Genre conventions of Thriller and horror films

Conventions of the genre Horror/Thriller looking at the film 1408:

Using these 6 categorys:

-Mise-En-Scene

-Narrative

-Charactors/Representation

-Cinematography

-Editing

-Sound

Film 2: 1408

 

 

Mise-en-scene:

•  Rain, Thunder, Lightning, Stormy weather
• Dark low key lighting
• Scary house
• Haunted mansion/hotel
• Lost in a storm.

Narrative:

• Man lost in a storm
• Ghost hunting in a hotel.
• Author researches top 10 most haunted houses.

Charactors:

• White, american, brave, man, who enjoys thrills and hunting ghosts and paranormal.
• Hotel couple- Middle aged, american, psyco, mad.

Cinematography:

• Close up- Of the cigerette, shows its importance.
• Establishing shot- of the hotel surronded by woods and a bridge.

Editing:

• Non- Chronological order- flashback of him in the hotel.
• Ellipsis- Showing him passing time in his hotel room, uses mixes to run smoothly.
• Clean cuts throughout.

Sound:

• Radio in the car at the beginning.
• Music is eery at night, and changes dramatically to jolly in the daytime.
• Police sirens (Amplified sound)
• Thunder, Lightning, wind and rain (Amplified sound)