Introduction to genre

Horror

Technical (secondary) codes	Narrative codes	Everyday (primary) codes
Lighting - dark lighting		Hair -
Sound effects	Type of ending – open, closed - cliffhanger endings, tragedy averted	Make-up - monster, demon, ghost,
Music - tense music, drop in music	Linear or non-linear structure - follows basic story structure, beginning everything is good middle tragedy, ending resolved then cliffhanger	Costume - killers, ghost, demon, alien, monster etc
Shot sizes - close ups extreme close-ups	Character types: archetypes? psycho killers, socially awkward teen MC, shallow teens, stupid teens, uncaring or sceptical adults
Props -  weapons, creepy objects, blood, gore.
Settings, locations - bad weather, grey skies, abandoned or secluded locations.

Technical codes (secondary codes) - dark lighting, bad weather, grey skies, tense music, drop in music jump scares, close ups extreme close-ups abandoned or secluded locations, weapons, creepy objects, blood, gore.

narrative codes - cliffhanger endings follow linear structure, stupid teens archetype, common characters types.

Primary codes - monster costume/ killers costume, good looking characters



what is genre?

genre - category, type or style

genre is a way of defining different types of media used by the creators of a media product, the audience, the reviewers or critics as well as the censors.

problems with genre - restrain creativity and creates predictable plot or stories, reduces audience to different by groups or demographics.

positives of genre - categorises products to sell to appropriate audience, give audience a general idea for what kind of product it is.bring publicity to smaller studios and actors.