Conventions of Horror.

1. Having inter lay titles. Usually having a black background with white writing. At least something in the titles is normally red, this is because red is a connotation of blood, death and danger which could relate to something in your film. All of the titles are normally completed quickly, for example, Scream is over a done with even before the opening sequence has begun.

2. Locations - having a big house in the middle of no where. This is very important when setting the scene for a horror. There is normally only one person in the house which sets what is going to happen very easily. It allows deaths or violence to happen as there are many rooms to go in and as it is in the middle of no where, no one will hear what is going on. The houses normally are quite old so it gives it more of a creepy feeling. The weather is also normally raining/dark and it is normally night time.

3. The main actor in a typical horror film would normally be a young blonde haired female. This makes us think that they are dumb and innocent. Having the main character being dumb is especially good for a horror film because they do the things that are stupid and makes the audience anxious and feel almost one step ahead of them. A good example of this a Scream.

4. Props - for a horror film, straight away we expect there to be a phone ringing in the opening sequence. Having this prop makes the audience feel tense about who is on the other end.

5. There are always lots of enigma codes at the opening sequence of a horror. This makes the audience on edge and wanting to carry on watching to find out what is going to happen.

I have decided that I am going to do horror as the genre for my opening sequence as I think it will be easier to portray typical conventions.