Ready? Set? Go.

Yes, this is going up a day later than scheduled, but I was sick yesterday, cut me some slack. Anyways, I researched set design as promised (as well as some misè-en-scene).

One of the biggest things I noticed would have to be how dark and colorless everything is. The color scheme is typically very bland with browns, grays, and dull blues. 

Jason from Friday the 13th

Freddy Kreuger from A Nightmare on Elmstreet

Both scenes depicted here use these dull colors that we plan on implementing. Dull colorization is definitely a common trope of the horror genre. It creates a more serious, dark tone than a color scheme that incorporates neon yellow and bright blue. 

I found an article by Variety that discussed locations and sets for horror movies. A location manager for AMC, Stephenson Crossley, states that you look for locations to "have a sense of isolation." He often decides on things on hills because they give a scary, foreboding quality. Hills are hard to come by around here, especially hills with houses on them. But, making a house seem isolated and scary is something we can do. The article states that the job of a location manager is to find a place that "will unsettle and disturb." We can't really do that, but we can try our best to create a scene that does so. We plan on using low key lighting to do so. We hope that making the location dark will really add to the creepy vibe we're going for.

References:

Craven, W. (Director), Craven, W. (Writer), & Shaye, R. (Producer). (1984). A nightmare on Elm Street [Video file]. United States: New Line Cinema. Retrieved March 14, 2018.

Cunningham, S. S. (Director), & Miller, V. (Writer). (1980). Friday the 13th [Motion picture on DVD]. United States.

Marsh, C. (2017, June 07). How Locations Can Help Build Terror in Horror Movies. Retrieved March 14, 2018, from http://variety.com/2017/artisans/production/horror-movies-locations-1202456013/