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STEREOTYPICAL CONVENTIONS OF A
HORROR FILM
Shaunagh Peplow
SOUND
Violent sound effects
Eerie Music
Sound Motif E.g. Jaws
Combination of loud and quiet
Sudden explosion of sound
NARRATIVE
Equilibrium – balance / peace at start
Disturbed peace – death/ monster in the middle
Established at the end – resume of normality
Chronological order but may include flashbacks
Sometimes includes a love story.
Mystery horror or puzzle
LIGHTING
Low lighting for the villain
High key lighting for the female lead
Generally a dark atmosphere
Tinted lighting
Night vision for found footage, especially for
outside filming
EDITING
Mostly slow then to build up during the film
Quick editing while the villain is on screen
Jump cuts – during the chase scenes
Zooming shots
Extreme close ups – show emotion on the face
Establishing shot – show the isolation elements
CHARACTERS
‘Damsel in distress’ – normally a blonde female
Heroic failure – normally a overconfident / ignorant
teenage, the ‘jock’
Monster/ villain/ killer
The sensible one of the group who didn’t want to
take part
Heroic figure – saviour
CAMERA ANGLES
Low angle – emphasise monster’s terror
High angle – victims lack of power
Pan and track during the chase scenes
Point of view – empathy with the victim
Medium shots – distance of monster.
MISE-EN-SCENE (MAKE UP)
Blood
Special Effects
Stereotype the genre e.g. blonde female in a face
full of make up and fake tan ect.
MISE -EN-SCENE ( ICONOGRAPHY)
Realism
Unnatural – e.g. The Ring
Ironic Villain (A little girl)
MISE-EN-SCENE (PROPS)
Killing instruments – e.g. Knife
Blood – extreme gore
Locked doors
Torchlight
Hand held cameras ( found footage)
MISE-EN-SCENE (LOCATION)
Dark
Isolated
Woods
Graveyards
Abandoned schools / buildings
Isolated houses
MISE-EN-SCENE (COSTUME)
Masks
Aspects of genre
Villain – Dark clothes – face covered?
Victims – clothing could make them look
vulnerable, e.g. no coat in the woods? Etc.