How do popular cinematographic techniques effect an audiences emotive response in the horror genre?

Throughout the decades, different cinematographic techniques have developed and evolved to present visual media in differing ways according to the message or story being conveyed. (Shaquilla Alexander,2020) The success of many of these techniques have not been derived from scientific research, but through creative inspiration adopted by industry professionals, thus artistic views are expressed with opinion rather than supported by scientific evidence. (Eric Jaffe, 2007) The project set out to investigate whether there was a link between the use of cinematographic technique and emotive state of a viewer in the horror genre. The aim of this study was to select two cinematographic techniques, camera movement and lighting techniques, and for each of the chosen techniques, create two short films in the horror genre. This was to provide scientific evaluation into how the two chosen cinematographic techniques affect audience emotions in practice.

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