2. Setting – Some genres have a distinct or familiar locations but this can change, as horror films have
often moved from the gothic to the suburban areas such as scream. Genres can be associated with
realistic society issues for example the success of gangster films during prohibition around 1960-
1990. In my opening film, the setting is almost in a dead/silent park, but gives the impression
something dark is about to com upon the characters.
Characters: The characters of Nick Lacey’s repertoire usually involve a hero, villain etc… Usually in
horror movies, there is a victim (usually a girl) that ends up defeating the villain (psychopathic man),
and ends up victorious. In my product, the villain ends up winning, and the girl is the bystander, whilst
the boy is the victim. This challenges the ordinary conventions, to show boys/men are also victims in
society.
3. Narrative: According to Lacey, narrative is often what is going on in the plot to make the film
appealing or worth watching e.g. car chases, wedding, shoot outs etc… Therefore, this refers to the
storyline structure, which genres employ to make their product the best. However, in my final
product, I followed this element closely, and due to our budget we stuck with stalking and build up
of hitting the victim with a bottle.
Iconography: Once again, according to Lacey repertoire of elements, films that contain visual
and audio images that instantly becomes recognisable for the audience associated with the
genre of the film, makes the film more appealing as it is relevant to the genre e.g. horror films
have masks and costumes to show the villain or the hero, or gangster films have ‘Tommy’
spraying his gun. In my final product, there is a clown, who is preying on a victim after teasing
his friend about her fear of clowns.
4. Style: Lastly by Lacey is style, which is basically the way the product is
presented. The camera angles, editing, and the use of colour are also involved
into the contribution towards the film. Our product had to relate to our genre, so
when editing, we used low-lighting to make our film more horror-like, and build up
tension. We used over the shoulder shot, long shots all to show the clown
stalking the boy who made fun of being scared of clowns.
