The document discusses conventions of slasher films. Some common conventions include having a young female final girl who grows in confidence throughout the film, keeping the killer/monster's identity unknown until the end to keep the audience on edge, and setting the main location in a quiet, isolated place. The document also provides examples of how films like Texas Chainsaw have used conventions like revealing the killer's face at the end, using low-key lighting in the killer's hideout, and setting the hideout in an abandoned place. It discusses developing or challenging conventions in an original student film treatment.

3. Conventions Film Example
The Final Girl My Soul toTake –Typically a young
female virgin grows confidence
throughout the film.
The Monster/Killer Texas Chainsaw-The Killer/Monster is
unknown until the end of the film, keeps
the audience on edge.
The Lighting The lighting is used to tension to the scene it
is mostly dark and it is used to add shadows in
order to give the mysterious feeling. The
connotations of shadows are mysteries, this is
one of the conventions of slasher films and it
is one of the important aspect of this genre of
film.
The Location The WrongTurn-Typically the main
location of the film is in a quiet place or
in a suburban town.

4. Convention Use/Develop/Challenge Film Example
-The Killer/Monster
-Lighting
-Location
-The FinalGirl
Develop-The killer will be slightly
revealed at the end of the OTS as
he kills the victim.
Use- During our OTS the lighting
will be low key, to create tension
and a sense of mystery.
Use-Our OTS is set in the hideout
of the killer which is an
abandoned.
Challenge- Our victim will be a
male but represented to be strong
and confident as he struggles to
become free from being tied up.
TexasChainsaw-When the film
comes to a conclusion the killers
masks falls off, revealing his face.
The majority of killer slathers have
a look key lighted hideout.
TexasChainsaw-The killer in that
film has a hideout in a abandoned
basement.
The wrong turn-One of the
characters is a female virgin who
is represented to be weak and
vulnerable, however by the end of
the film she is stronger and
confident.