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Comparing Two Elements Of A Short Horror Film

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These short horror films are about five to ten minutes long with a plot that stays the same throughout the whole film.
Both films consist of similar elements and different horror elements that are used to create fear throughout the audience.
The elements in these films that are used to create horror consist of great camera movements/angles, lighting, - sound, unique plots, and the use of blood.️ These short films use a unique variety of actions that are brought along the film to create this fear by using blood and little to no movement in the characters. First of all, these horror stories use similar elements to create horror consisting of background …show more content…

Since Abe is a robot, he thinks that everyone else is a robot as well, this makes him think he has to "fix" other people when he does not feel loved. He attempts to "fix" her, but it cuts to the outside of the curtains shortly before blood is splattered all over the frosted curtains. While watching the short film "Curve" the girl does not seem to have any blood on her at the start of the film (1:53). Although further on into the video, you can notice blood start to appear on her hands and shoes overtime (3:57).
For instance, this can maybe be from her trying to climb up the curve while sliding back down and scraping her hand. Using the features of blood, that is how these short stories create horror and tension throughout the audience.

Secondly, both these horror films have completely …show more content…

For example, (3:00) in this scene where Abe picks up the scalpel and walks up to her like he is about to slash her but instead slashes the harmless butterfly. While both have a completely different plot, both short horror's use similar features and elements to create horror. Lastly, these short horror films both use a lot of different camera movements and different scenes to help create fear in the audience.
At the start of "Abe," there are camera movement scenes that allow us to get a better view of the outside of the curtains. Not only is it dark around the curtains but you can also see chains dangling. With this evidence, I think the author could be trying to tell us that she is in a factory or warehouse and was maybe kidnapped by the robot, or that girl was the robot's old owner and did not love Abe anymore. At the start of "curve," there are multiple scenes of water, almost like waves crashing (0:07). It then cuts to the girl that is sitting on the curve (0:15). For instance, I think this could be trying to show us that she was washed up there and ended up on the curve with no other escape but below. These short films use a large variety of camera angles/movements to create scary scenes and create horror while

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