Movie Conventions Research: The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It

 This film consistently uses establishing shots and close-up shots to create high-definition visuals for the audience watching this film, to understand the setting of scenes. In the opening scene of The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It, a Three-story house is shown using an establishing shot. Throughout that scene, close-up shots are used to include the details inside of the house, including broken glass and furniture, claw marks, and destruction. These types of shots are very necessary for horror films because it creates a chilling effect on the audience as they are receiving information about the setting. This film uses tracking shots multiple times throughout this film as well, as the characters are seen throughout a take. Usually tracking shots are utilized with a medium close-up, however, during this movie they were commonly shot with close-up shots. Horror films pair tracking shots with close-up shots to create intensity between the character and the audience. This film also includes ambient sounds as well as sound motifs to allow the audience to feel what the characters in the film are feeling and hearing. Examples in this film include heavy breathing, enhance footsteps, and screaming to build suspension and to make watchers feel on their toes. Low angles, eye-level angles, and handheld angles are the most common angles used throughout this film. The low angles represent superiority over the creatures, eye-level angles show the emotions of the characters throughout select scenes, and handheld angles are used to create a real-world effect on the audience. 

Devil Made Me Do It, this film helped me gain an understanding of my goal for my final project.

Most of the elements mentioned had a beneficial impact on the film because they created suspense and tension, which is the target for this genre. One of the main shots that were used, which was the tracking shot, created a positive effect on this film, as it took the audience through the same experience as the characters. Before watching this movie, I didn't know how dominant tracking shots were to a film and how much importance they added. I also really appreciated the establishing shots at the beginning of new scenes, because they provided a detailed set of a new location before the audience and character saw it. Low angles and eye level angles were constantly used as well, which were advantageous to this film because it showed the character's emotions and actions through the course of scenes. Lastly, the use of ambient sounds and sound motifs impacted this film very well and will for sure be used in my film. All of the elements I had mentioned can positively impact my film, and I will definitely use these for my horror genre in my final project. 

There was one element that didn't really stick out to me, which was the close-up shot. The close-up shot was used continuously throughout this film, but I don't think that it will benefit the film that I have in mind. I think that my film will definitely use the close-up shot a few times, but not very common, as it doesn't fit in with our plot. Despite this one flaw in The Conjuring: The