(SWA) Movie Analysis 3/5

    After watching each portion of the movies, it was obvious that the different technologies of the time, in which they were created, affected the "horror" behind it. In "Nosferatu" the lighting, music, and costumes all played a role in making this movie scary. Although some of us found this movie to be somewhat funny and corny, I believe that the lighting, which had shades of blue and pink, was some of the technology used in it. As for the music, it would build up to a so called scary or suspenseful part of the movie with its high pitched tones and sudden increase in volume. As for "The Shining", the music, better video quality, and special effects shaped how suspenseful this movie was. Better video quality enabled the movie to have better graphics and a faster paced feel through certain scenes. Special effects, such as blood, made the movie more visual and frightening. In the movie "The Conjuring" had all of the same technologies listed in the other movies and they are possibly newer, but they just executed them better throughout the movie. For example, the special effects such as the scary ghost on the ceiling and the boy in the jack in the box reflection added a lot more horror to this movie. The sound effects, like the thumping and creaking in certain section portions of the movie, and the suspenseful and dramatic music made this movie more scary. Overall, I believe that the scariest movie out of them all was "The Conjuring" due to its modern use of special effects and dramatic music.