The Omen

We have watched the film " The Omen" and then analysed it in order to for us to recgonise the conventions of horror films and we also took down notes on scenes that we felt used those conventions so that we could use them to create our own horror trailer for The Omen. The whole purpose of doing this was to gain experience in using Final Cut Pro; a program that is used to edit and create videos. We also had a person who has a lot of experience using Final Cut Pro come in to aid us further in learning how to use the sofware wich was very helpful for me. I have learned all about the different ways that I can edit videos such as using all the different kinds of transisitions and effects taht helped to create a more realistic trailer for The Omen.

I discovered that there is a lot to the conventions of horror such as the colour that uis used throughout the film. We see a lot of Red in The Omen, this is because red is a very powerful colour that can carry with it many meanings depending on the scene. red can represent anger, passion, evil, danger and also blood. In The Omen, red is used to signify the anger and hatred Damien shows towards his mother, red is also present in scenes where it could be suggested Damien is evil, like where the women hangs her self from the roof claiming what seems to be her sacrifice is all for him. This could be playing into the occult or satanism where human rituals or sacrifices are peformed for the devil. Furthermore her shoe drops off, causing the glass of red wine to smash. This is very symbolic to religion where red wine is the blood of christ and has now been spilled everywhere thus suggesting that Damien could be some sort of threat to christianity or in some ways represents something evil that is against christ or god.

Another colour used frequently is Black; black will be used frequently in horrors because it embodies darkness, creates mystery, death and also is often linked to evil as well as red.