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.