There are many forms and conventions within a horror trailer.
Stock Characters - The stock characters are Inspector Sager who has been asked to investigate a murder at Brook House school. Another stock character is the Popular girl who is murdered, this is common in a horror film and adheres to the codes and conventions.
The Antagonist - The Antagonistic is Grace, she was a student at brook house when it was an asylum for the mentally ill. The fact that she is a women adheres to Mulveys male gaze and challenges the codes and conventions of horror.
Themes - The themes of the The Asylum are: Investigation, The Known and the unknown.
Settings and Locations - Acland Burghley School which is acting as 'Brook House School' which is is meant to be a safe place. We chose the location to be a school because you would think that a school is a safe place for all children.
Iconography - Dark lighting through out which represents the mood and the atmosphere, Cross cutting which indicates the past and the present and also the state of horror as it intensifies.
Film Title and Typography - The Asylum is associated with negative things. It is also supernatural which came from the idea of brook house once being a home for mentally ill children. That is where we got the name from, it once being an asylum for children. Our font was found on dafont.com and we chose is because it represented our themes well.
Dialogue - We did not have much dialogue but we used the sound and music to express the emotions, however we had a few voice overs such a new report explain the murder which had been taken place
Sound - The sound develops the codes and conventions of the horror genre as we have used quite dreary music which builds up at the end which creates fast in pace atmosphere.
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