Film genres tend to have their own conventions that pertain to them and help provide a basic outline to help create a storyline that incorporates specific concepts. For example, romance movies usually include obstacles to overcome or meet-cutes, action movies almost always have high-stakes and a hero vs. villain ideology, but most importantly horror films have countless conventions that help make the movie as complex and alluring as they are. Some broad example of these are jump scares, vulnerable protagonists, or even basic items like weapons or blood.
These conventions are so important in the creation of horror movies especially because they help establish clear ideas and give the audience clues to the film and it's plot. By using these, viewers can understand the story type much quicker through the use of familiar film elements like suspicious settings, character archetypes, and complicated themes. Because of this, audiences see and notice things that they familiarize with that they expect from a particular genre which gives them feelings of comfort and understanding while viewing the film. This also builds significant creative potential with the film because producers have the choice of playing into these feelings or completely contrasting them so the viewers can notice their feelings of newfound anxiety and insecurity.
In my project, I plan to use some vague conventions to contrast the horror part of the film. More specifically, I intend to lightly use these conventions in the beginning and gradually increase them as my scenes continue in order to make the genre and plot reveal more slow paced even with fast moving scenes. Some conventions I will be including are, dark clothing on the antagonist, a bloody weapon, a serial killer, good vs. evil concept, and empty areas.
These conventions will be gradually added into my opening sequence because my goal is for the beginning of the movie to have a rom-com classic teen film feel but with noticeable suspicious things. Like the random dark figure down the street, the girl feeling like she's going insane, and the man watching her around the hallways. This slow incorporation will lead up to the murder about to kill Grace which changes the entire feel of the movie in just a few shots. The contrast in this choice would keep audiences interest and pull their attention to the underlying plot of the film.
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