What is my favourite horror and who is its target audience?
I've picked the trailer of Insidious (2011) as my favourite horror film because it uses all the techniques that create suspense for the viewer and relies on the editing process which results in a perfect and successful example of the psychological horror genre.
Psychological horrors are usually rated a 15 as the genre is more aimed at young adults consisting demographically of mainstreamers and outsiders. Psychological horrors are targeted at both genders with roughly 55% female and 45% male ratio. More examples of successful psychological horrors are the well known film Psycho (1960) and The Blair Witch Project (1999)
Analysing my scene:
This trailer uses many of the typical horror conventions especially those more commonly used for its genre such as using a canted angle as well as using a handheld camera to make the footage more jerky creating a sense of panic, this combined with the pace of editing increasing makes the trailer more alarming. The trailer also uses collision cutting to alternate between loud and quiet which unsettles the viewer and creates a tense atmosphere. It also has "jump scares" to make the audience scared and, as the name suggests, jump.
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