Genre Analysis of Horror Films.

Codes and Conventions

• Three act narrative structur
• Predictable narrative content (follows format)
• Clear Binary opposiotion's e.g. good v evil
• Use of low key lighting, USe of CGI, FX
• Dominant Representation of gender: Male villain,  The female victim
• Extensive use of close up, Point of view shots, low angle shots
• Young/teenage characters
• Use of hand-held camera: audience identification/realism

Conventions of Horror Films:

Murder
Dark Setting
Weapons
Bood/gutts


Target Audience
 The target audience for horror films is usually a male audience aged between 16-24, the male audience can interact with the characters on the screen where as the famle audeince does interact with the audience but in a different way, the female audience are a bit more screamish amd the male like that sort of thing.