1. Horror Genre

2. Body Horror
In which the horror is principally derived from the
graphic destruction or degeneration of the body.
Other types of body horror include unnatural
movements, or the anatomically incorrect
placement of limbs to create 'monsters' out of
human body parts.
Examples;
Cabin Fever, The Invasion and Virus.

3. Psychological Horror
Relies on characters' fears, guilt, beliefs, eerie
sound effects, relevant music, emotional
instability and at times, the supernatural and
ghosts to build tension and further the plot.
Examples;
Paranormal Activity, The Blair Witch Project, The
Sixth Sense and The Others.

4. Slasher
Often revolves around a psychopathic killer stalking and
killing in a sequence of victims in a graphically
violent way, mainly with weapons such as knives.
Examples;
A Nightmare of Elm Street, Texas Chainsaw Massacre
and Halloween.

5. Zombie
Zombie films feature creatures who are usually
portrayed as either reanimated corpses or
mindless human beings.
Examples;
Shaun of The Dead, Dawn of The Dead, Zombieland
and I am Legend.

6. Decision
As a group we have decided to create a psychological horror.
Why?
It’s an interesting concept for a film. There is also a lot of
ideas we can use for this specific genre.
What?
Paranormal disturbances such as unexplained interaction
with objects.
Example environments and conventions
Teenagers, haunted house, unexplained
phenomena, insanity, asylums, woodland areas and
mental health issues

7. Conventions
Objects
Door’s and windows opening by unseen force, lights
flashing, furniture moving and technology not working.
Threat/antagonist
Creepy, old, physically and mentally
scarred, ugly, apparition, mental patients.
Victim/victims/protagonist
Innocent, weak, cautious, feminine, young, logical, no common
sense, usually female but subverts stereotype, previous
history of mental illness (depression),

8. Target audience
Teenagers and adults.
Why?
From our research into horror films, we found out the
content that is presented in the trailers is rated at
either 15 or 18 years of age. Therefore the content in
our trailer, which will follow a similar style to already
existing horror film trailers will have to be aged at 15.
Due to the dark context of the trailer it would be
inappropriate for a younger audience.