Introduction

This year for our A2 media coursework, we were set to create a promotional package of our very own horror film which consists of us creating a teaser trailer, a front magazine cover and also film poster. During the making of our horror promotional package we are required to frequently complete research and demonstrate our findings onto our blogs in order to translate our understanding of the horror genre. We decided to choose horror as the genre of our film as it follows a basic structure and incorporates key conventions which are easy to replicate within our own horror film. There also are many examples of horror films and a variety of different sub-genres of horror which we are able to explore, enabling us to gain inspiration which can help us when deciding on the plot of our film. 

Down bellow I have created a mind map in order to convey what the common conventions of the horror genre are and what we will be aspiring to incorporate within our own horror.