Conventions are generally accepted ways of doing things. Conventions are also genre specific and genres all have certain conventions which the audience of the film would expect to see.
An example of this would be if you took the genre 'horror'. Conventions of the genre would include:
- Abandoned house -Weapons
- Possessed things/people - Teen deaths
- Woods - Graveyards
- Darkness - Mythical creatures
- Asylum - Night time
- Devil - Blood
- Monsters - The unknown
- Murderers - Nightmares
- Tense music -Extreme close up shots
These conventions can then be used as blue prints for a movie as the film makers can use these ideas to spark up a storyline and narrative for a new film. Also, audiences like to know they are seeing a certain genre when they go to the cinema so if they went to see a horror movie and the film didn't contain typical conventions of a horror movie, would they be pleased? No is the answer as they would be disappointed as they're expectations would be different. These conventions then keep the audience reassured they are paying to see a certain genre and keep them coming back to watch more of the makers films.
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