Fear

Fear is a powerful emotion that makes people react when they are afraid so that is why media have chosen fear to tease with our emotions and feelings. They use fear as an entertainment and it comes in the many forms such as horror movies,  mystery tv shows, music or even video games. The fact that it is not real make us want to confront and experience with it.

Here is the mind map of what we are afraid of.

Theory of scary films

Aristotle

                            believe in CATHARSIS (pity and fear through art or any extreme change in emotion)

He thought that people like scary stories and violent dramatic plays, according to his theory  he uses negative images to purge suppressed emotions. Also, his research has shown that watching violence makes people more aggressive.

Excitation theory, by experiencing negative and scary imagery we intensify the positive, we enjoy seeing the negative images being vanquished

Zolf Zillman

                             Excitation theory, by experiencing negative and scary imagery we intensify the positive, we enjoy seeing the negative images being vanquished

Glen D Walters

what makes a film scary?

    Tension and suspense - created using narrative and filming techniques

    Relevance - the fears explored are relevant to the audiences

    Unrealism - we know we are safe so we can experiment and explore