Analysing Codes and Conventions In Existing Teen Horror Films

2. • The first sound you hear are the birds singing at the background
that suggests that the scene it’s set in the forest.
• After that it follows a small music which suggests that something
it’s going to happen.
• Then suddenly the music starts to go faster and you can also
see a man running. This shows that there’s something behind
him that it’s chasing him.
Sound
• There was crane camera movement of the forest.
• Point of views and tracking shots are used when the man is
running, to show that the man is running away from someone.
• There was a point of view of the tent while he was running to
show how far away he was from the tent.
• After a low angle has been used to show how deep the cliff is.
• there’s a close of the man’s face when he has been pulled down
by someone. This has been used to show that he is in pain.
Camera

3. • Girl and a boy
• Running away from
someone or something.
• Trips over
• Someone gets killed
Conventions
• The boy wears Hawaiian
shirt and jeans
• Girl wears regular make-up
• She is wearing more
revealing clothes
Mise-en-
scene

4. DEAD MARY
Sound
At the beginning
you can be able to
hear a metallic
sound of chains.
In the middle of
the scene the girl
starts tapping her
fingers, which
suggests that
she’s bored or
waiting for
someone.
You can also
hear the radio
but because
they’re in the
middle of
nowhere,
there’s not
signal.
Camera
At the begging of
the film there’s an
extreme close up of
the chains.
A close up of the
gas station sign,
suggesting that
they're by the gas
station.
There’s a low
angle of the
car.
There’s a close
up of the
teenage girl.
There’s an extreme
close up of the trunk but
at the same time there’s
a view point of the car.
This suggests that
someone is watching
them from the woods.
Convention
Middle of
nowhere/
woods.
Out of
fuel.
No signal
Someone
watching
There’s a
teenage girl
and a boy.
They get
separated.
Mise-en-
scene
The girl wears reviling
clothes, daily make-
up, no shoes
(meaning that she has
been waiting for
awhile.
The boy is wearing
jeans and a shirt, he
also has had his
glasses on.

5. WRONG TURN
Sound
Low pitch sound (evil,
sinister)
After she says “pull me up”
there’s a noise of the guy
falling down/getting bitten.
The music gets faster
when the girl is pulled up
by someone.
Then it gets louder when
she sees a dead body
suggesting that she is in
danger.
Camera
The first shot is a
establishing shot of the
woods. Showing that the
scene is going to take place
in the woods.
There's also a high angle
of the girl and the boy.
There's a close up shot
of the girl struggling to
climb up.
Close up of the rope
showing that she’s being
pulled up by someone.
Convention
Teenage Boy and girl
Someone gets killed.
It’s set in the forest.
The girl trips over.
Mise-en-
scene
Girl wears reviling
clothes.
Climbing equipments.
Which means that
they've planned to got
there.