2. Setting
• Small communities/ isolated places
• Narrow/ dark alleyways
• Places with dark history
• Abandoned houses/hotels
• Insane asylums
• Typical, newly moved family into old house
• Large, haunted house
• Lakes/ forest
• Basements/ attics
• Labs/ madhouses
• Graveyard
• Space locations
3. Technical Codes
• High and low angle shots show fear and power
• Point of view shots show involvement
• Handheld camera shots show involvement
• Frame work
• Over the shoulder shots create the sense of someone
standing behind you
• Disturbing sounds determine horror
• Extreme close ups show facial expressions
• Pace of editing determines how intense the horror is
4. Iconography
• Dark colours (reds & blacks)
• Low key & ambient lighting creates suspense
& a sense of tension and reality
• Props (chainsaws, knifes, dolls)
• Objects (religious icons such as Buddha
dolls)
• Iconography establishes monsters and a
sense of horror
5. Narrative Structure
• Left for closure allows room for a
sequel
• Hero or protagonist (final male or
female)
• Formulaic & psychotic, incident
• Teens are usually stupid and unaware
of horror
• Teens are usually the ones that start
the horror off
• Teens get killed quickly
6. Characters
• Protagonist (victim/hero)
• Villain (monster/dead killer)
• Teens/ creep children
• Police officers (good or bad)
• Ghosts/ zombies/ psychopaths/ possessed people
