Friday 23 September 2016

Conventions of a Horror genre:

Conventions of a Horror genre:

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  • Young/teenage characters.
  • Clear binary oppositions e.g. good v evil.
  • Set in rural settings e.g, farms, countryside.
  • Old, cheap houses with a basement in the middle of nowhere.
  • Dark rooms and chase scenes between the antagonist and protagonist.
  • Dominant representation of gender: male-villain, female-victim.
  • Use of hand held camera: audience identification/realism.
  • Predictable narrative content, follows format.
  • Non dietetic sounds e.g creepy, music that that builds tension and suspense.
  • Extensive use of close up, long shots, point of view shots.
  • Low key lighting, use of CGI and FX.
  • Possessed children or children with possessed imaginary friends.
  • Dietetic sounds e.g screams.

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