The Conventions Of Horror
In a Horror film there a number of conventions that are involved for example There’s death in the first five minutes, horror films should be scary; otherwise the audience would feel cheated. They are also made to, frighten & panic, to alarm & cause dread, captivate & entertain us, normally having a shocking & most of the time predictable ending.
The Technical Conventions
POV Shots are in important because the allow the audience to see the world from the monster’s eye. This happens roughly at the end or in the middle of typical horror film, Disturbing sounds are also very good ambient sounds like footsteps and people screaming in the back ground also non digetic sounds like heartbeats, Also setting you cant shoot a horror film on a hill with daisy’s and a rainbow the setting means a lot it tells the story with out physically saying it .
Character Conventions
You have the protagonist in horror, which are normally the victim & hero. Then theirs the final girl theory this happens in horror slashers it’s the last female alive that confronts the killer, the villain is also normally a monster, freak, serial killer, zombie, you have teenagers who drink and have sex that normally die first.
Iconography
This is another type of convention that represents visual arts when it comes to horror films, like the colour that represents it e.g. colours like red, black that signify blood and evil also things like props e.g. chainsaws, knifes, guns and other things that could be used to cause troubles. The iconography of the monsters help to promote fear, disgust and terror,
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