Short Film Poster Analysis

How has Horror changed over time?

Basically, horror was once all about suspense and they used to be more psychologically scary, now it's more about how gory the producers can make a film and how many effects can be used to make someone scared. Horror is a genre that is based around terror, blood and men in scary costumes, now its based around gore, guts and ghosts, which is always good. Who's complaining?
Horror is my favourite genre, they're the only films I watch. I strive for the nightmares and the sleeping with the light on the night after.


Halloween (1978)
Halloween is a genuinely scary, stylistic and tasteful, extremely well-crafted slasher/horror classic. This film is is based on a young boy that murders his older sister with a knife. Fifteen years later, hehe escapes from a psychiatric hospital and stalks a group of girls. This 40 year-old film teriffied its audience with its cheesy storyline, scary costumes and creates alot of tension with the use of the constantly-moving camera.
The film contains little graphic violence and gore.









Silence of the Lambs (1991)
A young FBI cadet must confide in an incarcerated and manipulative killer to receive his help on catching another serial killer who skins his victims. The film mingles the horrors of criminal acts with the psychological horror.  Basically, it's heavier on the suspense and lighter on the gore. 







 

 Saw 3D (2010)
As a deadly battle rages over Jigsaw's brutal legacy, a group of Jigsaw survivors gathers to seek the support of self-help guru and fellow survivor Bobby Dagen, a man whose own dark secrets unleash a new wave of terror. Saw 3D had to be edited six times because of how gory it was. The Saw franchise are, and always have been, my favourite films, oosingly gory and brilliantly thrilling.











Horror has changed over time through the introduction and increase of gore and more suspense.

Film Genre

Film Hybrids:

Predator

- Combat/War Movie/Sci-fi/Horror 

Fight Club

- Action/Horror/Romance/Thriller/Comedy

Shaun of the Dead

- Horror/Comedy

Film Festivals

London Short Film Festival
This festival is recognised as the premiere UK showcase for cutting-edge UK independent films, showing the country's best raw talent. The London Short Film Festival is a Mecca for the UK’s young creative talent and a significant date in the UK film calender. The London Short Film Festival is governed by the content, quality and breadth of films submitted and believe filmmakers should not be bound by rules, or dictated by genre, length or theme.





Bristol Encounters International Film Festival
Encounters Bristol International Film Festival is the UK’s longest running competitive short film and animation festival. The festival presents one of the world’s best-known showcases and meeting points for emerging talent, and seeks to promote the importance of short film as a means to develop the next generation of filmmakers and animators.





Rushes Soho Shorts Film Festival
They are a no profit festival celebrating the wealth of talent working across all genres of short film including live action drama, documentary, animation, music video, and broadcast design including online or mobile content, title sequences, and idents. The work of newcomers and established filmmakers is promoted by screening work at cinemas, screening rooms and cafes throughout Soho and London’s West End.   The event program also builds in networking and case studies

Short Films

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