1. Horror Short Film
Ryan Soanes

2. What I propose to do
For my project, I am going to do the short film
brief and do a short film with the genre of
Horror and I have watched and deconstructed
some horror short films to get a better idea of
the conventions and what is typically used for
this genre.
I will accompany this with a Poster for the film
and also a magazine review page.

3. Horror Conventions
Usually set in isolated, quiet areas, like a forest or old run down area of a
town.
There is usually one main character (can be several) and this one character
usually appears scary and has scary traits.
Everything is usually dark and dirty and just a grungy overall feel to the
scenes.
Music is usually scary, and builds tension, never tend to use lyrics.
The lighting is usually quite dark, and not too many bright scenes, but in some
cases use light in the day to show that everything is fine in the day, but when
it comes to night and it gets dark that’s when it gets scary, dark is usually
associated with monsters.

4. What am I going to do?
I am going to do a horror film, but not just stick to the
normal conventions, I am going to challenge the genre
and subvert from the norm.
I also do not want to stick to a basic narrative, I like the
idea of using flash backs to explain parts of the film.
I will stick to the most basic conventions of a horror
though such as the one main character of a monster, or
scary person. I will also use the typical Iconography such
as weapons, gore, etc.