timeline horror
1890-1930
During the start of this period it was conventional to have a silent a short horror movie, with the first horror film (The Haunted Castle) being only 3 minutes long. Also there were no cuts and the camera did not move. As time progressed films became longer and non-diegetic background sound was added, however it still contained no speaking dialogue and used narration to explain what was happening. It was conventional to have black & white colouring and the only camera shots being mid shots or long/wide shots. Also conventional for the subgenre to be body horror.
1930-1950
At the start of the 1930's speaking dialogue was introduced. It was till conventional for the sub genre to be body horror during the 30's, but the first well-known natural horror was released of King Kong. It was highly conventional to produce films of the horror characters being either a vampire, werewolf or Frankenstein. During the 40's gothic horror begun to become conventional in the production of horror and camera angles/shots advanced to create more of a response in the audience. Films still remained in black & white.
1950-1970
During this period colour production was introduced to give a more effective impact on the mise-en-scene in the relation to horror. However, this was only avaliable for big budget productions so some ilms remained in black & white. The genre of horror was developing more in this period with a variety of subgenres of slasher, psychological, natural, body and gothic horror being avaliable to the audience. The mise-en-scene of the horror characters conventionally developed to create a more fearful reaction in the audience.
1970-1990
From this period all horror films were produced in colour. In this period in became conventionally to start using children in the horror plot e.g The Exorcist and Carrie, which enabled it to be targeted to an wider audience. During this period action horror was introduced with the most well-know being Aliens. More special effects were being added to the production to make it more visually interesting and effective. This CGI was efficently used in Poltergeist which is considered the best horror of this time period.
1990-2010
During this period the subgenre slasher was highly conventional. It also became highly conventional to use teenagers in these productions as this was their main target audience at the time. Mise-en-scene was advanced to creae as much gore as possible to create a fearful reaction in the viewers. CGI was efficently used in the making of psychological/ gothic horrors to produce fearful entertainment. During this period comedy horror became popular with a franchise of Scary Movie, spoofs of previous horror films.
2010-2015
In this current period is is highly conventional to be using children in the main horror plot. It is also conventional to use the subgenre of psychological horror, with it being very common to use evil spirits as the main plot. CGI is highly advance to create a visually effective scene. The mise-en-scene effective in creating a fearful reaction with it being conventionally to use black and white make-up.
During the start of this period it was conventional to have a silent a short horror movie, with the first horror film (The Haunted Castle) being only 3 minutes long. Also there were no cuts and the camera did not move. As time progressed films became longer and non-diegetic background sound was added, however it still contained no speaking dialogue and used narration to explain what was happening. It was conventional to have black & white colouring and the only camera shots being mid shots or long/wide shots. Also conventional for the subgenre to be body horror.
1930-1950
At the start of the 1930's speaking dialogue was introduced. It was till conventional for the sub genre to be body horror during the 30's, but the first well-known natural horror was released of King Kong. It was highly conventional to produce films of the horror characters being either a vampire, werewolf or Frankenstein. During the 40's gothic horror begun to become conventional in the production of horror and camera angles/shots advanced to create more of a response in the audience. Films still remained in black & white.
1950-1970
During this period colour production was introduced to give a more effective impact on the mise-en-scene in the relation to horror. However, this was only avaliable for big budget productions so some ilms remained in black & white. The genre of horror was developing more in this period with a variety of subgenres of slasher, psychological, natural, body and gothic horror being avaliable to the audience. The mise-en-scene of the horror characters conventionally developed to create a more fearful reaction in the audience.
1970-1990
From this period all horror films were produced in colour. In this period in became conventionally to start using children in the horror plot e.g The Exorcist and Carrie, which enabled it to be targeted to an wider audience. During this period action horror was introduced with the most well-know being Aliens. More special effects were being added to the production to make it more visually interesting and effective. This CGI was efficently used in Poltergeist which is considered the best horror of this time period.
1990-2010
During this period the subgenre slasher was highly conventional. It also became highly conventional to use teenagers in these productions as this was their main target audience at the time. Mise-en-scene was advanced to creae as much gore as possible to create a fearful reaction in the viewers. CGI was efficently used in the making of psychological/ gothic horrors to produce fearful entertainment. During this period comedy horror became popular with a franchise of Scary Movie, spoofs of previous horror films.
2010-2015
In this current period is is highly conventional to be using children in the main horror plot. It is also conventional to use the subgenre of psychological horror, with it being very common to use evil spirits as the main plot. CGI is highly advance to create a visually effective scene. The mise-en-scene effective in creating a fearful reaction with it being conventionally to use black and white make-up.
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