Tuesday, 1 December 2015

Codes and conventions of thriller/ horror genra

Codes and Conventions


Shot types:


Editing:

Depth of field- focus on character
Blurring background- panic the audience
Slow paced editing - suspense and an unsettling feeling
Fast pace - chaos

Mise-en- scene
Colours (black and red)- connotes: death, evil, danger and the binary opposition between the two
Weapons- violence and danger associated with character
Bible- religious themes, supernatural and superstition

Character:

Protagonist- main focus- hero
Antagonist- monster, demons, ghosts, zombies, mutated freaks, serial killer/ psychopath
Death- careless teenager killed first
Police- authority figure

Themes :

Good Vs Evil
Revenge
Supernatural
Religion
Living dead (zombies or vampires)
scientific experiment gone wrong
Insanity
Nightmares
Lust

I have chosen this type of genre as i feel there is more devivices within the thriller genra that will accumilate a reaction from the audience as oposed to a comedy that could prove very dificult to excicute.

I am potentially looking at using some of these conventions such the supernatural which will be connoted through the inferred accident. Likewise, I will also incorporate the idea of long shot duration to accumulate suspense followed by quick short shots to satisfy the climax.

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