Holiday Homework posted by Eilish.

Conventions
Antagonist – normally the villain who is disliked.
Protagonist – normally the victim and potentially the hero.
Red herrings – a Misleading clue, character who the audience presumes is the villain but who isn’t.

Slasher Conventions
There is lots of Blood and Gore is why is named Slasher genre
It usually makes the audience cringe and brings them out of their comfort zone e.g. Saw
Usually lots of Nudes shown within slashers Such as Psycho - Shower scene
Usually a connection of rebelling (Drink/Drugs/Sex) and Death e.g. Halloween
The Antagonist is usually male although there are exceptions
‘Final Girl' is commonly seen in Slashers, typically a teenage girl who manages to defeat the
Male Gaze - this is commonly seen which means we see the killers point-of-view
Its common that the killer is using a disguise or mask of some kind like Halloween
Zombie/ Monster/Alien Conventions
Sub-human creatures or adaptations of Humans are the Villains.
They usually are extremely hard to defeat or have a certain weakness about them. E.g Zombies - Destroy the brain.
It’s often filmed using A Hand-Held Camera such as Rec.
Often surrounds a group of people who are unfortunate and unaware of what's happening until they start dying off one by one such as 28 Weeks later.
A lot of mistakes are made, making the wrong decision resulting in a death
A lot of blood and use of ugly costume such as The Thing which are obviously scary.
J-Horror
Japanese horror has its own conventions and sometimes goes completely against them.
The main sub0genre they relate to would be Psychological and supernatural horrors as they build tension.
Yokai come from Japanese horror, it’s a class of supernatural creatures which have several different forms.
One missed call, Ringu and The grudge are some well known Japanese horror films.
While in most other cultures you are used to seeing werewolves ect, within Japanese horror you are more likely to see yurei which is a commonly pale faced female dressed in white symbolising funerals within the Japanese culture, also long black hair which covers most of their face.

Psychological/Supernatural
Sometimes Including Gods, Ghosts, spirits, or similar things which are extraordinary.
Sometimes Supernatural can be combined with Religion such as Sleepy Hollow and Always.
Often related to the mind and effecting people psychologically.
It normally reveals a certain evil behind something real which people can relate to such as Paranormal Activity.
Often includes things that are not real – Supernatural
Links to traditions like death, afterlife and the devil.
Thriller
Usually rely on tension and lead up to a point where the audience presume they will jump however, there is no scare.
Also relies on excitement and anxiety.
They relate mainly to your mood and like the audience to feel and include red herrings and cliff-hangers.
Often are linked to other genres such as Crime thrillers, Psychological thrillers, political thrillers and mystery thrillers.

Wes Craven
an American Actor, Writer, Director, Producer. Not only had he created some of the best horror films, he has also written books and several television series and created the original bases for some of the best re-makes in today’s horror films.
Here are some of his work:
1972 - The Last House on the left
1977 - The Hills have Eyes
1978 - Stranger in our House (TV Movie)
1981 - Deadly Blessing
1982 - Swamp Thing
1984 - Invitation to Hell (TV Movie)
1984 - Nightmare on Elm street
1985 - Chiller (Tv Movie)
1985 - The Hills have Eyes Part 2
1985 - The Twilight Zone (TVSeries)
1986 - Casebuster (TV Movie)
1986 - Deadly Friend
1988 - The Serpent and the Rainbow
1989 - Shocker
1990 - Night Visions (TV Movie)
1991 - The People under the Stairs
1992 - Nightmare Cafe (TV Series)
1994 - Wes Craven's New Nightmare
1995 - Vampire in Brooklyn
1996 - Scream
1997- Scream 2
1999 - Music of the Heart (Non Horror)
1999 - Fountain Society (Novel)
2000 - Scream 3
2005 - Cursed
2005 - Red Eye
2005 - Paris Je T'aime
2007 - The Hills have Eyes (Re-make)
2009 - The Last house on the Left (Re-make)
2011 - Scream 4

Other
I have been to see The Woman in Black and Ghost Stories in Theatre which have a different perspective on Horror and how it’s portrayed compared to film.

Woman in Black
- Good Build-up/ Storyline
- Only 3 cast members
- One setting throughout
- Sound and Lighting essential
- Included an Interval
- First half they were acting out the play and then it became real.
- Most like a Psychological/ Supernatural film


Ghost Stories
- Narrator almost in the way they presented the story, however he was then brought into it.
- 5 Cast members
- Its several different stories within the one Story
- Several settings throughout the Story - Always in darkness
- Sound and Lighting essential
- No Interval
- The setting the Audience was in, the theatre set as an old derelict house with numbers painted on the wall which is similar to a pre-set and gets you thinking.
- 4D in a sense, it got cold when it was mentioned and the smell of bleach was in the air when mentioned.
- Most like a Psychological/Supernatural Film

Tension is a huge similarity in Theatre and Film, and is essential in most horror related things. Such as Insidious where there is a scene following a small boy through his attic towards a door which was very theatrical and was in darkness apart from the significant red and the hallway accessories. Tension is crucial in ANY horror film as it means the audience is on edge and more scared, and throughout all good films your emotions should change in some way. However, throughout any theatre production your emotions are effected much more as it’s happening in real time and hits me personally more. In comparison though, there were a lot of similarities with lighting and sound and it gave me an insight into how much more flexible you can be with a film.