Joe Land

THE REPERTOIRE OF ELEMENTS

The repertoire of elements are key elements of a film that are consistently repeated throughout a genre.

Each genre has its own repertoire of elements which defines it as that genre.

They fall under these 7 categories:

Iconography

Props

Style

Settings

Narrative

Characters

Themes

WHAT ARE THEY?

Iconography:Masks, blood, silhouettes, shadows, etc.

EXAMPLES USING HORROR AS A GENRE

ICONOGRAPHY

Props:Guns, daggers, blood, candles, cloaks, etc.

PROPS

Style:Dark, shadowy, low key lighting, eerie

music etc.

STYLE

Settings:Haunted house, castle, forest, anywhere

dark, etc.

SETTINGS

Narrative:Being trapped, being chased, supernatural,

etc.

NARRATIVE

Characters:Killers, monsters, demons, devils, etc.

CHARACTERS

Themes:Death, fear, gore, traps, isolation, etc.

THEMES

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