Assignment 3 draft 3
- 1. Assignment 3: Genre Exploration Task Draft 3 Pamela Younes
- 2. Genre What is purpose and general conventions? The purpose of genre, horror is too scare people by basing the film on something that would normally cause death. This would be the case as people would be normally scared of dying. This would lead to, horror films is to make people scared, terrified or even try and make people have nightmares after watching specific types of horror films.
- 3. Genre The general conventions of the horror genre are.. Dark lighting gore Isolated location chosen torture
- 4. Genre Explain how/when genre was established, identify a few classic films of the genre: the horror genre was established around 1896 this was taken in France. This genre emerged because when it was shot in one part of the world it has been past on so many different countries have been doing it the next country was Japan, then German then Hollywood until everyone has heard about it. when it reached Hollywood they decided to do horror drama.
- 5. Genre This has gore blood; this would fit the codes and convention of horror genre. The bat whispers This film has death of `Cyrus west’; this would also show codes and conventions cat and of horror films. canary
- 6. Sub-genre horror thriller; final destination would meet these the purpose of horror thriller is to still conventions as there's horror to the make the audience disgusted by the death of the young adults, and the horror of it but to create tension and thriller of wondering who would die suspense creating the audience siting next and the little frights would give at the edge of their seat until the the audience horror would happen nightmare on elm street would meet Conventions: these conventions as it isn't predictable to what would happen next and who Tension might die and why their kinder garden teacher wants to haunt them in there Not predictable dreams
- 7. Sub-genre the scary movie would meet these horror comedy; conventions as it mocks other scary the purpose of horror comedy is still films and would make it less scary for make it disgusting for example using the audience to try and make them gore blood, but and try and make it less laugh but still using the horror scary by making it funny conventions mixed with comedy Conventions: fright night has comedy in it, but also locates it in a scary place they would Mocks other scary use dim lighting to do so, so there can still be a feeling of horror as well as films and turns comedy them to comedy dim lighting
- 8. Sub-genre red riding hood would be an example horror romance; of horror romance and would also the purpose of horror romance is to meet the conventions as there would also try and make it to an even bigger be a couple and they have also set it in target audience where the people who a location where it would make it seem like romance is able to watch horror. a horror Conventions: paranormal activity would be a roman Hero who helps the victim thriller s it also meets the conventions Locates it in a location where of, someone being the hero and known to be scary and would helping the victim over come this be easy to hide in
- 9. Sub-genre horror action; saw, would be action as well as the horror action would be for the victims would be using weapons to audience who prefer to have a bit of complete the task, and has been action to the situation caused to violence from the workers and hatred enhance the seriousness of that that would cause action situation. Conventions: final destination would also be under horror action as there would be a lot of Weapons used action to make sure that they would survive and not die and fight against Would be a villain trying to each other for them to survive in final defeat and would do destination 5 something about it
- 10. Sub-genre horror documentary; paranormal activity, this would meet the purpose of this is to make it even the conventions as its a true story more scarier by basing it on a true story (documentary) ant the audience would know it would happen Conventions: the last exorcist, this would also meet True story the conventions as its also on a true story and it would be more scarier as Victim would be young the audience would know that there's a female adult possibility it might happen.
- 11. Sub-genre horror books; the stolen child book would meet the there might be some people who find convention as there would be a victim the book more detailed and would and the whole story would be based on explain how they react etc., they would how to find the child enjoy the book more as it can make it more scarier Conventions: the afraid book, this would be a horror as the title of the book is trying to tell Book would describe in us something. the title is of the book is afraid. afraid means scared and scared detail to what would be would be one of the conventions in happening horror Scares the audience
- 12. Hybrid horror, romance, musical; the purpose of this is to interest more people as there would be a variety of different genres/subgenres creating a hybrid. this would lead to having more hybrids there would be more chance of people watching it. Sweeney Todd would meet conventions: the convention as the different codes and - the genres/subgenres elements for each would be spread out genre/subgenre would be equally and throughout used once in the film it the film and and not just would carried out through used once and forgotten out about it.
- 13. Hybrid horror, drama, documentary; the purpose of this kind of hybrid is to educate people as its a documentary but also entertain them at the same time titanic would meet this convention as it has a lot of drama especially when the conventions: fiancé would shout at rose - over exaggeration when dancing with a guy that's lower class than her
- 14. Hybrid horror, romance, action; the purpose of this is to also enhance the situation by making it more serious by using action caused, this would keep the audience wide awake as there is something going on and not just horror as it needs some more genres/subgenres to make it even more interesting conventions: avatar would meet the -to keep the audience convention as using a lot entertained as not there of action to make the would be a much more scene live and not boring. larger audiences as there Have genre/subgenre is in the movie