Assign 1: Genre & Subgenre BY JOSEPH BROWN & LAURIE ELLIS
Assign 1: Genre & SubgenreBY JOSEPH BROWN & LAURIE ELLIS
Horror Romance: A Subgenre combing Horror &
Romance
Warm Bodies (2013)
Honeymoon (2014)
Twilight Eclipse (2010)
Plot Convention:
ROMANCE BETWEEN CHARACTERS IN A LOVE TRIANGLE (OR A COUPLE).
CHARACTERS COME UNDER CONFLICT AND/OR BATTLING AGAINST SOME TYPE OF HORROR CHARACTER.
ONE OF THE MAIN CHARACTERS IN LOVE TRIANGLE IS EITHER KILLED OR SUCCUMED TO DANGER WHICH LEADS TO OTHER MAIN CHARACTER MAKING A HUGE CHOICE.
ALSO, 2 MAIN CHARCTERS IN LOVE CAN BE ATTACKED/HAUNTED BY SOME TYPE OF HORROR CHARACTER, THROUGH THIS A BOND FORMS (ROMANCE).
Plot Convention:
Romance (Love
triangle)
Romance, A Zombie starts to fall in love with a women.
Conflict, Bond grows stronger. (Against ‘Boneys’)
Romance, On Honeymoon
Discovers somethings strange.
Conflict to save main character, Vampires/Werewolf's
Wife is possessed and husband has to make a huge choice.
His humanity is restored as their bond grew stronger (Romance)
After conflict, her choice is made (Romance)
Themes:
LOVE & ROMANCE INTERTWINED WITH ASPECTS OF HORROR
CHOICE
GOOD VS EVIL
FEAR
CHANGE
Character Types:
STATIC CHARACTER– a character that remains primarily the same throughout a story or novel. Events in the story do not alter a static character’s outlook, personality, motivation, perception, habits, etc.
DYNAMIC CHARACTER- a character which changes during the course of a story or novel. The change in outlook or character is permanent. Sometimes a dynamic character is called a developing character.
ROUND CHARACTER- a well developed character who demonstrates varied and sometimes contradictory traits. Round characters are usually dynamic (change in some way over the course of a story).
Round DynamicStatic Static
Setting/Location:
FORESTS/WOODS
CHURCH/WEDDING
SECLUDED HOUSE/AREA
HONEYMOON/HOLIDAY
ABANDONED BUILDINGS
Music/Sound:
REAL SOUNDS: Murmurs, General sounds in background, Speech.
NON-REAL: Music, Added sounds e.g. Zombie sounds, Loud Bangs
Non-RealReal
Camera:
POV: Shows a view from the subject's perspective.
OVER-SHOULDER SHOTS: Looking from behind a person at the subject.
TWO-SHOTS: A shot of two people, framed similarly to a mid shot.
CLOSE-UPS: A certain feature or part of the subject takes up the whole frame.
MEDIUM CLOSE-UPS: Half way between a MS and a CU.
WIDE/VERY WIDE SHOTS: The subject is visible (barely), but the emphasis is still on placing them in his environment. The subject takes up the full frame.
Camera:
Special Effects:
OPTICAL EFFECTS: What you see e.g. CGI
SOUND EFFECTS: What you hear e.g. Added Noise
MECHANICAL EFFECTS: Using machinery to shoot scenes e.g. Blowing up buildings etc.
MAKE-UP EFFECTS: Using make-up to enhance character e.g. Zombie
Editing techniques:
CUT: The splicing of two shots together. Between sequences the cut marks a rapid transition between one time and space and another, but depending on the nature of the cut it will have different meanings.
CROSS-CUTTING: Cutting between different sets of action that can be occurring simultaneously or at different times. Cross-cutting is used to build suspense, or to show the relationship between the different sets of action.
CONTINUITY CUTS: These are cuts that take us seamlessly and logically from one sequence or scene to another. This is an unobtrusive cut that serves to move the narrative along.
Narrative Structure:
STORY TOLD FROM THE MAIN CHARACTERS POINT OF VIEW.