The document discusses exploring ideas for a horror story or film. It prompts the reader to name a horror subgenre and list conventions of that subgenre to consider including, such as suspense, gore, or supernatural elements. It also asks the reader to name inspirational horror films or shows and ways they could draw inspiration from them, like credits, plot devices, characters, or camera techniques, while avoiding direct copying. The goal is to help generate new ideas by drawing on conventions and aspects of other works in the genre.

1. NAME: ___________________________
EXPLORING IDEAS
Horror subgenre: ___________________
Conventions we should try to consider and include:
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2. NAME: ___________________________
Inspirational films or TV shows
These shows or films might have similarities that you can
take inspiration from
Could be inspiration such as:
 Credits/titles
 Plot(don’t copy it of course)
 Characters
 Locations
 Costume/props
 Type of OTS (linear/non-linear/symbolic)
 Shots/camera work
 Sounds/music