Horror conventions

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Opening Slide
Horror Conventions
- What's conventional in the horror genre?-
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Happy families
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Young children
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Psychologically damaged adults
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Question - Pac-Man
Characters
Rebellious teens
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Video - Dancing Pig
Correct!
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Question - YouTube Hits
Mise-en-scene
Derelict buildings
Bloody hands
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Shadows & Masks
Creepy forests
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Correct!
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Instruments
Diegetic
Non-Diegetic
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Question - Fastest Runner
Music and Sound
Demonic noises, supernatural occurrences
Music
Violins, drone like background noises, classical piano

Screams, singing, humming, laughter, slurred speech, car crashes
Eerie old fashioned music, either very high pitched or low pitched to highlight contrast
Question - Dress
Narrative Structures
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Background story given
Binary opposition in light and dark
Equilibrium Disrupted soon into film
Plot twist nearer end
Title - Type B
An example of conventions within an older horror film
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The End
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