In films, conventions are the individual things which help the audience to define the type of film. Horror, in my opinion has these conventions:
- Setting - A dark castle, graveyard, deserted hospital, scary mansion or old house. These are all places where the supernatural would seem more likely to occur, and the oldness of again suggests this. A lot of the settings are very dark, lonely places, as dark is associated with the devil and evil, as is black, and lonely, because it creates suspense.
- Monster - fictional, comes from behind you, creepy, wears dark, can pretend to be your friend.
- Victims - young girl who screams, younger people, people who refuse to believe the supernatural or monster.
- Atmosphere - bad weather, very dark/night-time, cold atmoshpere, very quiet, fog. This gives the monster the opportunity to suddenly get his victims.
- Sounds - creaking stairs, footsteps, thunder, old noises (organs), screams. These are all things people associate commonly with fears.
- Other things - blood, gore, weapons, murder. These all focus on things which people nowadays are scared of, because then they can get to the audience better, and provide a good thrill.
Well done for describing some of the stereotypical mise-en-scene conventions of horror. This will help you when planning for your video production. You now need to think about which features you can use in new ways. For example, can you lead the audience to think something is going to happen, but trick them?
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