Setting: the setting in horror movies is very important as
it reflects the mood of the movie and gives the audience a basic understanding
of it as it sets the basic story line and gives the audience an idea on what it
will be about. The setting in the title
of sinister is very significant as it shows to the audience that the movie is
in an isolated area as it is in a forest which suggests that anything can
happen due to the fact that people won’t be able to get help in an area where
most people can’t get too easily. This allows the movie to have more drama and
more death as people are on their own away from help. The location is staying
very true to the stereotypical horror genre as most of the deaths and the goriness
takes place in forest. The use of the forest in this specific title also allows
the main focus of the scene the family that is being hung in the background. By
using a plane background that has minimalistic events happening allows the
audience to concentrate on one thing which is the most significant this being
the family. The setting also leaves the audience scared as they feel like
something could happen at any second and also leaves them very paranoid due to the
fact that the background is very simple but also complex in a sense that it
leaves the audience feeling that a jump scare could happened any minute due to
the fact that there are a lot of gaps in the background.
Colour: The washed out colours and damp tones also make the
image seem blurred and allows some parts of the background to hide out leaving
the audience’s main focus on the family that is being hung. The colours seems
lifeless as they give a cold tone to the image and add to the genre of the
movie and helps it become even scarier. By using these cold toned colours the
audience get a very plane feeling of fear due to the fact that the scene is not
entirely clear making it easier to imagine things and become even more scared.
This adds to the genre of the movie as it makes it psychological horror where
the audience are not scared due to the events but more of the fact that they
are guessing what could happen next. The dull colours also symbolise sadness
and danger.
Costume: costume is very significant in this scene as it
makes it clear that the people hung on the tree are a family and of all ages
including a child. This again adds to the aspect of psychological horror as the
audience can relate to it and imagine such things happening to them. The idea
of having a whole family on the tree also gets very scary as families are often
looked at as safe environments where people are protected inside of them so by
using a family peoples traditional thoughts are questioned and replaced with
scarier more of putting thought. There are masks the are placed on the characters
that are being hung this adds to the scene and hides the characters identity which
keeps the audience on their toes and also intrigued as they would want to know
who the people under the masks are and what their story is.
Lighting: the lighting in this title is very minimalistic
but is just enough to show what is going on. The lighting is dark but also
bright enough to show the family that is being hung in the background. The
lighting in this scene is dark on the outside but gets lighter as it comes to
the centre. Bu doing this the producer is able to make sure that the audience
are focusing on the correct things and paying attention the main park of the
scene that then develops to be a major part of the horror movie.
Writing: the writing itself is also a major part of this
title significant as it gives the theme of the movie an ominous tone, one that
insights the idea of future events. Foreshadowing is a common convention of
horror movies and this poster accurately conveys that idea. The writing is
smudged upwards which adds to the theme of being hung.
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