Genre Group Activity.

In class we was put into groups and given a particular genre of movie to discuss as a group, we was asked to discuss the conventions of the typical things in which are seen in the particular genre we were given, my groups assigned genre was horror.

CONVENTION	EXAMPLE FROM FILM	How we applied this convention (re-enforcing)	How we applied this convention (challenging)
Blood	Cold Blood. Cold Blood is a movie which involves a lot of blood, violence and brutality.		Violence is not shown as the scene ends of a cliff hanger.
Brutality	Spit On Your Grave. A very brutal and horrific movie involving a seriously brutal act of revenge.		Brutality is not shown as the scene ends on a cliff hanger.
Death	Sweeny Todd. The demon barber slits peoples throats in a bid to kill them, he commits a number or serial murders.		No graphic detail is shown.
Teenagers	Cabin In The Woods. A group of teenagers go on a camping trip to the woods unaware of what the trip holds for them.	The girl is a teenage girl simply at home leading her normal life.
Violence	Saw. Saw is a very violent movie involving all the typical features you expect a horror movie to contain, Saw the movie has many sequels and parts to continue the story.		Violence is not shown.
Victim	The Coleman Family- Orphan. The family adopts a young girl to replace the biological child they lost, however the child they adopt is troubled and begins destroying there lives and family unit.	The girl is an average teenage girl.
Villain	Toby- Paranormal Activity. A young child's spirit in which hunts a typical American family, Toby haunts the young children of the family until the youngest daughter agrees to spare the soul of her first born son to the demon named Toby.	We are unsure of what type of villain the story is using.
Fear	The Unborn. The main character a young woman called Casey is hunted by her unborn twin brother, who is known as 'Jumby.'	The girl is shown to feel fear due to the fact she is alone.
Paranormal Presence	Paranormal Activity. The family present in the movie are being haunted by a paranormal presence, a small child's spirit called Toby.		We are unsure if the villain is a human, monster or paranormal presence.
Out Of Body Experience	The Last Exorcism. The girl is taken over by a demon who causes her to have out of body experiences.		Not used.

Our main character represents a stereotypical victim of a horror movie because she is a teenage girl, home alone leading her normal everyday life.
Her body language and facial expression is calm and relaxed at first but later turns scared and uncomfortable because she is not alarmed by being in the house alone but then hears abnormal sounds and becomes scared and anxious.
Her costume would be casual wear such jeans and a jumper as this connotes that she is at home and is comfortable where she is. This is her costume because it works well with her characters description. It relates to the stereotype of teenagers because they always want to appear as fashionable and trendy. 
The setting is the girls house this setting connotes that she is leading her normal everyday life It relates to the genre because it shows that the girl doesn't expect or have any idea of what is you to occur.
She is  isn’t stereotypical because most horror movies are set in places where people shouldn't be such as abandoned houses or the woods. This relates to the conventions of the genre because it creates tension. I tried  to re-enforce the representations of the character because most victims in horror movies are stereotypical looking  teenage girls. 

       SELF ASSESSMENT  (rate yourself with level 1, level 2, level 3 or level 4)

a.      independent work  I worked well with my group

b.      independent work  I contributed well to the group task

c.       3  I was confident in my understanding of what I was being asked to do

d.      3  I have confidence I understand genre

e.      2  I have confidence I understand conventions

f.       3 I was creative

g.      3  I was good at remember to apply appropriate conventions to the idea

h.      4  I can write a script

i.        3  I can make a storyboard

j.        Other things that went well were I ensured my scene wasn't to typical but also wasn't to challenging of my given genre.

k.       To improve I could have made a more detailed and creative storyboard.
l.        Overall I would give myself a level 3
m.    Overall I would give myself a grade  C/D