Horror films are very similar when talking about the main conventions of horror films. There are different sub genres for horror films which are, slasher thriller and the monster scare. The main sub genres that everyone watches or know are slasher and thriller movie's.
Horror films normally have very similar conventions what make them horror films. One convention of this genre is that there is most of the time a female victim who gets attacked and killed. Another convention is they the killer always hides away his identity such as facial features and what colour their hair etc. This is done so that the audience says in suspense and they keel the story of the film secret. There is sometimes a certain camera angle that horror movie's's contain. Which are point of view shots. These shots in in horror movie's so that we as an audience know what's going on and it is mainly from the killers point of view. Horror films are also mainly know for the use of lighting in the films. For example in most of the films it is a very dark and creepy setting, so that we don't feel comfortable with the certain surrounding of the film. In some horror films there is a camera technique used called hand held camera. Using this technique can help people to understand the position that the characters are in and how theu are feeling.
www you have briefly explored several of the techniques used in horror to establish the genre and attract the audience. This shows basic understanding.
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