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HORROR

2.  Dark forests
 Abandoned cabins
 Insane asylums
 Graveyards
 Churches
 Isolated communities
 Urban areas
SETTING

3.  Extreme close ups
 Tracking shots
 Extreme angles to display power
 Jump cuts for the quickening of time
 Ambient sound for realism
 Monster sounds used to scare
 Point of view of the monster or the victim
 Handheld
TECHNICAL CODE

4.  Blood
 Wounds
 Mutilation
 Weapons
 Torture devices
 Dead bodies
 Low lighting
 Religious symbols
 General dark colours
ICONOGRAPHY

5.  Noel Carrol – The Philosophy of Horror
 Stage one [Onset Phase] where disorder is created
 Stage two [Discovery Phase] where the character[s] discover
the disorder
 Stage three [Disruption Phase] where the character[s] destroy
the source of the disorder to restore normality.
NARRATIVE STRUCTURE

6.  Main protagonist, the “victim” or “hero” often a female
character “The Final Girl”
 “Immoral” teenagers who are killed in violent ways as forms
of punishment
 The antagonist, monster/killer
 Police officers who are often killed off very shortly after being
introduced. They are unable to stop the antagonist.
CHARACTER TYPE

7.  ‘Fake documentary’
 ‘Unknown terror’
 ‘Mass infection/infestation’
 ‘Serial killfest’
 ‘Tortureporn’
 Good vs Evil
 Murder
 Revenge
 Religion
 Violence
THEMES