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CONVENTIONS OF A HORROR
FILM
• Isolated places
• Urban environments
• Run down ghost towns
• Abandoned houses/ hotels
• Mental asylums
• Corn fields
• Graveyard
• Forests
• Church
SETTINGS
Camera works
• High and low angles connotes fear and isolation
• POV shots from the characters
• Handheld shots to allow the audience to feel a part of the film and
also the unknown.
• Disturbing sound: Ambient diegetic sounds e.g. footsteps and on
diegetic sounds e.g. heartbeat
• Editing – pace tells the audience what's going to happen
TECHNICAL CODES
• Good versus evil
• Supernatural
• Insanity
• Depression
• Nightmares
• Revenge
• Lust
• Envy
• Childhood issues
• Zombie apocalypse
THEMES
• Visual styles: Often dark tones and the relations between red and
black to connote fear and death.
• Lighting: Low key helps create shadows to spark the audiences
imagination and create fearful emotions.
• Props: It can be identified with a character e.g. chainsaw, knives,
masks or a religious symbol.
ICONOGRAPHY
• A hero (can embark on a mission to kill or solve problems)
• The villain who has a troubled past comes for revenge
• After some events/ childhood past/ psychotic medical issues, a
killer turns insane.
NARRATIVE STRUCTURE
• Victim/hero
• Creepy children
• Serial killer
• Stupid/ immoral teenager who gets killed
• A psychopath
• Stalker
• Ghost
• Zombie
• Demon etc.
CHARACTERS