Conventions of horror.

Laurah and Teigan;




Conventions are those recognisable and repeated elements in a film or other media text, which help to identify the genre.




Our Genre (horror) :
*Dark lighting (night time)
*Creepy things. 
* Music which creates an eerie atmosphere e.g. violins and piano.
*Death is a key feature which appears. 
*Things to distress the audience 
*A person or a group as the 'villain'.
*Usually has lots of SFX involving blood and gore makeup.
*weapons and props are important.
*Deserted location e.g. Haunted houses, underground, caves, apocalypse, abandoned villages.
*Budget has a vary, some are low budget but have a good effect e.g. paranormal activity, And others have a higher one e.g. Saw
*Could have anything that provokes fear in the audience, whether its a physical thing or a psychological one. 
*Focused on targeted people
*Chase scenes/ looking for victims hiding.
*Provoking intense fear, e.g. saw trap scenes. 




Camera shots
*High angled shots used often to make the 'victim' looks insignificant.
*Canted angles to obscure things/people. 
*Extreme close-ups on faces to emphasis fear expressed in emotions. 
* Commonly a birds eye shot at the introduction to show the location and setting.
* POV shots from killers to victims. 
*Tracking shots of things e.g weapons moving. 




Setting up Enigmas


 Enigmas are created through the lack of answers found in an initial clip. It makes you want to watch it to find out things. Usually by the end of the film the questions have been answered but horror films usually go against that or shock endings and twists are used.