Organisation: Genre

For my own film tr trailer I have decided to do a horror film genre. This may also have some thriller genre elements in it too. This is why in this blog post I decided to do further research into these two genres.

Horror Genre

The horror genre relies on scaring an audince into a sense of fear, pain and dread. Most horrors have a quite unsettling tone to them through the portrayal of an audiences worst fears such as ghosts, clowns and spiders. Supernatural events, evil, gore and violence are also included in many horror films. 

Elements of the horror genre:

• Iconography - Theses are images and symbols that occur in horror films such as; haunted houses, props (ie knives), blood, death, Grave yards and the good vs the evil
• Setting - Horror films are set normally in small places or isolated communities. Majority of the horror film is set in a dark pace or at night place such as haunted houses, night time and abandoned warehouses
• Narrative - Most horror films have quite similar narrations such as the good vs evil or a monster terrorises a group or gang. Narratives also include meeting a supernatural power. For example:in the film 'IT' the supernatural being of the clown Pennywise terrorises the town and the losers club.
• Characters - The main killer is normally a supernatural being or a male whereas the victim is usually a vulnerable young teenager (ie: in IT the clown attack the group of teens known as Losers club) or a female
• Themes - most horror films are quite similar as they have some similar themes such as the good against the evil.

Thriller Genre

Horror films are connected and are quite similar to the thriller genre. The aim of the thriller genre is to create suspension, tension and excitement for the audience.

Elements of the Thriller Genre:

• Settings - busy streets/urban/suburban areas
• Themes - violence is a central theme for most thrillers. Another theme is supernatural elements and events. Thrillers centre on injustice in society
• Characters - Often reveals workings of groups such a the police,army or government
• Narrative - The narrative shows loads of bad events leading to a build up of tension and suspense. Protagonists aim is to restore justice whilst the antagonist seek to destriy the justice
• Sound - Tension music to build up to reach a climax
• Editing - Lots of jump cuts which allows audience to be unaware of the main points of the film. Cross cuts are used to build suspense
• Examples of Films - Hunger Games, World War Z and Olympus has fallen