The mise-en-scene of the clip follows the basic conventions of a horror genre, however as found footage is a postmodern genre ( a mixture of genre conventions used a the foundations for a new genre) as uses the conventions of horror and documentary, this means horror conventions become found footage. The first main conventional aspect of mise-en-scene is the use of isolation in the clip with the two main characters in the woods follows a cliché of horror/found footage as it sets the audience up for what they think will happen next. With the use of the hand held camera ( A cinematography aspect) the colour and lighting within the sequence also falls in to place as we can see the use of lighting automatically becomes quite low to give that feeling of total darkness giving the audience more fear about the event that will unfold, furthermore the use of colour is also determined by the type of the filming (night), the place of filming (the woods), this again allows the audience to determine the genre of the film they are watching. The next location we see in the clip is the use of the house in the isolated location of the woods. The house again follows the main conventions of am horror film, a scary location in a isolated area. Once inside the house we get a fearful feel from the use of the hand prints (of blood) on the wall again gives a creepy effect to the scene however with the use of the camera we also get a realist feel. As the two characters continue through the house we get more use of the mise-en-scene within the house with the use of the abandonment of the house giving it a broken down and scarier feel. The final use of mise-en-scene I will look at is the use of the costume of the to main characters in the scene, they both wear quite average costumes, mainly focused around the idea of camping, therefore we seem them as average people, giving the perception to the audience that hey are average people and becomes more appealing to the audience.
The cinematography in the scene is focused primarily on the use of the handheld camera, which adds to the effect of realism also adding to the verisimilitude of the film and giving a more personal viewing experience for the audience. The use of the shots in the scene, seem to be made to look amateur do to the angles of the cameras position again this adds to the use of the verisimilitude within the digesis. The use of the camera follows the basic conventions of found footage as we have the shaky filming and the use of the jilted angles to give a real first person view of the events unfolding. We also see the sue of a mixture of shots used in the sequence due to the amateur theme the cameras are structurally set up to film the footage in a rushed manor due to the narrative of the film.
The next twos stylistics I will look at is the use of editing and sound. The main sound it the diegetic sound of the characters dialogue, we also have the use of the witches scream the fast paced sound gives the audience significance of action within the narrative. There is also the use of the camera noises such as the use of the recording of he camera and the noise it makes adding to the use of verisimilitude. Secondly the use of editing in the sequence gives a first had point over view that the genre is found footage, the main us in the use of the jump cuts in the sequence as it cuts from one scene to another. This gives the impression that the tape is being played back and sections are being fast forwarded to the actual events. This gives the audience the feeling that they are the ones watching the events after they have happened.
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