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Genre is a French word, pronounced as “Jon-Dra”. It is 
the term for any category of literature or other forms of 
art or entertainment, e.g. music, whether written or 
spoken, audio or visual, based on some set of stylistic 
criteria. Genres are formed by conventions that change 
over time as new genres are invented and the use of old 
ones are discontinued. Often, works fit into multiple 
genres by way of borrowing and recombining these 
conventions.
Classifications Of Genre. Genre classification is the 
process of grouping objects together based on defined 
similarities such as subject, format, style, or purpose. 
There are 4 Main Genres. i.e. Literary, Film and 
Television, video games, and music genres. These 4 
Genres further divides into sub-genres like Action, 
Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Fantasy, Horror, Romance, 
Sci-fiction, Thriller, and many more.
horror 
Horror is a film genre seeking to elicit a negative 
emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the 
audience's primal fears. Inspired by literature from 
authors like Edgar Allan Poe, Bram Stoker, Mary 
Shelley, horror films have for more than a century 
featured scenes that startle the viewer. The macabre 
and the supernatural are frequent themes. Thus they 
may overlap with the fantasy, supernatural, and 
thriller genres.
Horror films often deal with the viewer's nightmares, 
hidden fears, revulsions and terror of the unknown. 
Plots within the horror genre often involve the 
intrusion of an evil force, event, or personage, 
commonly of supernatural origin, into the everyday 
world. 
Prevalent elements include ghosts, aliens, vampires, 
were wolves, demons, gore, torture, vicious animals, 
evil witches, monsters, zombies, cannibals, and 
serial killers. Conversely, movies about the 
supernatural are not necessarily always horrific.
Codes and Conventions of Horror 
• Secluded Location 
• Characters Forget about threat. 
• Power is Cut. 
• Phone Lines are Cut. 
• Someone hears a strange noise. 
• Vehicle won’t start. 
• Someone is killed in the first 5 minutes. 
• The Stormy Night 
• Victim inexplicably falls over 
• Victim Coves in front of a 
window
. 
• The setting is usually very dark 
• Jump cuts are common Extensive use of Narrative 
enigmas 
• Exploration of Narrative Themes 
• Slow pace of Editing, builds tension. Long takes 
• Three act narrative structure 
• Predictable narrative content (follows format) 
• Clear binary oppositions e.g. good v evil 
• Use of low key lighting 
• Extensive use of close up 
• Incidental non-diegetic sound 
• Distorted diegetic sound 
• Young/teenage characters 
• Point of view shots 
• Low angle shots
References:- 
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/g 
enre 
http://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/ge 
nre 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genre 
http://prezi.com/d2tl1kp9almo/codes-and-conventions- 
of-horror-films/ 
http://louisabroadheadmediablog.wordpr 
ess.com/2011/12/13/codes-and-conventions-of- 
horror-films/ 
http://www.slideshare.net/kbamediastudi 
es/codes-and-conventions-in-horror-films 
http://media.edusites.co.uk/article/horror 
-genre-codes-conventions/

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Genre analysis

  • 3. Genre is a French word, pronounced as “Jon-Dra”. It is the term for any category of literature or other forms of art or entertainment, e.g. music, whether written or spoken, audio or visual, based on some set of stylistic criteria. Genres are formed by conventions that change over time as new genres are invented and the use of old ones are discontinued. Often, works fit into multiple genres by way of borrowing and recombining these conventions.
  • 4. Classifications Of Genre. Genre classification is the process of grouping objects together based on defined similarities such as subject, format, style, or purpose. There are 4 Main Genres. i.e. Literary, Film and Television, video games, and music genres. These 4 Genres further divides into sub-genres like Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Fantasy, Horror, Romance, Sci-fiction, Thriller, and many more.
  • 5. horror Horror is a film genre seeking to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's primal fears. Inspired by literature from authors like Edgar Allan Poe, Bram Stoker, Mary Shelley, horror films have for more than a century featured scenes that startle the viewer. The macabre and the supernatural are frequent themes. Thus they may overlap with the fantasy, supernatural, and thriller genres.
  • 6. Horror films often deal with the viewer's nightmares, hidden fears, revulsions and terror of the unknown. Plots within the horror genre often involve the intrusion of an evil force, event, or personage, commonly of supernatural origin, into the everyday world. Prevalent elements include ghosts, aliens, vampires, were wolves, demons, gore, torture, vicious animals, evil witches, monsters, zombies, cannibals, and serial killers. Conversely, movies about the supernatural are not necessarily always horrific.
  • 7. Codes and Conventions of Horror • Secluded Location • Characters Forget about threat. • Power is Cut. • Phone Lines are Cut. • Someone hears a strange noise. • Vehicle won’t start. • Someone is killed in the first 5 minutes. • The Stormy Night • Victim inexplicably falls over • Victim Coves in front of a window
  • 8. . • The setting is usually very dark • Jump cuts are common Extensive use of Narrative enigmas • Exploration of Narrative Themes • Slow pace of Editing, builds tension. Long takes • Three act narrative structure • Predictable narrative content (follows format) • Clear binary oppositions e.g. good v evil • Use of low key lighting • Extensive use of close up • Incidental non-diegetic sound • Distorted diegetic sound • Young/teenage characters • Point of view shots • Low angle shots
  • 9. References:- http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/g enre http://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/ge nre http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genre http://prezi.com/d2tl1kp9almo/codes-and-conventions- of-horror-films/ http://louisabroadheadmediablog.wordpr ess.com/2011/12/13/codes-and-conventions-of- horror-films/ http://www.slideshare.net/kbamediastudi es/codes-and-conventions-in-horror-films http://media.edusites.co.uk/article/horror -genre-codes-conventions/