Genre Notes

Since our title sequence for our made up film called 'Hypnosis' will fall under the horror genre. Our group looked into the codes and conventions of horror, and just gain more knowledge of what it is all about. 

Codes and conventions

• Secluded location
• Power cuts
• Phone-line cut
• Strange noises which someone investigates
• Narrative enigmas
• Slow pace editing 
• Binary oppositions (good vs. evil)
• Lots of low key lighting
• Stereotypical gender roles (female victim)
• Close-ups
• Non-diagetic sound
• Teenager characters
• Point of view shots
• Low angle shots
• Weapons
• Murders
• Killer is clumsy (may fall over frequently)

Popular horror films include

• Scream
• Friday the 13th 
• Halloween 
• Nightmare on Elm Street
• Jaws
• Psycho
• The Exorcist