Genre Features
For my coursework, I will be creating the opening sequence of a Horror film. One of the first parts of the research into my filming is looking at genre features, which allow the examiner and the teacher to identify the genre of a film without it being explicitly said. I have chosen 3 main sub genres of Horror to delve into and I will eventually choose one of them for my film
Below is a Horror mind map broken down into three sub genres:
Paranormal
Comedic
Psychological
Then in each of these mind maps, examples of expected genre features for horror have been picked out, using the categories:
Characters
Locations and Setting
Aesthetics and Style
Props and significant objects
Narrative, plot and story themes