Genre Research Annabelle

Annabelle is a movie that focuses on a demented doll whose name is Annabelle. Hence the name of the movie. The concept of the movie is based on a  true story of a raggedy anne doll which wa possessed and haunting families. The doll and its movie spans to other horror movies which have the same concept like the conjuring. Annabelle is a 2014 American supernatural horror film directed by John R. Leonetti, written by Gary Dauberman and produced by Peter Safran and James Wan. It is a prequel to 2013's The Conjuring and the second installment in the Conjuring Universe franchise. The film was inspired by a story of a doll named Annabelle told by Ed and Lorraine Warren. The film stars Annabelle Wallis, Ward Horton, and Alfre Woodard.Common camera angles are Reverse Shots, Close up, Tracking-pan Shots, Zoom Shots, Wide Shot, Low Angle Shot, Over the shoulder Shot, Hand held Camera Horror, Birds Eye view shot, Cantered Angle. Common Lighting is Uplighting, Silhouette, Spotlighting, Underexposure, Harsh light (hard light, chiaroscuro, Prominent and projected shadow, Shooting through objects (internal frames, Shooting through elements. The common theme among all of these different lighting methods is that they all obscure or distort reality in some way. The suspense and tension that is built during a dramatic and horrifying scene keeps the audience on their toes and coming back for more. Horror films work because of the editors’ efforts and decisions. The horror genre is one place where the editor needs to meticulously work their craft in order to get a desired outcome from the audience. Even better still, a video editor can translate the lessons learned from cutting a horror piece into building dynamic tension into almost any video. In turn, the video editor hooks their audience, grabbing ahold of their attention. Common editing used in this movie is usually fade to black and straight cuts. Fading to black gives a mysterious and tense feel and may make the audience feel at unease. They suggest fear of the unknown giving the audience what they may experience in the film and tell them not everything is right, even when it seems to be. Straight cuts are very basic but allow for fast paced shots and potentially jump scares. Common sound is One unsettling and hidden “sound” that is given credit for freaking out an audience is infrasound—a low-frequency sound that cannot be heard, but literally unsettles human beings down to our bones. Some things I really enjoyed about this movie was the fact that they were able to make it as realistic as possible in including vey similar aspect of the real life events that occurred. The way in which they found actors to portray Ed and Lorraine Warren. As well as how in the credits they put on pictures of the actual event and detailed date information. Some things I didn't enjoy is that although the dll they made was extremely scary they did not stay true to the ragged anne doll" theme. The real doll is a raggedy anne and I would've preferred much more to see the a version of the demoted doll rather than a character they made up themselves