Assignment 29 - ConventionsSam, Jake, Charlie and Idrees

Conventions

• They are expected features and elements that are associated with a particular sub genre - in this case horror

• Conventions can be:

• Plot

• Character types

• Representations of characters

• Settings

• Editing

• Camera work

• Narrative structure

• Anything MES

List of conventions in our sub-genre

Convention Film example

Vampire attacks victim for blood Dracula (1992)

Vampire gets burnt by the sunlight Dracula (1992)

Vampire has a bloodlust/addiction Twilight (2008)

Vampire is associated with vampire merchandise/items Vampires suck (2010) and Hotel Transylvania (2010)

Vampire is made to look superior/ overpowering Dracula (1992)

Vampire has fangs Abraham Lincoln vampire hunter (2012)

Vampire dislikes garlic Dracula (1992)

Vampire is associated with bats/ can turn into a bat The Vampire bat (1993)

Vampire lives in a big house on his own and has human victims for his bloodlust

Dracula (1992)

Our conventions

ConventionUse/develop or

challengeFilm example

Low key lighting Use it Dracula

Vampire drinks blood Use it Twilight

It appear the vampire lives a normal life (for most of the

OTS)Challenges the stereotype Dexter

Vampire kills his victims to get blood

Use it Abraham Lincoln vampire

hunter

Vampire looks in the mirror to see his reflection

Challenges the stereotype because vampires can’t see

their own reflectionDracula