The 2007 Spanish horror film Rec was directed by Jaume Balaguero. It takes place primarily in an apartment building and fire station, following several protagonists including Angela, Pablo, and Manu as they deal with a virus that turns people into zombies. While conforming to many horror genre codes and conventions through its use of lighting, props, themes of entrapment and possession, and iconography, the film breaks conventions through its fragmented narrative, blending of horror and reality television styles, and ideological messages about the shallow nature of reality TV.

1. Film title - Rec
Director – JaumeBalaguero
Year - 2007
Genre - Horror
Area of Analysis Example Technical feature (Camera/sound/mise
en scene/ editing)
Conforms to genre? Y/N Breaks conformity? Y/N
If yes, how?
Codes and conventions
Props: tools, handcuffs,
guns, crucifix, syringe,
microphone(convention
of reality tv)
low key lighting
Mise en scene Yes
Setting
Firestation/Apartment
block
Mise en scene Yes Yes
Character
Angela-protagonist female
Pablo-protagonist male
Manu-protagonist male
Antagonist-virus
Demon
Mise en scene
Themes
Entrapment, demonic
possession, contagious,
survival, satire
Mise en scene Yes
Narrative
Conventional linear
narrative,
fragmented(rewinds),
Editing No
Iconography
Horror: the final girl, props,
gore, zombies
Reality TV: microphone.
Interview
Mise en scene, editing Yes
No

2. Ideological message
Death is inevitable
Exposes shallow nature of
reality TV
Editing Yes Yes