Some of the conventions of the horror genre are of blood, death, victims, monsters, weapons, gore, violence, ghosts, villains, fear and many more. There are also many different types of horror films that incorporate some of these different conventions, these include: psychological, Thriller, Slasher, Paranormal, science fiction, supernatural etc. For example in the zombie film, 28 Weeks Later conventions such as blood and gore are used to help provoke a fearful response from the audience.
From the research that we conducted we were able to find out the kinds of things that should be included in a horror films and also the things that she should not. We also found out the things that we were allowed to put in our horror film to make it suitable for the age certificate 15 and the things that were not allowed to put in. For example, fear of the unknown is often used in horror films to help build tension and suspense, as often not being able to see the threat can be more frightening than if the audience could see what the threat was. Therefore we decided to include fear of the unknown in our own horror film, the man is trapped in an old dirty room and he doesn't know how he got there, why he is there or who it is that trapped him there.
In the making of our horror film we chose not to challenge the conventions of the horror genre as they are what help to make the horror film a horror and without them the film would not be as realistic as other horror films that include the conventions.
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