Generic Conventions of Horror Homepages

Grace FowkesCandidate No: 1076Centre No: 27258

The colour used for the homepages are quite dark predominately using greys and black are the main colours for the sites. The black is used as it represents something sinister. We also see the use of red in 2/3 of the horror homepages, this gives an indication to the audience that there will be death as we relate the colour red to blood and death.

One main generic convention we see used through all the homepages, is the use of social media links for the interaction of the audience. This is good for advertisement of the film and also allows the audience to get more information about the film its self from other sources not just the website.

The text used is very clear and relates well to the trailer, it is also in keeping with the font and theme of the poster as well. Making it more obvious to the audience that these things are related.

The colour used for the homepages are quite dark predominately using greys and black are the main colours for the sites. The black is used as it represents something sinister. We also see the use of red in 2/3 of the horror homepages, this gives an indication to the audience that there will be death as we relate the colour red to blood and death.

Another generic convention of most horror movie homepages is to have the background story behind the film. We can see from insidious that the amount of information given is very minimal. As a result the audience isn’t overwhelmed with text and information. Unlike The Conjuring where there is a huge bulk of text which can put some audience members off.

One feature we see used is a gallery section, this is pretty cool for the audience to have it gives snap shot images from the film and also behind the scene images. Which allows the audience to analyse the film more and have more information about it.

For both of these sites there is the option to turn down/off the music playing the background this is a really good feature of the homepage as it repeats the music because its on a continuous loop which after a while can get irritating to listen to.