-True of the slasher genre in which despite classic conventions, ultimately anything can happen.
'Genres are instances of repetition and difference and difference is absolutely essential to the economy and genre'- Steve Neale 1980
-Our trailer conforms to these conventions such as the final girl and masked killer. One scene in which a series of close-ups and mid-shots of the final girl and the killers struggle clearly displays these conventions for example the mask, the final girls’ simple clothing and brunette hair.
'Genre is not … simply “given” by culture, rather it is in a constant process of negotiation and change’- David Buckingham 1993
-An example of this within the slasher genre would be the conventional character of the final girl. As women gained power within the 60’s/70’s with more freedom such as access to contraception (1961,) less religious restrictions as society began to become more secular and economic globalisation meaning women were being accepted into the work place.
'A new genre is always a transformation of one or several old genres'- Tzvetan Todorov 1990
'The boundaries between genres are shifting and becoming more permeable'- Abercrombie 1996
-Our trailer followed the convention of a masked killer, using a distorted white pillow case and rope. The killer also has a weapon of choice, in this case a large knife, as is a convention in slasher movies. Our trailer also conforms to the ‘suburb location’ with a long shot of the outside of the house in low key lighting establishing this at the opening. There have been many remakes of famous films such as Nightmare on Elm Street (2010,) Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003,) Halloween (2007) and Scream, which like some of the other films, features various sequels that follow the storyline up until the present day. More recently, the genre has taken on more sex, violence and nudity, particularly towards women, morphing into a sub-genre now called torture porn. An example of this is Saw which is now a major franchise with seven movies made in total and I Spit on your Grave (1978) which is a rape and revenge horror film.
'The boundaries between genres are shifting and becoming more permeable'- Abercrombie 1996
-Our trailer followed the convention of a masked killer, using a distorted white pillow case and rope. The killer also has a weapon of choice, in this case a large knife, as is a convention in slasher movies. Our trailer also conforms to the ‘suburb location’ with a long shot of the outside of the house in low key lighting establishing this at the opening. There have been many remakes of famous films such as Nightmare on Elm Street (2010,) Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003,) Halloween (2007) and Scream, which like some of the other films, features various sequels that follow the storyline up until the present day. More recently, the genre has taken on more sex, violence and nudity, particularly towards women, morphing into a sub-genre now called torture porn. An example of this is Saw which is now a major franchise with seven movies made in total and I Spit on your Grave (1978) which is a rape and revenge horror film.
'The number of genres in any society depends on the complexity and diversity of society'- Carolyn Miller 1984
-For example, the slasher genre within horror has diversified in recent years to incorporate elements that it did not originally include. Our A2 teaser trailer, which follows the story of a masked killer terrorising a group of teenagers, is a classic example of a slasher genre film, following many conventions.
-For example, the slasher genre within horror has diversified in recent years to incorporate elements that it did not originally include. Our A2 teaser trailer, which follows the story of a masked killer terrorising a group of teenagers, is a classic example of a slasher genre film, following many conventions.
'Generic conventions embody the crucial ideological concerns of the time in which they are popular'- John Fiske 1987
-Such as women becoming liberated. Within the slasher genre there is always the sexually free, promiscuous, stereotypically blonde and attractive female character. This character will almost always be killed off first. The final girl is typically hard-working, plain and virginal. The fact that she then goes on to survive until the very end shows that this makes her more powerful than the other female roles. This was subverted when Scream (1996) presented the final girl as non-virginal yet still able to defeat the killer. In our trailer, a high angled close up of our final girl sees her applying makeup, subverting the convention that the final girl takes no care over her appearance.
Final Girl Theory- Carol Clover
-Use of final girl, conforming to conventions such as brunette, plain and well behaved but ultimately showing the change in genre due to the empowerment of women as she is the only one able to overcome the killers, not one of the male characters.
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