact that she is deaf.
Silence- The use of silence is important because it gives the audience an insight to what it is like to be deaf, as well as adding to the tension of the film.



Mise en Scene-

Trees and woods- It is set in the wood which can be seen as quite secluded and alone.This can be annotated as dangerous due to the fact that the character is deaf and is not able to hear whether anything is outside of her house or not.
Car- If there was to be danger could she use her car to get away with.
Stove- A stove creates fire which is a symbol of danger and death.
Cork- The cork pops which could make the audience jump which adds to the scare of the film.
KNIFE- The knife is a very popular type of prop that is used in the horror genre and this is because they symbolise death and danger, as well as blood.
Glass windows- There are glass doors and windows in the background of some of the shots and this is to show the audience that the deaf lady is not that safe in a situation where she may be in danger. If someone wanted to get in, they could easily be able to smash the windows. The glass doors aslo are there to show the audience what is outside of the house at all times which adds to the fact that the woman is vulnerable.
The picture of both her and another female- This is included to make the film more personal to the main character by showing the audience the maybe family members of the deaf woman.

Camera Angles-

Close up of wine and fire from the stove- This is done to create a sense of disorientation because the audience do not know where the character is in the house and all they are able to see is a extreme close up of an object. This can make the audience confused and wanting to see more of the shot.
Extreme long shot- This is right at the very beginning of the scene and this is done to establish what and where the film is set in and its surroundings.
Close up of all the food- This is done to maybe show an interest of the character and show the audience what is going on at this time in the film, dinner.
Close up of the female character- This is done to show the audience what the female, main character looks like and her features. It will help the audience get to know the character and understand what she looks like.
Extreme close up of ear- This is to emphasise the fact that the main character is deaf and may cause the audience to build their own opinions on her, whether that is feeling sorry or feeling as if that the fact that she is deaf empowers her in other senses.
Over the shoulder shot- There is an over the shoulder shot of the female character texting on her phone and this is done to make the audience feel more involved with the happenings in the scene as well as making it more personal to them.

Editing-

Opening titles- The institution that produces this horror film is Blume house Productions and this is because they are successful in the horror genre and make very good and popular horror films.
Titles- The titles of the film HUSH are black and bold, in capital letters. The background of the titles is white and this make the black writing stand out against it.
Establishing shot- This is of the house at the beginng of the film and this is to show the audience what the setting is
Fast-paced editing- This occurs during the start of the opening scene where the camera cuts to shots of different foods. This infers that the film is fast paced and everything is going to be happening quickly, which will make the audience gain adrenaline and want to watch more.
Blur- There is a blur from the writing on the laptop to the female character's face. This is to reveal the very first sighting of the main character as well as to disorientate the audience because a blur into focus shot is hard to understand.
Dead space- The dead space reveals a lot of the house and whats around it. As well as this, it shows the audience the female character is a good person due to the fact that the antagonist of a horror film is usually off centred in a shot but the female character is mainly in the middle of the shot.
Panning shot- A panning shot is used to follow the female character around the house to where she needs to go, as well as showing the audience what is happening around her with the mise en scene.
The camera is always moving- With the camera always moving it gives the sense that someone is watching the female character whilst she gets on with what she is doing which adds to the tension and suspense.

Textual Analysis- Purge

Textual Analysis - Scream

Audience Pleasures of watching Horror films-

There are many different pleasures that are created when watching a horror film and examples of this include the audience theories. Audience theories put the public into different groups or sections that identify how a horror film effects them. One example of a audience theory would be the uses and gratifications theory. This theory is the idea that the audience actively watch certain films and seek specific gratifications from them. The audience that is usually associated with this theory are known as the active audience. For example, audience watch slasher horror films at home or at the cinema for their own enjoyment as it is their choice, because they are the active audience. This audience choses to watch a slasher film for their own enjoyment as well as for the adrenaline rush that is included whilst watch a horror film. There is a sense of escapism whist watching a horror film because the events that usually happen during a horror film are not relatable to the majority of the audience watching, therefore the audience that watches it are trying to escape to another world, and want to experience something they may never happen in their normal lives as much as possible, therefore they watch a film. An audience member that comes under the active audience have the chance to reject, use or play with what they are watching due to the fact they challenge what they are watching. An active audience form opinions on what they are watching as well as chose what they want to watch.

Another type audience theory is the two step-flow theory. This theory is the idea that the audience of the film forms their opinions revolving around the opinion of an opinion leader which are influenced by the mass media. Audience go to watch films that have been given a review by influential people explaining the pleasures that the film gives. This audience is seen as very passive therefore if they were to read a bad review on a horror film, or a review that was written by a person that does not like horror films then the reader will not watch that certain film. This type audience doesn't really experience  pleasures from watching the film due to the fact that they are passive therefore they can make their own decisions on whether to watch the film or not. Also they wouldn't watch a film for a reason such as escapism because they would inly be watching the film because of other's opinions.