- female vicitim
- erie music/stange noises.
- dark/shadowy lighting
- dark/forest trees
- attractive male or female.
- violence
- determination
- strange/silent phone calls
- disruption of normality
- non-diegetic music
- dark/bad weather
- often a blonde/dippy character
- blood and gore
- sub plot - female and male relationship
- secluded area
- love twist
- feat,empathy and anitspation
- defeat of super-natural creature
- isolated location
- victim is often a recluse of society
- values of society are often ruined and challenged, this leaves the audience feeling insecure.
- dead of the night
- if the killer/intruder enters the house through the door - signifs the victim is trapped
- popular character
- train station
Here i have made a AS Media Studies Blog for AS level Media - This is the journey i have taken from the beggining to the end of producing a media portfolio for G321: Foundation Portfolio In Media - Horror or Thriller opening.
what are the code and convensions of horror?
CODE AND CONVENTIONS OF HORROR -