Conventions

Above is a picture of some ideas of conventions for the horror genre things such as night vision effect, dark make up, fake blood, graveyards and sound bridge. In any media type the key conventions are very important to make the product or media type be successful to their target audience. With my own horror trailer a lot of research on different types of horror films have helped me pick out a handful of conventions i want to use in my own production. There needs to be a realism present to the audience to engage them, things such as lighting, editing and sound comes into this using dark effects to create tension and shadowing, loud bangs to make the audience scared and also clever editing so supernatural elements can seem real, this will be effective due to it relating to the horror genre. Having different shots and sounds are effective in that it creates many different aspects of thought for the audience so they can take the film in a personal way. Settings are important in that the location for a production is a way of putting the plot across. Also the location needs to fit in with something that is going to create suspense and scare the audience. Mise en scene- make up and costume is also a key convention, especially for a horror production as the characters need to be portrayed and put across in the right way to the audience to enable the plot to make sense and be understood. Also the audience will take into consideration personal identity when watching certain characters and judge them on the way they are dressed as well as how they act. Props alongside setting are important in that without the props the plot would not be as realistic or interesting thing such as a plate smashing on its on (due to editing and props) are things that the audience expect to see making them jump and be scared.


All of this has to be taken into account as research into conventions is so important due to the fact the productions main thing they need to achieve is meeting the audiences needs so their production is a success.