Conventions are used to add visual meaning and depth to a film, for example romantic genres are obviously about love and will include conventions such as a niaeve girl and a haphazard boy. They will have to overcome an obstacle to fall in love. These are common conventions found in most love stories and romantic films. The same applies to all other films.
Our film this year is a mystical horror, so to create this genre of film we need to know what different conventions are used in similar films of this genre so we can either use them or challenge them.
Common elements in psychological thrillers are mind games, psychological themes, stalking, confinement/deathtraps, horror-of-personality, and obsession.
Common elements in mystical films usually involve magic, supernatural events, make-believe creatures, or exotic fantasy worlds. The genre is considered to be distinct from science fiction film and horror film, although the genres do overlap.
So some other conventions we may consider for our film would be:
A damsel in distress
A hero/heroine
A mystical creature (this is normally evil)
Fear
Gore (Overlap with the horror genre)
A twisty plotline (you have to guess what's coming next)
So by exploring the conventions of our genre we are able to understand how to involve and entertain the audience while keeping the narrative within the specific genre.
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