conventions of media 3
TRANSCRIPT
![Page 1: Conventions of media 3](https://reader030.vdocuments.us/reader030/viewer/2022032505/55c6c8b2bb61ebc66e8b47f0/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
CONVENTIONS OF HORROR
![Page 2: Conventions of media 3](https://reader030.vdocuments.us/reader030/viewer/2022032505/55c6c8b2bb61ebc66e8b47f0/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
SETTINGSThe following links show examples of each setting within film trailers:
• Isolated places – (As Above so Below) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fq358xHbzN4&safe=active
• Dark streets – (Smiley) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11yBPx-ymZA
• Narrow alleyways – (Hell Raiser) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAx34IZ8bTk
• Often revolve around buildings that have a dark history (insane asylums, hotels, abandoned houses) – (Saw 2) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nac1avJp3UE&safe=active
• Dark woods/forests – (Cabin in the Woods) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsIilFNNmkY&safe=active
• Under ground tunnels/dungeons – (As Above so Below) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fq358xHbzN4&safe=active
![Page 3: Conventions of media 3](https://reader030.vdocuments.us/reader030/viewer/2022032505/55c6c8b2bb61ebc66e8b47f0/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
EXAMPLE IMAGES
![Page 4: Conventions of media 3](https://reader030.vdocuments.us/reader030/viewer/2022032505/55c6c8b2bb61ebc66e8b47f0/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
PROPS AND CONNOTATIONS• Colours such as red and black are often used due to their effective
connotation of fear, blood, death, violence, danger and evil.
• These connotations are further emphasised by the common use of dark lighting.
• Props such as weapons are often used to identify the killer/villain (knives, chainsaw, machetes and torture devices in some cases).
• Costumes such as masks are often used to conceal the identity of the killer or to effectively make use of the ‘Uncanny Valley’.
![Page 5: Conventions of media 3](https://reader030.vdocuments.us/reader030/viewer/2022032505/55c6c8b2bb61ebc66e8b47f0/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
![Page 6: Conventions of media 3](https://reader030.vdocuments.us/reader030/viewer/2022032505/55c6c8b2bb61ebc66e8b47f0/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
THEMESThe following links show examples of each theme within film trailers:
• Good vs Evil – (The Exorcist) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iS59iV2Ffs
• Revenge – (I Spit on Your Grave) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wt7lWlpTuUM
• Supernatural – (The Woman in Black) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lReemWmO5o
• Torture –(Saw 2) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nac1avJp3UE
• Suicide – (The Woman in Black) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lReemWmO5o
• Lust – (The Human Centipede 2) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpcCJ8ozirU
![Page 7: Conventions of media 3](https://reader030.vdocuments.us/reader030/viewer/2022032505/55c6c8b2bb61ebc66e8b47f0/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
EXAMPLE CLIPSHell Raiser
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAx34IZ8bTk
Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2013)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKqFfkassgo
Smiley
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11yBPx-ymZA
I Spit on Your Grave (2012)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wt7lWlpTuUM