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1. Forms and Conventions of Media
Texts
In this PowerPoint I will be comparing our film to another film of a similar genre,
to see how our film is like or unlike real media texts.
I am going to be focusing on the following aspects;
• Camera Shots
• Camera Angles
• Sound
• Mise-en-Scene
• Narrative
• Challenges to the Genre

2. Camera Shots
Camera shots can have a massive effect on the way that
the audience perceives the film. A very common shot used
in Horror films is a close-up shot. The use of a close-up shot
allows the audience to see the characters face, giving
them an insight into the characters emotions. It also allows
the audience to see in more detail.
Here is an example of a similarity between our film
and a film of the same Genre “Scream”. We used
A close up shot in our film to create tension in the
Scene when Becky finds out the killer is watching her.
In Scream the shot is used when the girl sees “Scream”.

3. Camera Angles
Like camera shots, camera angles plays an important part
in how the film is perceived by the audience. Many Horror
movies make use of high and low angle shots. This shot is
very good at showing who holds the power in specific
scenes.
This is an example of a high angle shot used in
our film. We used this shot when the character
Stacey received a call from the killer for the first time.
This suggests that the killer is the person holding all
the power in this scene.
Likewise this shot here which is used in the film “The Ring”
shows Samara looking down on someone, which puts her
in power.

4. Sound
Sound is another main element of film is sound. The two
main types of sound used in film is Diegetic and Non-
diegetic sound.
In horror films, sound can be used to enhance the
atmosphere and create suspense, which is particularly
useful in murder scenes ect.
In our film we used both diegetic and non-diegetic sound,
an example of this is in our murder scene, which we use
both sound effects and music.

5. Mise-en-Scene
 Mise-en-Scene can be translated into “put into the scene”. It
describes all off the things that can be seen in frame. The four
main aspects are costume, props, setting and space.
Costume is one of the most noticeable aspects of mise-en-scene.
This is what the characters wear, which can be used to set the film
in a certain era or time. In our film we wore normal clothes, the
main reason for this being that we wanted to make the film seem
as if it was real life, like many other horror films, which makes the
audience relate to the film.

6. Narrative
 The narrative of a film is the basic plot that the film
follows. The horror narrative often follows the same
patterns.
Our film follows a very similar narrative from films such as the
ring or scream, in which a girl receives a phone call from
someone, who later ends up murdering them.
The reason that we chose to follow this narrative is because
we were short on time, and with just two people we knew
we could create a good film.

7. Changes to the genre
 In our film, there was not many things which challenged
the genre. The reason we did not challenge the genre
was because we did not have much time, so we knew
that by following the same character representations ect
of this genre we would be able to create a good film.
Also we felt that the genre was easily recognizable by a
mass audience, so it would attract many people.