Codes and Conventions

To find out what the code's and conventions of a Horror, Thriller and Romantic Comedy. We watched all three of these film genres. The films we watched include Red Dragon, Halloween and Four Weddings and a Funeral. This is what we found out from our research:



Horror - Halloween:
Young girl/innocence, Devil, Sound - Scary music - Builds up tension, Blood/Gore, Death, Supernatural, Gun/Knife, weapon, Suburbia - equilibrium broken, Survivor/Hero, Dark, Evil, Teenage victims.







Thriller - Red Dragon:
Close ups, Angles, Theme - Crime killer, Mise en scene - Dark/Creepy, Sound/Music - Strings, Tension builds, Red Herring, Twist in the tale.








Romantic Comedy -
Four Weddings and a Funeral:
Resoloution - Usually happy, Funny, Music - Sound track, Romance, Couple - Third Party, Different classes, Middle class - usually, Barrier why the couple aren't together, True Love, && Whats a rom com with out Hugh Grant :)