During our lesson of looking at typical horror film conventions we looked at three different horror film openings (the first 5 minutes) Dead Mary, Wrong turn. In class we had a tick list with the most common conventions this included secluded location, characters forget an obvious threat, power is cut, problem with phone, character investigates a strange noise, character runs upstairs (not outside), character hides by a window/behind a door, character inexplicably falls over, vehicle won't start, fake scare, warning goes unheeded, someone dies in 5 minutes, x years before/later, stormy weather and character takes a short cut.
The most common conventions in each of the trailers where a fake scare and someone dying in the first 5 minutes. also in the trailer they used the male as being the dominant one and doing the work and the female tends to not do much.
Below is the opening to Dead Mary. i chose to show this one because had the most conventions in and showed them clearly, For example it showed a secluded location as it was set in the woods, a character investigating a weird noise when the female character comes out of the tent, a fake scare, the character decides to take a shortcut as he jumps across the river instead of going round and it shows the male as being more dominant and he has gone out and the female stayed in the tent
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=wLJVlK9d944
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