AICE Media Studies

  Hi everyone! Raymond here with another blog. I'm here to talk to you about the conventions of comedy and horror. In horror movies, they are meant to scare people. The movies typically depict antagonists to be murderers or super villains. Whereas In these movies there are typically not protagonists.  Most times they use Ambient sound and non-diegetic sound. dark lighting is frequently used to set an eerie mood. Horror movies are the scariest most films. Some however have exceptions to traditional character roles. Comedy is another family favorite. It is intended to make people laugh. There are different genres within comedy. They can be funny or scary comedies. It usually has high lighting and lots of ambient sounds. Comedies observe the deficiencies, foibles, and frustrations of life, providing merriment and a momentary escape from day-to-day life. There are usually no good vs evil themes. I hope this was informative and looking forward to the next one. Next time on the Raym...

 Hola todos! I decided first to look up thrillers. Thrillers are great for family night and all around great movies. From research, I learned that not only are they usually involve a lot of excitement. They give people risk free thrills. The object of thriller is o invoke an emotion of chill and not understanding what is going to happen next. Common conventions include, dark lighting, ambient sounds, and all of this is used to create the feel. There is always both a protagonist and antagonist.  This is to complete the theme of good versus evil. It gives audiences someone to hate and someone to love. There also are the obligatory scenes that you  find in almost every single thriller film. Be it a crime scene investigation. It can also be in a grave yard. At the end of  the day the object of thriller is to excite the viewer. So the conventions must do that. I hope you had a fun time hearing about conventions. Please stay tuned as I do more research on other genres. Att...