evaluation q 1

3. Conventions Used
There are two sets of conventions that I have followed:
1. FEATURE FILM OPENING CONVENTIONS
2. HORROR GENRE CONVENTIONS
“Conventions are the generally accepted ways of doing something.
There are general conventions in any medium, such as the use of
interviewee quotes in a print article, but conventions are also genre
specific.”

4. Genre conventions are used to meet
audience expectations
 Themes of fear and guilts
 Reveal the darker sides of people
 emotional instable characters
 Use of flashbacks to events in the characters life, showing the audience important
past events that support the films plot.
 Eerie sound effects
 The Non Linear narrative structure
 Use of plot twists
 Rely on viewers own imagination to create fear
Conventions of a Psychological Horror:

5. How does my product use or challenge
conventions?
 The purpose of a film opening is to entice the audience onto
carrying on watching the film.
 A film opening should either establish narrative/character or
setting
 I have gone for a narrative focus opening, that introduces my
audience to the protagonist and antagonist establishing
conflict.
 I have used my genres conventions by establishing a
antagonist who is dark and twisted. Following the genes
conventions I have made him a male. As I have gone for the
stereotypical approach that men are stronger than women.
 I have further used my genre conventions by making the
protagonist weak, helpless and female. As women are
traditionally seen as vulnerable ,naive and powerless Whereas
men are traditionally seen as strong and the dominant one.

6. Conventional use of Titles
 I have used conventional intertitles
 The animated titles have a sound effect to
startle the audience and create unease.
 The animation creates a disorientating and
confusing effect on the audience.

7. Conventional use of Lighting
 Low key lighting is often used in horror films to
create darkness and an eerie atmosphere.
 I have used Dark lighting allows the audience to
feel more tense and vulnerable as darkness
makes our vision unclear and allows anything to
creep In the shadows. to create a tense and
scary atmosphere and get the audience to use
their imagination
 Lighting is very key as I wanted to create the
effect my character is trapped, the more darkness
is represented the more the symbolism of fear will
be created. It will heighten the effect there is no
were to run.

8. Conventional use of Setting
 My setting is very key in order to create a realistic horror movie opening, The place
I have picked is dark, dirty and derelict.
 I have deliberately chosen a place beneath the ground as that evokes more fear in
the audience. It is very unrealistic that the victim will have any chance to escape or
be heard.
 I have chosen this setting as it creates realism for the target audience as they are
able to relate to the film on some level, having seen/ been or currently live in these
setting. This increases the fear for the audiences are they begin to picture
themselves in these positions.

9. Conventional use of Music
 Non diegetic sounds is always used in the background of scenes and it is one of
the most important conventions of the horror genre as it is what makes the film
tense for the audience. Slow paced sound, usually a piano or violin sound is used
to create creepy and eerie atmosphere, build suspense and change the mood for
the audience.
 I have used a collective of sound effects and music to create my sound track,
 Overall my soundtrack can be described as eerie and disturbing, this is successful
because I have achieved my target audience response.
 This has been achieved by using a dark horn base track and adding on top of this
various sound effects ie electrical glitch sounds, violin plucking.
 This is a link to my soundtrack to my film https://soundcloud.com/fine-
arts/harriettes-sound

10. How does my film represent social
groups?
 In horror films woman are seen as the damsel in distress, woman were traditionally
seen as the weaker gender, therefore are the victims in most horror movies. As are
unable to defend themselves. I have represented in my movie the stereotypical
way woman are seen within the media.
 As my character that gets abducted is a girl and through my short movie until the
end is unconscious this can resemble her being weak.

11.  Overall, women are often represented in a sexualized manner in order to appeal to
the male dominant audience. Their roles within society are either marital, sexual,
domestic or consumer and are often seen as the inferior gender, to the male.
However females can challenge this negative representation by displaying
masculine traits, and thus being he final girl. Particularly in horror films, females
are the most important character in displaying representation, power imbalance
and sexuality.
Starry eyes
“Shots to make these ‘Male Gaze’ include long body
shots, panning/looking up at the woman. It has
always been conventional to horror films that the
women are supposed to be portrayed as a figure of
beauty and desire whilst the villain is portrayed as a
House of Wax

12. I have reinforced these stereotypes
 Unfortunately my film does reinforce the stereotypes mentioned above. Most of my
shots are of the victim and her body, although I show no flesh it does seem to treat
the body as a object.

13. IS THE KILLER MALE?
 Most people watching my film will probably assume the psychopaths is male
 They would be right
 I have reinforced the idea of men as aggressors
 I have followed the conventions of real media in having a male psychopath
American Psycho The Perceiving