Pros and cons of Horror.

Horror

Pros

• Can be created through set and music
• Simple story lines
• Easily get people involved

Scream - This movie is ironic on purpose and it points out certain features of horror movies that always come up. In scream a masked serial killer hunts down a group of teenagers, but the teenagers all   seem to have knowledge about slasher horror movies.

• Could go retro and be generic on purpose
• Simple shot can establish the theme.
• Don't need a big budget

Cons

• Easy to be generic and cliche 
• Hard to get through a sense of fear and panic
• No SFX
• Could be similar to other horror movies
• Majority of story lines have been done
• Hard to film because of location and light

I decided that if I was going to do a horror movie I would stay away from any themes to do with a Post apocalyptic world as I think the idea is very over used in the film industry. I think it would be very difficult to create original storyline for a Zombie movie as so many have been made throughout the years, some zombie movies have even added a comedic element to the style of movie.

Many horror movies are stereotypically set in isolated environments to remove the sense of safety the audience might feel. It is also a stereotype that the victim of the film is a female and the antagonist of the movie will be a hostile male character. This is to reinforce the old fashion viewpoint of females being weaker then men and not being able to defend themselves, however in more recent horror movies this idea is being rejected and females are starting to become the protagonists of the movie and save themselves from the danger they are put in. Horror movies also use a lot of violence to try and scare the audience or use minimal gore and focus more on tension and suspense.