Conventionsby Connor Lindop

What Are Conventions?• Conventions are features or elements that are expected and

associated with a particular genre.

• Conventions can be:

• Plot

• Character types

• Representation of characters

• Settings

• Editing

• Camera work

• Narrative structure

• Anythings Mise-En-Scene

CONVENTIONS FILM EXAMPLEFear Total Recall

Hallucinations The ShiningQuiet Conspiracy Dark City

Anxiety The Lives of OthersSatanic Ritual Rosemary’s Baby

Paranoia Shutter IslandSpiritual/Religious Paranormal Activity

Hyperactivity The Matrix

Use/Develop/Challenge

USE DEVELOP CHALLENGE

Follows expectations.

Being stereotypical

EXAMPLE:Boy who is

seeing visions of blood (The

Shining)

Doing things a bit different but still

somewhat expected

EXAMPLE:Characters are

not mentally ill or mad, they are turned mad(Saw series)

Counter stereotypical. Going against stereotypes

EXAMPLE:Things people

see are actually there, are real(Insidious and Insidious 2)

ConventionUse, develop or

challenge?Film example (be specific

of what happens)

Paranoia DevelopCharacter sees figure at

the end of his bed, garden, bathroom etc

Eerie Sound Effects

DevelopThe sound effects used gradually get

louder and faster, allowing the audience to feel more scared as the film

gradually becomes more intense

Hallucinations Use Character repeatedly sees a figure around his house

Anxiety Use Character becomes anxious more

and more when he repeatedly sees the figure around the house

Hyperactivity Use Character runs rapidly, moves

quickly and appears to be more aware than he usually would

(garden scene)

Blood ChallengeLack of the use of blood, minimal to no use of

blood throughout the OTS, only in the bathroom scene when in the glass and when

the character pulls out his tooth from his mouth

Fast Cuts (camera work) Use Used when the character is looking back and forth in the garden when he keeps seeing the

figure. When he is in the house running towards his front door and he sees the figure

standing there