Genre- Horror

Horror

Narrative

• Suspense
• Escape and chase (i.e. a bad character after a good one)
• dramatic climax
• Evil spirits or other supernatural things
• a haunted house 
• death (can be a main theme)
• a psychopath terrorises a small community or a group of friends

Setting

• Horror films are usually set amongst a dark place which adds an increasing amount of tension and an eerie atmosphere
• Isolated houses/ castles are also commonly used
• Dark forests where something out of the ordinary may emerge

 Characters

• Horror films often involve a bad villain chasing after a more vulnerable character
• Can be a monster such as in Frankenstein, where everyone is afraid of him because of his appearance
• Other supernatural characters involve witches, devils and demons which are very gothic and part of a horror genre as they usually do evil

Music

• The music often involves non-diagetic sound which can be fast- paced to increase the adrenaline, but slow but screeching music can add tension and suspense
• The music normally builds up with the action we see and gets louder and more hectic, drawing us in.
• Sound effects are also very common in a horror move genre such as gun shots, screaming and footsteps; this inevitably creates much curiosity and supspense. Other sound effects which are effective for this type of genre can be breathing sound, as heavy breathing may increase insensity and fear.

Lightening

• Dark, low key lightening
•  Shadows
• dim/ foggy atmosphere to increase intensity

Mis-En Scene

• Usually in horror movies character's wear dark clothing which symbolises death, dasness and depression
• Other props can include dark lipstick, glowing eyes if it used vampires, witches wtc
• May have fake blood to add the tension and create images surrounding death, cobwebs creating an unkept atmopshere, graveyards, bats, etc

Frankenstein is a horror movie because it involves a monster, has a theme of death, revenge and darkness, which are all conventions of a horror genre.

This is a horror movie because it involves the supernatural and a lot of the scenes are dark where the people are consealed in darkness/ small environments adding increasing pressure and tension. The characters all wear dark clothing to add to the climax of the horror and some even have black hair colour/ make-up.  The frequent pitch black screen and screaming further adds to the idea that this is a horror movie and the rapid shot changes creating increasing tension; expecially when some of the shots shake vigorously.