The document discusses conventions of horror and superhero genres in film. For horror, it notes that settings are dark to create tension, editing uses quick cuts during death scenes, and antagonists often have hidden or obscured faces. Common narrative elements include mysterious problems that must be investigated and solved. For superheroes, it describes the narrative structure of normal life being disrupted and then restored once a threat is stopped. Distinctive costumes, abilities, and high-budget production values also help define the genre. Both genres typically feature an antagonist that must be defeated by the end.

1. Nathan Lukeman
Horror
The genre of a horror is all about trying to make you scared. Your
supposed to feel fear, you can tell the film is a horror by the setting
like a dark mansion where no house is near, the setting would be like
a stormy night where its pitch black with no moon to give any light
and it’s just pitch black this is low key lighting which they use to hide
stuff from you to create more tension also helps with jump scares
also they use stings to increase your fear, a sting is a short musical
phrase, primarily used in films as a form of punctuation stings are
often used in horror films to accentuate jump scares, but are
common in all genre. The Editing in horrors are used in death scenes
as its quite common in horrors they use sound effect editing and cut
as they need to be perfect for the horror theme like when they are
stabbing someone they will need to get blood and make fake
stabbing sounds all these need quick cuts to get it right a good
example of this is in phyco when she is getting stabbed in the bath,
to really get a horror experience you need to have timed cuts and
not a quick fast paced short clips as then it will disorient the
audience you only use that when there’s a lot going on and more
than one perspective to see but horror, Here are a few examples one
is the scene in the nun

2. You see in this scene that it is very dark and that the character’s face
is hidden and this happens often in horrors so you it creates tension
when you see who the antagonist is your supposed to get a shock
but in this specially the props used is a very old lamp which suites the
scenery of an old chapel it also does this shot where you can see
what’s behind her and she can’t see it. The clothing wore between
them is the one with the face you can’t see is all black which blends
in with the darkness because of the low key lighting but the one
holding the lamp is in white so you can see her perfectly this makes
us concentrate more than her rather than what the nun is doing in
the background. It’s also ironic as she’s looking for her and that she’s
right behind her also they will introduce a sting but it’s just the fact
you waiting for it is the reason it scares you. The narrative code in
horror is always that there is something strange is going on and
someone has to investigate it and they end up in some spiritual
problem where they have stop it/escape in the nun it’s the same
they got a problem where a nun killed its self so another nun
investigates and there trapped and have to kill the other nun this
narrative code is used in loads of horrors loads slightly different each
time though

3. this scene is like the nun yet again the antagonist is in black and the
protagonist is in white in a dark setting also in the scence it’s another
shot where we can see the antagonist and the protagonist can’t also
the character’s face is hidden this from happy death day is all about
finding out about who it is just like in the nun you got to find out
who the bad nun is and kill it but it’s obviously going to kill you.
Scenes like this like to use very high pitch and slow music as it
creates tension and the movement of what’s happening is no rush to
make something to happen you could be using a tracking shot and
the antagonist could follow her for 2 minutes until they decide to
introduce a sting which you were expecting but they dragged it on
for too long that you still get a shock also seems like most of these
scenes always happen at night these are all conventions of this genre
to the low key lighting hiding the face the shots of seeing the
antagonist all of it is in this genre and is used in multiple horror films.
The narrative code in this is slightly different to the nuns though as
there’s no investigation it’s about finding the killer and making sure
you kill it which is similar as again there’s always an antagonist you
have to kill or escape from there’s always a lot of mystery in horror
as well, she is trapped In a cycle where she keeps on dying until she
finds her killer and kills it which in the nun it’s about finding the nun
which is a killer and killing the nun.

4. Superhero
Venom
Narrative theory is basically when you seem to be living a happy life
everything is fine but then something disrupts it and then you have
to basically solve it to get the balance back this is most popular in
action films as there’s always got to be an fixed plan where someone
will save the day then get there life back an example of this is in
Venom Eddie Brock was living a normal life then all of a sudden it
changes when he discovers some secrets and loses his job and
realized that something was going on and eventually became one
with venom that when his life got disrupted and he realized that him
and venom have to save the word from being invaded by their
species what gives the story is the fact he was a normal guy with an
alright life and then there’s a bad guy he’s got to stop happens in
every superhero film it’s the same equilibrium every time. The
stylistic codes are there’s always the same sort of super hero
costume and a villain costume as well as there being certain props
like a weapon or an ability these are all what makes a film a
superhero film they wouldn’t use it in a horror genre as it just
wouldn’t work as horror has low key lighting whereas superhero
films will be high key lighting as they are for younger audiences and
for horrors are for older audiences and want to create fear also
super hero scenes are fast paced and a load of cuts and editing as
well as being higher budgeted.

5. Deadpool
Another superhero film with the exact same narrative everything is
fine he meets a girl and is extremely happy then he is diagnosed with
cancer which means he goes to get cured where a man says we can
make you into a superhero and it happens and he has to stop the
antagonist and then its balanced again what makes superhero films
special is the setting and props they are always only special towards
the film like venom the suite that appears out of his skin and dead
pool can never die as his body repairs also with the setting its always
busy where everyone can see and so it’s more hectic whereas
horrors it makes it more intense when the person is just by them self
without anyone to help the way the narrative codes are the same in
the superhero as its always a hero and a villain to kill or stop every
time just like it is in Deadpool and Venom but in Deadpool it’s a bit
different it’s more comedy than a serious fight but every film has to
be different somehow the difference between this and horrors is
that in superhero films it’s all about having happy ending and that
everything is going to be fine but horrors they aren’t always happy
its got a dark setting it’s all about evil and how it is but super hero is
that there’s light so they are like opposites in a way but also the
same as there’s always a antagonist that needs to be stopped.