In what ways foes your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
After my research into various teen horror films I have come to understand a large amount of these genre conventions. For example, a girl alone in I her own house is often a staple of the genre. Films such as scream depict this, with Casey home alone when the killer strikes. We have gone with a similar approach for our horror opening. Another convention of the horror genre that I have learned is the use of foreshadowing. If a character drinks, smokes, does drugs or has sex, they will die. Another good example is a nightmare on Elm Street where Tina and rod have sex, and are later killed. Another key convention of the horror genre is the final girl. As the title suggests, one girl survives the antagonist’s attacks and overcomes him. She usually doesn’t break any of the horror convention rules, such as drinking and smoking.
After my research into various teen horror films I have come to understand a large amount of these genre conventions. For example, a girl alone in I her own house is often a staple of the genre. Films such as scream depict this, with Casey home alone when the killer strikes. We have gone with a similar approach for our horror opening. Another convention of the horror genre that I have learned is the use of foreshadowing. If a character drinks, smokes, does drugs or has sex, they will die. Another good example is a nightmare on Elm Street where Tina and rod have sex, and are later killed. Another key convention of the horror genre is the final girl. As the title suggests, one girl survives the antagonist’s attacks and overcomes him. She usually doesn’t break any of the horror convention rules, such as drinking and smoking.
For our horror film, I planned to conform to the conventions of horror. As the audience we have aimed at is between the ages 16 and 18, we didn’t want anything that was to challenging to horror conventions, as this could alienate the audience. It would be best to keep to these conventions, as they also give a foundation to build a story and the murders that take place on. If we leave the conventions as they traditionally are, we can focus more on making the death scenes interesting and the scares more shocking.
The title of our horror film, the deluge, links in to the events that happen in our film. For example in our opening the protagonist Marie gets stabbed and then drowned in her bath. The deluge can have the definition of ‘to flood, as with water; soak, swamp, or drown’. In this case, the deluge translates to ‘the drowning’, as this state’s what is happening to the killer’s victims. Naming the film after events that take place or the subject in question is a very conventional technique. For example films such as the Blair witch project and a nightmare on Elm Street do this, the titles mention on events or aspects of the film.
We have also gone with very conventional character types in our opening scene. We are using a antagonist who’s identity is kept secret using a cloak. We also have a female victim who is home alone and subsequently gets killed. In the rest of the film we are also going to use a final girl, a typical convention of the horror genre.
The title of our horror film, the deluge, links in to the events that happen in our film. For example in our opening the protagonist Marie gets stabbed and then drowned in her bath. The deluge can have the definition of ‘to flood, as with water; soak, swamp, or drown’. In this case, the deluge translates to ‘the drowning’, as this state’s what is happening to the killer’s victims. Naming the film after events that take place or the subject in question is a very conventional technique. For example films such as the Blair witch project and a nightmare on Elm Street do this, the titles mention on events or aspects of the film.
We have also gone with very conventional character types in our opening scene. We are using a antagonist who’s identity is kept secret using a cloak. We also have a female victim who is home alone and subsequently gets killed. In the rest of the film we are also going to use a final girl, a typical convention of the horror genre.
We have also used a very conventional location for our film, an isolated house. This is very conventional, as a large amount of horror films have an emphasis on being alone, as it makes for a scary atmosphere. We also filmed the death scene in the bathroom. this is significant as the bathroom is an area of the house where most people feel secure. By having the protagonist brutally murdered here makes this once safe area of the house scary. It is also a slight reference to Alfred Hitchcock’s psycho, where one of the characters is famously murdered while showering. It is also a slight reference to the shining, which features a protagonist hiding in the bathroom while the antagonist tries to break in using an axe.
Overall, I feel that our horror is successful in setting out what we intended to do with the conventions of teen horror. This is primarily due to our film conforming to the genre in order for the audience to be able to understand its themes better. By conforming to the conventions, the audience can focus more on the deaths of characters, as well as the fear that the antagonist brings to the scenes he is in.
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