1. In Fear
2013
2nd film for yr 10 essay
L/O:
1) To be able to evaluate film posters
2) To know film meaning of genre/subgenre and identify horror
subgenres
2. Brief review
• Marks of essay?
• The topic of essay will be discuss the role of
_______ in horror films?
• The 2 foci for the essay will be on
____________ and _______ ____________?
3. Brief review
• Marks of essay: /120
• The topic of essay will be discuss the role of
gender in horror films
• The 2 foci for the essay will be on
representation and media language
4. In Fear film posters.
• There are 5 posters
• In your table groups, discuss and present:
– What does the poster suggest about the film? (image/text)
– What type of audience is targeted?
– What’s the genre/subgenre?
– What narrative enigma’s* are being created? (extension)
*narrative enigma = codes which are puzzles/mysteries in the
story . They limit the info to audience so they wonder
(who/what/where/when/why/how?. Keeps audience’s attention
because they are curious because they want to know more
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10. Evaluate
• Which one do you think is the most effective?
• Which one represents the film (and genre) the
most accurately?
• Which one will the most audiences to watch
the film?
11. Remember this for production piece
• Remember to consider this knowledge in your
production piece of coursework
• (You will make a film poster after the essay)
• Keep researching horror film posters for
homework!
12. Genre
• What is genre?
• What are genre conventions?
• What is subgenre?
13. Genre
• What is genre? Kind, sort, type, way to categorise
• i.e ‘action’ ‘sci-fi’ ‘rock’ ‘non-fiction’
• What are genre conventions? Features that are
associated with or familiar with a particular genre
(things an audience expect/recognise)
• i.e rom coms – break ups and cheesy romantic gestures
• What is subgenre? The mixture or fusion of multiple
genres
• i.e. rom com = romance comedy
• Zombie = is thriller, horror, action, monster
21. Enjoy the film
• As you watch think about…..
• How characters have been represented
• How places have been represented
• What genre/subgenre is the film?
