Genre Conventions of Horror

Setting:

- Small Communities

- Isolated Villages

- Historic Places

- Religious Buildings

- Night Time

Techincal Code

- Expressive Camera Work
- Extreme Close Ups
- Point of View Shots
- Depth of Frame
- Jumpy Editing
- Ambient Sound

Iconography

- Black, Red Colours
- Expressive Lighting
- Weapons
- Innoncence/Childhood

Narrative Structure

- Classic Realist
- Formulaic
- Propp's Theory
- Levi Strauss' Theory

Character Types

- Monsters
- Immoral Teenagers
- Children
- Ineffectual Police
- Scientists
- People who don't believe

Themes

- Binary Opposition
- Hidden Evil
- Science out of Control