Genre Research Saw

Saw movies were a series of movies beginning to be made in 2004. They were centered around a demented doll character that was controlled by a man and would make people hurt themselves. It would trap people and would only let them leave after they had hurt themselves or another in the same position as them. 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. Common actors include one Tobin Bell as he is the only one who is seen consistently throughout all of the Saw franchise movies. Tobin Bell plays the character Jigsaw in all the movies whilst victims rotate throughout. Therefore Tobin Bell being Jigsaw is the only reappearing actor in each of the movies. In saw movies editing was mostly used as cutaways as the movie followed character most of the time. What we can see however, is when these movies were released much software was old and didn’t have many capabilities so editing is choppy and now can be see as unlikeable by many.  In the movie Saw there were various aspects I did enjoy as it was always keeping me enticed and waiting for what was to happen next. Some stuff I didn’t like that much was how they always prolonged or explained the background of each character and how they became to be chosen. Manny of the times the informations isn’t very relevant and only takes away from the true aspect of what the movie is. Of course the use of blood and pain is necessary as they are what centers the whole point of this movie which os something that can be appreciated or much disliked depending on the type of viewer you are.