Codes
Codes are types of signs that creates a meaning. There are 2 types of codes.
Technical Codes
Technical codes equipments like editing, filming and sounds that are diegetic and non diegetic.
Symbolic Codes
Symbolic codes are what is beneath the surface of what we see. It is the judgements you can make by the appearance of the character such as their clothing or makeup. For example, if a girl is wearing so much makeup you can assume that she is going to an occasion or somewhere special.
Conventions
Conventions are what generally happens in all horror films.
Here are some examples:
Secluded area
Power being cut when something scary is happening.
Someone trips and falls down when they are running away from something.
Someone is killed within the 5 minutes of the movie.
People go to where the ghost is instead of going away from it.
There is an obstacle on the way to the safe place like a car.
Something scary happens at night.
People decide to move into a house even if they have heard other people saying that it is a haunted house.
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