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Media horror conventions
- 2. • Psycho
• Saw
• Shaun of the Dead
• The Shining
• Women in Black
• The Blair witch project
• The Hills have eyes
• Prom night
- 4. • Low key lighting/no lighting – creating shadows
• Urban environment
• Location: dark woods, lakes, graveyard, dungeon, underground
tunnels, abandoned playgrounds, abandoned houses,
cathedrals.
• High and low angles to build tension and fear
• Handheld camera shots
• Ambient diegetic sounds e.g. footsteps etc.
• Dark colours: red, black, grey
• Props: knife, guns, masks, costumes, blood etc.
• Fast paced editing, jump cuts etc
- 5. • Good VS Evil
• Depression
• Religion
• Childhood issues
• Revenge
• Supernatural
• Beyond death
• Science gone bad
• Zombie Apocalypse
• Nightmares
• Madness
• Insanity
• Lust
• Suicide
• Haunting
• Demons/Exorcisms
• Ghosts
• Serial killers