Genre Research On “Us”

After all of our film watching, we decided to analyze the film US as the last film. This film consists of the genre horror, thriller, mystery, and psychological horror. As done before, we are going to analyze the film using specific components. 

1.Common CAMS in the movie

· Angles:

• Dutch
• Eye Level

·Movements:

• Zoom
• Trunk Shot 
• Hand-Held 
• Over The Shoulder

·Shots:

• Over the Shoulder
• Medium Close Up
• Extreme Closeup
• Long Shot
• Two Shot

2. Common CLAMPS in the movie

·Costumes:

• Red suits for the doppelgänger’s 
• Casual clothing for normal people
• Torn clothing towards the end of the movie

·Lighting:

• Dark 
• Light from fires
• Artificial Lights
• Normal lighting 

·Actors: 

• Each person had a doppelgänger’s so the main characters plus the copied version of them
• There were also some bystanders of the city who weren’t really included in the text

·Makeup: 

• The burned up face on one of the doppelgänger’s 
• The blood
• Cuts, Scratches, and bruises from fighting

·Props:

• The scissors.
• The fire
• Items used to kill the main characters 
• Items the main characters used to getaway

·Setting:

• Although the setting in the film occurred in one city, it still managed to change a lot. Which includes the beach, the two houses, the car, and where the doppelgänger’s lived. 

3. Common sound in the movie:

• Dialogue 
• Non-Diegetic 
• Voiceover
• Incidental Music
• Sound bridge

4. Common editing in this movie:

• Fade In/Fade Out
• Shot, Reverse Shot 
• Eye-Line Match
• Graphic Match`

5. Elements of Horror, Genre in the movie:

• Bloody Scenes 
• The Fighting/Killing
• Led to scary psychological thoughts 

6. Elements of the genre the movie had that I liked

• The film played out very well and realistic. Everything that happened in the film was very straightforward and relevant to what was going on. Incorporating the graphic scenes and the discussed elements also gave a boost to the horror that was going on. 

7. Elements of the genre that the movie had that I didn’t like

• Us was the type of movie that would leave you thinking of trying to find out the purpose of the movie. Due to the psychological horror, some pope may overthink too much and actually be truly frightened rather than being amused.