Nov
2014
Horror Discussion
1)After watching “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” I saw many different interesting mise en scène included in the film. Mise en scène consists of production design like sets, props and costumes, lighting, actors’ performance and etc.When everyone lost their voices is an example of a Mise en scène. At the beginning , the scene is especially dark and everyone looks anxious and expresses the exaggerated ferocious faces.
2)The scene also has diegetic sound.Diegetic sound is the sound made by objects in the story and presented as originated from source within the film’s world.The most impressive diegetic sound to me was Buffy’s screams once she got her voice back and it blowing off the head of those monsters. I was relieved after the silent was broken, same as other audiences I believe.
3)The non-diegetic sound effects which is added for the dramatic effect. And the most interesting part to me was the the background music shift obviously followed the distance between the audiences and monsters. When the monsters were further away, the spooky music tense the mood, reflecting the horror atmosphere accurately.
All the effects contribute to the aesthetic of horror, which come from the changing lightning, background music, horrible makeup and costumes and etc. And surprised plot can be the most horrifying in a horror film.
Fisher
November 7, 2014 at 8:59 pm (10 years ago)Hi Sabrina!
I really enjoyed reading your post on this weeks “Horror Discussion” this assignment was enjoyable to me because I had never really took the time to look for Mise en scene, non-diegetic, or diegetic. We had very similar views on the diegetic scene where Buffy gets her voice back. To me, this scene made me anxious and nervous because as a viewer I was anticipating Buffy getting her voice back after defeating the monsters. During the miss en scene I discussed the scene when Buffy and her friend were walking through the town after everyone had lost their voices and the businesses could no longest be run etc. Do you think that is a good representation of that? I liked how broad yours was but do you have another scene that is a bit more specific? =] Another one of our classmates discussed to me in a blog post in regards to watching the film in silence. I tried it, and did not find it scary at all. Which shows how much the dark scenes/scary music makes a film more dramatic/scary. What are your thoughts? Great job!
yutingw@uoregon.edu
November 7, 2014 at 10:45 pm (10 years ago)Hi Sabrina, it is really interesting to read your post, and we got lots of views in common. I had the same feeling about the diegetic sound, and I chose that long scream as my example as well. I think that twenty seconds just brought the whole environment to the peak, and it definitely contributed to the aesthetic of horror. I am not really a horror movie person, but I am glade you enjoyed the movie. I actually also agree with you about the non-diegetic sound. I think that the sound is to create dramatic effect, but I don’t think that every background sound should be considered as non-diegetic sound. For example the sound of a people talking as a background sound. What do you think about that? We can talk about it later.