Conventions of a horror film:
- point of view shot
- long shots
- supernatural
- children
- blood and gore
- deaths
- stalkers
- violence
- abandoned house
- woods
- tense music
- fast editing
- dark
- weapons
- black and red
- masks
- blue filter
- cliffhanger
- villian/antagonist
- hero
- revenge
A genre is essentially the type of film, The various aspects of a film decide which genre the film is. Some films can fall into more than one category e.g Horror/Comedy, Horror/Thriller. Horror films are designed to frighten and to invoke our hidden worst fears, often in a terrifying, shocking finale, while cpativating and entertaining us at the same time in a cathartic experience. Horror films feature a wide range of styles, from the earliest silent Nosferatu classic, to todays CGI monsters and deranged humans.
Typical Settings, Iconography, Characterisation and Themes:
- abandoned house, the woods, after dark, old buildings
- knives, colours (black and red), masks, blue filter
- evil character, damsel in distress, hero, sidekick
- mental illness, revenge, religious belief
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