Research Genre: Boo!

We continued to further our research in the genre of horror by watching more films. For instance, the next movie we chose to analyze was Boo! A Madea Halloween. This film had both the genres, drama, and horror. Down below is a list of what we analyzed.

1. Common CAMS in the movie
· Angles:
⁃ High Angle
⁃ Low Angle
⁃ Eye Level
·Movements:
⁃ Tilt
⁃ Pan
⁃ Tracking
·Shots:
⁃ POV Shot
⁃ Medium Shot
⁃ Establishing Shot
⁃ Two Shot
⁃ Over The Shoulder

2. Common CLAMPS in the movie
·Costumes:
⁃ Throughout the movie, there were only two types of costumes. Casual clothing to match the setting of the house or either Halloween costumes for when the actors were at the frat party.
·Lighting:
⁃ Dark setting
⁃ A beam of life when the possessed girl appeared
⁃ Normal lighting when in the setting in the house
·Actors:
⁃ They weren’t any unordinary actors in the film, everyone incorporated as part of the norm. For example, the main character and her family, the frat boys and the people at the party, Madea and her friends, and the possessed girl.
·Makeup:
⁃ There wasn’t really any makeup shown in the film
·Props:
⁃ Flip Phone for Madea and her friends.
⁃ Trick-Or-Treat Baskets
⁃ Boxes
·Setting:
⁃ At the beginning of the film, the setting was at the main character’s house and the frat house. The setting then transitioned to the woods when the frat party was shut down. The characters then ended up to return to the house and fart party after the possessed girl appeared.

3. Common sound in the movie:
⁃ Dialogue
⁃ Sound motif
⁃ Ambient sound
⁃ Diegetic sound
⁃ Sound bridge

4. Common editing in this movie:
⁃ Cutaway
⁃ Insert
⁃ Dissolves
⁃ Eye-Line Match
⁃ Graphic Match`
⁃ Wipe

5. Elements of Horror, Genre in the movie:
⁃ Personally, the only thing that exemplified horror was when the kids were in the wood playing the game and the possessed girl appeared. The director incorporated both sound and editing to make the situation seem more surreal to enhance the scary effect.

6. Elements of the genre the movie had that I liked
⁃ Overall, the film was very amusing to watch. All factors analyzed above were incorporated into the film properly, this allowed the audience to have the true focus on what they were watching rather than focusing on errors the director could’ve made.

7. Elements of the genre that the movie had that I didn’t like
⁃ On behalf of myself, I don’t truly believe that this was a horror movie. Although the film incorporated the one scene where horror was exemplified, horror was not shown throughout the whole movie. The movie focused more on drama than it focused on horror.