1. Film title - Rec
Director – JaumeBalaguero
Year - 2007
Genre - Horror
Area of Analysis Example Technical feature (Camera/sound/mise
en scene/ editing)
Conforms to genre? Y/N Breaks conformity? Y/N
If yes, how?
Codes and conventions
Props: tools, handcuffs,
guns, crucifix, syringe,
microphone(convention
of reality tv)
low key lighting
Mise en scene Yes
Setting
Firestation/Apartment
block
Mise en scene Yes Yes
Character
Angela-protagonist female
Pablo-protagonist male
Manu-protagonist male
Antagonist-virus
Demon
Mise en scene
Themes
Entrapment, demonic
possession, contagious,
survival, satire
Mise en scene Yes
Narrative
Conventional linear
narrative,
fragmented(rewinds),
Editing No
Iconography
Horror: the final girl, props,
gore, zombies
Reality TV: microphone.
Interview
Mise en scene, editing Yes
No
