2. Vehicle wont start
This is when the victims
transportation vehicle is
unaccusable which creates a
suspense of danger lurking nearby.
3. Someone runs around instead of
escaping
This is when the victim irrationally
runs upstairs to avoid the danger
rather than going out the front
door to escape the premises.
Which then leads to the victim to
lock them self's in a safe place.
4. The fake scare
This is the most used convention
horror films. This is a jump scare
that has no threat to the victim.
This is when for example when a
bird smashes its self in a window.
They can be very effective or
completely stupid.
5. Victim inexplicably falls over
This is when the victim falls over to
create an effect that there is danger
nearby or that danger was the cause
of the fall. This creates uncertainty
and dangerous atmosphere to the
audience.
6. Secluded Location
This is when the location is set in a
hostile environment so that there is
no one around to help when danger
is nearby and there is no ways to
ecsape for example a forest,
abandoned town etc.
