Horror genre conventions

•Location – Usually somewhere haunted for example an abandoned house, a forest.

•Low key lighting.

•Production logos are generally edited to fit the mood of the film.

•Fast editing generally, although sometimes they can be slow for suspense.

•Characters – male – scary / female – vulnerable.

•Costume/ make-up – bloody/ torn, etc

•Sound – music that sets the mood, dark music, deep sounds to make it scarier.

•Props – there is generally some kind of weapon, either as a murder weapon or for the victims to defend
 themselves.