Lead character or the protagonist in the horror genre is a villain. the villain is normally played by a male and the victim is a helpless men or women.
Plot and Stock Situation
The storyline is very predictable and recognisable. In horror there is always a killer after someone.
Iconography
This element is crucial to genre because it i the aspect of the genre that we immediately recognise and lock into. for example in a Science fiction film the iconic thin is space or aliens. in horror the iconic think is the blood. another iconic thing is the location; grave yard, haunted house, ruins etc.
Themes
The themes or ideas that run through and come out of the story us very much part of the genre. The themes is also tie in with the value messages that is projected. all genre say something about conflict between good or evil. themes often come emerge as oppositions, opposing sets of ideas for example:
-Loyalty v deceit
-Self- suffiency v dependancy
- Intergrity v temptation
all of these elements are like heading for the kind of tems you would expect to see in a genre, all these element add up creating a the formula. the formula helps the audience know what is going on.
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