Research:Genre shortlist

Genre preference (1):

• Horror\thriller

conventions:

1. harsh lightening
2. angles hots-close ups and long angle shots
3. dramatic music or slow pace soundtrack to add suspense
4. shadows and silhouettes 

Examples of films in this genre:

1. case 39
2. the last exorcism
3. mirror

Genre preference(2):

• action

conventions:

1. weapons
2. machinery
3. explotions
4. advanced technology
5. various match cuts

Examples of films in this genre:

1. fast and furious 1-7
2. taken 1-3
3. Jason Bourne

Genre preference(3):

• chick flicks

Conventions:

1. hierachy
2. pink\purple text
3. located in a highschool
4. teenage girls
5. music used is normally in the charts to attract teenage girls
6. love

Examples of films in the genre:

1. mean girls
2. 23 dresses
3. wild child