Research : Analysing Codes and Conventions In Existing Teen Horror Films

Dead Wood
Camera angle, shot and movements
- Point of view
- Low angle
- Establishing - Extreme close up
- Tracking in/out
- Close-up
- High angle
- Long shot

Sound
- Music calm (start)
- As he is being chased the music picks up
- Music stops as he reaches the danger
- the sound of nature to set the scene

Editing
- Slow motion
- match on action
- Linear
- Transitions

Conventions
- Secluded place (Abandoned)
- Running through forested areas
- Trips over
- They split up
- Safety is in sight
- Sense the predator but cannot see them
- Doesn't warn the other person

Mise-en-scene
- Blood
- Cuts/injuries visible
- Tent



Dead Mary
Camera angle, shot and movements
- Extreme close up
- Close-up
- Panning
- Longshot
- Crabbing

Sound
- Objects moving
- Metallic sond
- Music picks up when predator is sensed
- Radio breaks up
- Phone no signal

Editing
- Match on action
- Linear
- Titled

Conventions
- Abandoned scene
- On their own
- Separated
- No Phone and Radio Signal or battery
- Sense the predator but cannot see it

Mise-en-scene
- Car
- Phone
- Revealing clothes
- Petrol tanks
- Sign (portrays that they are far from help)



Wrong Turn
Camera angle, shot and movements
- Establishing shot
- Panning
- Longshot
- Mid-shot
- Low angle
- High angle
- Crane shot
- Two shot
- Crabbing
- Point of view (POV)

Sound
- Tention building music
- Music drops when he reaches the top of the cliff
- Girl screams
- Hear his body drop to the ground as he is attacked

Editing
- Titles
- Match on action
- linear

Conventions
- Abandoned forest area
- Dangerous area
- Calling for help but no response
- Trips over and takes a long period to get back up
- Separated from each other
- Safety is in sight

Mise-en-scene
- Hiking/climbing equipment
- Blood
- Van
- Razor/trip wire