Research Technical Elements of Psychological Horror

    In this blog i will be talking about the technical elements of Psychological horror and why they are used in psychological horror films. 

Psychological horror has many complicated technical elements that make it what it is some examples of them are.

                                        Visual Style

A very common and important aspect of psychological horror is low-key lighting and shadows the lighting is very commonly darker and more eerie. The shadows are most commonly used to obscure information making the viewer imagine things in the dark and mess with the viewer mentally and emotionally. In the visual aspects of technical elements psychological horror focuses on a high amount of extreme close ups and POV shots. They use POV shots to show the emotion and perspective of characters the POV shot can be used to immerse the viewer into the horror and fear when POV shots are used that brings fear in am emotional aspect because of that the viewer can realize and feel as if they were the character and feel as if they are the character. Extreme close ups are used to show details in things about the character the extreme close ups can show emotion in a character that the viewer could not notice before. With the close ups and POVs a viewer can be immersed with more detail than before. "Halloween" is a psychological horror movie that uses these aspects very well.

                                 Setting and Atmosphere

The setting of psychological horror films are most commonly isolated areas in psychological films they isolate the main character very often. When they isolate the main character that is most commonly to bring the question of sanity to make the viewer question everything they see because the viewer and main character do not know what is real or just the main characters imagination. the setting or atmosphere of psychological horror is creepy and eerie it makes viewers always wonder what is in the dark or what is hidden that can not be seen. The setting is a important factor because it focuses on making everything you see add on to the scary aspect it makes sure everything you see around the main character makes you feel uneasy and at fear of the unknown. The atmosphere gets more eerie and creepy through out some psychological horror movies they slowly make everything the viewer sees increase in creepiness. A very popular and very good example of these technical elements is "The shining" it shows the eeriness, creepiness, and isolation of psychological horror films very good it is one of the most popular horror films.