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This document summarizes the horror subgenre of phobia/isolation films. It provides examples of films that fall into this subgenre, including Buried, Frozen, and IT. The conventions of this subgenre are described as involving either a character facing their phobia or becoming isolated/stranded in a difficult to escape situation. Plots typically focus on the characters struggling against their phobia or to survive in isolation against threats. Common elements include dark lighting, minimal props, and costumes appropriate to teenage victim characters.
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This character is usually
the sidekick to the protagonist and
is commonly the first to die. An
example of this would be „Laurie‟
from „Halloween‟.
The Comic Relief: This character
provides light relief throughout the
film through their humour. An
example of this would be „Shorty‟
from „Texas Chainsaw Massacre‟.
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1. Friends Josh, Dom, and Charlie go camping in the woods. Josh arrives first and sets up camp while waiting for his friends.
2. When Dom and Charlie arrive, the three friends joke around the campfire as it gets dark. They later explore the woods with a recording camera.
3. They find blood on a tree and Josh goes missing. Dom and Charlie then hear a scream and see something sprint by. They run away but are both killed off camera. The recording camera falls and lands near Charlie's bloody hand.
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1. Friends Josh, Dom, and Charlie go camping in the woods. Josh arrives first and sets up camp while waiting for his friends.
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Storyboard
Josh sets up camp in the woods as he waits for his friends Dom and Charlie to arrive. The three joke around at the campfire as night falls. Later, they decide to explore the woods with a recording camera but Josh goes missing. Dom and Charlie find blood on a tree and call out for Josh. They hear a scream and see something sprint by before both are killed off camera. The recording camera falls to the ground, showing Charlie's bloody hand before going static.
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The document discusses the key forms and conventions of the thriller genre, including archetypal characters like heroes and villains, imagery involving costumes and props, common locations such as forests and water, uses of color and lighting to create shadows and mystery, sound design to build tension, title design with dark fonts, and narrative themes of suspense, twists and keeping the audience guessing. The summary provides an overview of the essential elements that define the thriller genre.
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- 3. MY 3 CHOSEN FILMS: Buried (2010) Frozen (2010) IT (1990)
- 4. THE CONVENTIONS OF THIS SUBGENRE Phobia • One main fear that the characters must face. Some classic phobias include phobia of clowns, phobias of spiders, phobias of insects and so on. • The plot is often based around everyday life. This shows that scary things can just happen to anyone • Can include flashbacks, showing why there is such a big phobia of the thing, explaining the narrative. • Plot relies on the characters fears or beliefs, sometimes showing hidden truths about characters Isolation • Based in impossible situations to escape from. i.e underground / hanging in the sky. • Plot focuses around the characters struggle to survive in the isolation. • Can include something they run away from, for example a monster/ killer, but can also purely be the struggle of escaping from something, with gorey consequences. • Plot relys hevily on tension.
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- 6. MES-EN-SCENE • Isolation films are (obviously) set in isolated areas or places. This is to make it look like the character is all alone and has no chance of escape. • Commonly very dark lighting to add to the horror effect. This is due to the dark being like the unknown, anything could come from it. • Props in isolation films are usually bare essentials, for example, a phone that doesn’t/rarely works, a torch etc. In phobia films, they have more weapons to fight off the creature. • Costume varies in horror films. The plot would very commonly include teenagers, so that would create a general costume type.
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