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horror codes and conventions

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Created on November 15, 2023

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movies have a bunch of codes in them which make up the genre, for example horror would use scary music and jumpscares, sci-fi would use spaceships and aliens, action would use violence, musicals have music to show the characters emotions, comedies try to make us laugh

Examples of horror films

Subgenres of horror

Horror uses unique and unusual angles to create confusion and an unsettling feel with the viewer.

it uses dark lighting, with lots of shadows, to make the audience feel tense, and they use sound to create a sense of danger for the audience

  1. knives
  2. guns
  3. hidden identity of villains
  4. isolated areas
  5. woods
  6. haunted houses
  7. scary music
  8. screaming
  9. zombies
  10. vampires
  11. monsters
  12. murderers
  13. clowns
  14. crows
  15. bats
  16. suicide
  17. ghosts
  18. revenge
  19. basements
  20. mansions
horror codes and conventions

Genre Theory and codes and conventions

genre theory is the categorization of different structural elements and patterns which can be found in collections of stories.