Evaluation - Genre and how the opening suggests that (frame 4)

The Genre of 'Horror' is presented in the opening by one of the first scenes, showing the conventions of a typical horror film with the setting placed in the woods which is shown in this frame. The opening also indicates this as its dark, gloomy and muddy,this makes the audience see straight away that it is a horror, as people tend to associate the fact something bad is going to happen when the weather is bad, which is what normally happens in a horror film. The two girls are also walking alone in the woods, and you can see its really quiet as there is no one else around which makes you think something will happen as any thing could now happen as no one is there to witness it, which creates a sense of suspicion towards the audience. The girls also have their backs turned making them more venerable, as they wont be able to react to anything if it comes from behind as they wont see it, their costumes also make them seem venerable as they are just teenagers so they are easily scared. The timing of the shot is also quite long and slowed paced, with are also typically used in horror films to build up the suspense. Our victims are also female and victims in horror films are normally always a female as they are seen as weak and fragile. The music we use is also quite creepy and quite showing abnormality to the scene when the two girls are walking through the woods, disrupting the normality at the beginning . The choice of lighting is also quite shadowy creating silhouettes and figures which are within horrors as the shadows could be seen as someone or something else, its also quite misty/ foggy so the picture quality isn't as clear creating suspicion.