Wednesday, January 21, 2009

List Of Conventions of the genre: "HORROR"

Typical Characters:
  • Main male character (villain): intimidating, powerful, violent, scary (every girls nightmare)
  • Main female charater (victim): sweet, attractive schoolgirl
  • Sidekick of main male character: kills victims in their dreams
  • Sidekick of female character: an innocent schoolgirl who wakes up to find out that her nightmare is about to turn into reality

Typical Situations:

  • Brutal encounter in the park/bedroom
  • Murder
  • Deaths
  • Suicidal
  • Masqueraded/disguised villians

Typical Locations:

  • In the park
  • Dark alleyways
  • Graveyards
  • Forests/Woods
  • Teenagers bedroom
  • Churchyard
  • Haunted Consruction/Building site
  • Set at night

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