The document discusses various horror genres including body horror, psychological horror, slasher, and zombie. It then details plans for a student group to create a psychological horror film focusing on paranormal disturbances experienced by teenagers in haunted locations. Key conventions mentioned include unexplained interactions with objects, doors opening by unseen forces, and victims typically being innocent, weak, or feminine individuals with a history of mental illness. The target audience for the film is identified as teenagers and adults due to the dark and mature content common to the horror genre.

1. Horror Genre
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2. Body Horror
In which the horror is principally derived from the graphic
destruction or degeneration of the body. Other types of
body horror include unnatural movements, or the
anatomically incorrect placement of limbs to create
'monsters' out of human body parts.
Examples;
Cabin Fever, The Invasion and Virus.

3. Psychological Horror
Relies on characters' fears, guilt, beliefs, eerie sound effects,
relevant music, emotional instability and at times, the
supernatural and ghosts to build tension and further the
plot.
Examples;
Paranormal Activity, The Blair Witch Project, The Sixth Sense
and The Others.

4. Slasher
Often revolves around a psychopathic killer stalking and
killing in a sequence of victims in a graphically violent way,
mainly with weapons such as knives.
Examples;
A Nightmare of Elm Street, Texas Chainsaw Massacre and
Halloween.

5. Zombie
Zombie films feature creatures who are usually portrayed as
either reanimated corpses or mindless human beings.
Examples;
Shaun of The Dead, Dawn of The Dead, Zombieland and I
am Legend.

6. Decision
As a group we have decided to create a psychological horror.
Why?
It’s an interesting concept for a film. There is also a lot of ideas we
can use for this specific genre.
What?
Paranormal disturbances such as unexplained interaction with
objects.
Example environments and conventions
Teenagers, haunted house, unexplained
phenomena, insanity, asylums, woodland areas and mental
health issues

7. Conventions
Objects
Door’s and windows opening by unseen force, lights flashing,
furniture moving and technology not working.
Threat/antagonist
Creepy, old, physically and mentally scarred, ugly, apparition,
mental patients.
Victim/victims/protagonist
Innocent, weak, cautious, feminine, young, logical, no common
sense, usually female but subverts stereotype, previous history
of mental illness (depression),

8. Target audience
Teenagers and adults.
Why?
From our research into horror films, we found out the content
that is presented in the trailers is rated at either 15 or 18
years of age. Therefore the content in our trailer, which will
follow a similar style to already existing horror film trailers
will have to be aged at 15. Due to the dark context of the
trailer it would be inappropriate for a younger audience.