Conventions of a Horror Film

Conventions of a Horror Film:

Lighting
Sounds/Music
Characters
Blood
Screaming

each of these play a key role in the making of a horror film as each are used to keep the audience entertained and most importantly gripped to the edge of their seats!!

Lighting: (Sweeney Todd's Barber Shop)
This shot emphasies on the use of lighting to create the scene in this particular scene the audience see sweeney todd in his barber shop holding above his victim the light contrast with the outside lighting to the lighting in the barber shop empahsise on the dark going on's about to take place!



Sounds: (sound taken from the movie Psyhco)
the sound/music in movies is key as it enables the audience to take notice of what is happening and keep them gripped to the edge of their seats.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuIQJ-l16b4&p=A5251966CA086FAD&playnext=1&index=44

Characters: (the photo is taken of the psycho killer in the movie Halloween and Halloween 2)
The characters play the biggest role of any movie let alone a horror movie as there has to be a gruesome killer that the audience are waiting to be scared by.



Blood (all horror films always tend to have grusome death scenes ending with blood splattering all over the place)


Screaming - (all horror films have many screaming victims as it builds to the intensity)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFCStOMqpfk