Movie convention Research: Smile

 Hey there blogger! I am so excited to be back and researching for this movie genre. My group chose horror which i would say is my favorite genre of movies. I feel like i like to scare myself and then complain about how scared i was in the end. I recently watched the movie Smile, twice actually. I absolutely freaked out when i watched it but at the same time it was super cool and extremely well made. They definitely accomplish the horror aspect and unsettling part of the genre. This movie specifically has many conventions that create a shock to the audience. The sounds and props i feel like are huge part of what makes Smile, Smile. Just in the opening of the movie it has such diegetic eerie sounds that are hair grabbing. They also use props such as knives, axes and guns. The costumes and makeup in the end really depict the horror in the movie. There are also closeups, reserve shots, aerial shots which built up the scene and many camera angles and jumpscares which really build up the movie and created suspense. Personally, I really liked the editing and sounds in the movie. It certainly kept me entertained and thoroughly terrified. The diegetic sounds like glasses of wine dropping that came out of nowhere that they chose to incorporate made me feel like i was in the movie which enhanced the scary experience. The settings were also very good in contribution to the plot. I love how it had different settings that each had to do with a different part of the characters life. The jump-scares in the movie were also a major part of it that i liked. The closeups of the smiles in the movie created a bone chilling effect which appealed to the plot. The lighting in the movie which was dark at times also contributed to it in a way i hope to do in my final task. The elements that didn't particularly appeal to me in Smile were how parts of the movie were predictable and how sometimes you knew when a jump-scare was coming. You also could predict that the main character would end up dying at the end of the movie and how she would die. I thought maybe they could add more tracking shots for the action aspect of the movie. After researching this movie, now i know what aspects to incorporate in my final task and which to leave out. My group's idea for the final task isn't quite the plot of Smile but i still think i benefited from researching this bone chilling movie as its conventions definitely appeal to the horror genre.