Literacy Horror

Hello Bloggers, This Weeks Literacy Task I Have Been Learning More In-Depth About The Genre Of Horror. Horror is a genre of speculative fiction which is intended to frighten, scare, disgust, or startle its readers by inducing feelings of horror and terror. Horror also has a guide to what is involved in Horror. Characters: Teenagers, strong female protagonists, an unlikely hero, evil antagonist. Sound: High pitch and low pitch hums and rumbles. A mixture of diegetic and non-diegetic sounds.Setting: Haunted houses, castles, bleak cities, claustrophobic spaces, creepy forests. Colours: Reds, blacks, whites, deep blues, dark greens.Atmosphere: On the edge, jump scares, damp, dark, cold.Themes: Fear of the unknown, man vs creature, distress, supernatural.The Shock factor' - intent to provoke emotion and distress the audience.

Within Learning about Horror once we have gathered information we are going to write about the Genre of Horror and then form and create a Video Essay. The Minimum length for a Video Essay has to be at least over three minutes long. I have also been writing an introduction to Horror and Creating Posters to inform and Provoke Horror. To give Horror its natural effects on a Poster, you have to involve a Dark, Cold Colour, Bold Font that represents the Story or Movie, Great representation of images, conventions and objects that have been used. Is there any other known facts you know about the Genre of Horror?