Horror/ Psychological Thrillers
Target Audience
Horror films often attract a more teenage audience however, they are widely enjoyed by all. The age range is roughly from 15-30 year olds, and depending of the theme of the horror, whether it be a slasher or a gory psychological thriller, a certain gender may be attracted to the movie. For example, the Saw saga's are more widely watched my males, due the blood and guts that are shown throughout the film. Whereas, Silence of the Lambs , in my opinion is more appreciated by females as it gives us something to think about as we can get involved with the characters and try and solve the crimes whilst enjoying the frightening parts.
Target Audience
Horror films often attract a more teenage audience however, they are widely enjoyed by all. The age range is roughly from 15-30 year olds, and depending of the theme of the horror, whether it be a slasher or a gory psychological thriller, a certain gender may be attracted to the movie. For example, the Saw saga's are more widely watched my males, due the blood and guts that are shown throughout the film. Whereas, Silence of the Lambs , in my opinion is more appreciated by females as it gives us something to think about as we can get involved with the characters and try and solve the crimes whilst enjoying the frightening parts.
Codes and Conventions
Horror films often involve a large amount of well thoughtout codes and conventions that will give the audience the idea and feeling that they are watching a horror film. In most media texts, particularly advertisement posters of with films of the horror genre, many of the codes and conventions displayed within the narrative of the film are portrayed to an effect that will suggest important aspects of the film i.e. lead characters and their composition (good/evil). This is effective as it informs the audience of what to expect of the film and give them an idea of the plot, which in itself is very inviting as we want to see why these particular elements and themes are used.The representation of characters in advertisements are often the same depending on the Protagonist, Villain or mmonster. The monster in particularly is often engulfted in darkness, lingers over its victims but we rarely see its face in most posters keeping up the suspense and making the audience want to go and watch the film, to find out what the monster looks like.
The VictimsThe victims are often displayed in different colours than the text and monster to show innocence or neutrality. The lead character that is often the sole survivor which is regularly used convention of the horror genre. An example of this is in the Asian Horror Movie Seance poster.
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