I believe there must be some people who dislike horror scene. But there are also a lot of people who very enjoy the sense of horror like me. Last week, I watched the horror movie “ Annabelle” with my friend. When the heroine saw the demon in the underground storage and wanted to run away, actually I was scared by that scene. However, I still cannot help myself watching the movie. I believe this kind of complicated feeling which horror brings is its attractive place.

Mise-en-scene, diagetic sound and non-diagetic sound is three common factors in the horror films. Using these factors can help directors create different effects that they want. From the Buffy episode, we can find the camera focuses on the face of Buffy at the beginning. She is in the class and is listening to the lecture carefully. We can see her expression clearly. I believe this is a mise-en-scene because mise-en-scene focuses on what can be seen in the picture. From this scene, we can know that Buffy is a student and she might be one of the main characters. This mise-en-scene I choose cannot contribute to the aesthetic of horror, but it is also important because it can help us to have some understandings about the main characters’ identity, age, surroundings etc. When Burry patrolled in the campus, we can hear the sound of her footstep.Also, we can hear the music which is not visible in the screen. The sound of footstep is the diagetic sound and the music is the non-diagetic music. These two kinds of sound combined can create the sense of horror. When we hear them, we can feel that something bad will happen.

Mise-en-scene, diagetic sound and non-diagetic sound combined in the film not only can make us feel scared, they also can bring back our curiosity. It is interesting that these factors can create the sense of horror.