500 word horror essay:Hush

Horror film 500 word essay: HUSH

The horror film that I will be writing my essay on is Hush. Hush is about a deaf woman who moves out to live in solidarity when a masked killer appears in the window threatening to brake in and causes mass fear. The film uses lots of worm eye camera angles whenever the masked killer is on screen and doing something. This is used to make the man in the mask seem more intimidating and to show who has power in this situation. It also shows how the woman feels inside that she is helpless from this more powerful being.

The film uses majority low-key lighting as there is lots of darkness in every single shot. This could be used to make the scenes where she is walking round the house seem eerier and almost as if anything can happen at any moment in the film. This is also used as it is a great way to show that this deaf female character is always in danger even if she doesn’t know it yet building up suspension in the film.

In scenes where the man in the mask is toying with the main character by scratching and banging on the wall knowing that she can’t hear him for her to find that is threatening her without her realizing, there is lots of bottom or side lighting used on his face to show that this character is the intimidating one and to show the evil within the characters facial features e.g. his eyes.

The film is edited to make it seem like it is shot in one continues shot where as in fact it wasn’t. This could indicate that she is always in danger and that there is no moment that is safe. I believe that the director used this effect as in a horror film if a character is being chased then it cut scenes the viewer is allowed to shuffle to the back of their seats again. If there is no obvious cut scenes then the viewer is always on the edge of their seat.

Every colour in the film is grey and dark which sets the mood of doom and gloom giving you the impression that nothing good will happen. The director could have done this as when it is dark it makes you have to concentrate harder on the screen so not only are you more involved but you will be scared more by things like jump scares. He also could have done this as most people watch horror films late on at night so if he uses a dark colour scheme it will make the viewer start perhaps seeing things related to the film after watching it.

The film uses a lot of non-diegetic sounds like the music build up in the background. This is used in the film to make it more suspenseful and to create an overall better viewing quality for those at home. Also this will allow the editors to get the exact content that they want from the film.