1. THE REPERTOIRE OF
ELEMENTS
Joe Land

2. WHAT ARE THEY?
The repertoire of elements are key elements of a film that are consistently
repeated throughout a genre.
Each genre has its own repertoire of elements which defines it as that genre.
They fall under these 7 categories:
Iconography
Props
Style
Settings
Narrative
Characters
Themes

3. EXAMPLES USING HORROR AS A
GENRE
ICONOGRAPHY
Iconography:
Masks, blood, silhouettes, shadows, etc.

4. PROPS
Props:
Guns, daggers, blood, candles, cloaks, etc.

5. STYLE
Style:
Dark, shadowy, low key lighting, eerie music etc.

6. SETTINGS
Settings:
Haunted house, castle, forest, anywhere dark, etc.

7. NARRATIVE
Narrative:
Being trapped, being chased, supernatural, etc.

8. CHARACTERS
Characters:
Killers, monsters, demons, devils, etc.

9. THEMES
Themes:
Death, fear, gore, traps, isolation, etc.

10. SOURCES
http://www.alevelmedia.co.uk/page25.php