Movie Conventions reasearch: Insidious the red Door

 

This movie uses conventions such as dutch angles, low angle shots, wide angles, and other such camera conventions. This movie also utilizes eerie and unsettling settings and locations. Sound conventions such as negative space and the use of string instruments are a major part of this film's sound design. I really like the use of cross cuts in this film which are paired with jump scares. This technique allows for the most terror from the audience because they occur with little to no tension or anticipation in the previous frames or scenes. This makes the jump scares more effective and frightens the audience much more, something I really respect. The use of string instruments also aid greatly in building tension in scenes which would not be the same otherwise. The strings have a very unsettling effect, and I really appreciate the sound design choice of these instruments. The plot elements and dialogue conventions used in this film are found often in other horror movies. This contrasts with the previous installments and makes this movie more luck luster and less unique as a whole.