Conventions of Horror

• Vunerable characters
• Blood/gore
• Tension/suspense
• Dark colours
• Low lighting
• Empty spaces
• Silence
• Angle shots - ECU, CU, POV, Etablishing Shot, Tracking, Reaction shots, Over the shoulder shot
• Death
• Vendetta
• Weapons
• Expletives/explicit language
• Dark coloured clothes
• Dark setting
• Trapped/confined spaces
• Deserted/abandoned places
• Apocalypse

Focus on:

1. Mise-en-scene
2. Camerawork and editing
3. Characters
4. Narrative and themes
5. Narrative Structure
6. Icons
7. Music and sound