Horror Features
What might be used to make us jump during a horror film?
Music, sound effects, special effects, lighting, camera angles or movement, props.
Name ONE of the films we watched during the unit.
'Trick or Treat', 'Don't Look Away', 'The Nun', 'Thriller', 'Scary Movie 3'.
Hvad hedder en 'jeg-fortæller' ELLER en 'altvidende fortæller' på engelsk?
First person narrator or omniscient narrator.
Name THREE adjectives within the semantic field of horror.
Name a typical feature of a horror setting.
Rain, thunder, storms, dark, dramatic, tense. You can also name a typical horror setting (abandoned house, lonely castle etc.)
Which famous novel by Bram Stoker did we read an extract from?
'Dracula'.
Name ONE terms you can use to describe characterisation.
Round or flat characters, dynamic or static characters, direct or indirect characterisation, internal or external characteristics, protagonist or antagonist
Name an antonym to scary.
Nana decides, perhaps with the help of the thesaurus.
Name a stock character you might find in a work of horror.
Serial killer, bad child, monster, supernatural being, ghost.
Why is 'The Tell-Tale Heart' called 'The Tell-Tale Heart'?
Exposition / Conflict / Point of no return / Climax / Resolution / Dénouement.
Nana decides.
Name one theme you might expect in work of horror.
Death, violence, fear, religion, the human psyche, the supernatural.
Who wrote 'The Tell-Tale Heart'?
Edgar Allan Poe
Name ONE term we might use to analyse horror settings.
Historical time, season and time of day; geographical location and natural surroundings; weather; fantasy or realism; mood or atmosphere.
Gradbøj tillægsordet 'horrifying' OG tillægsordet 'scary'.
Horrifying, more horrifying, most horrifying.
Scary, scarier, scariest.
Name one of the three theories of why horror appeals to us.
Because it's a picture of the human psyche, human society or human nature.
Name either a main character OR the director of 'Scary Movie 3'.
Cindy, George, David Zucker.
Explain what we mean by 'foreshadowing' or 'in medias res'.
Foreshadowing = when something is hinted at earlier in the text
In medias res = when a text starts 'in the middle of things'
Re-tell the story of 'Boo' by Kevin Crossley-Holland.
A girl is home on her own and making sure she feels safe before getting into bed and turning the light off. A voice then says: "That's good - now we're safely locked in for the night."