Quick analysis of Thriller/Horror conventions

Opening titles
The titles are typically worn away, and are fairly dark. The titles are bold, faded and quite distort. The font is very thick, and has a print effect to it, as if it’s been painted on a long while ago. The title sequence is dark and spooky, where the music is building suspense to the tune of the titles. The titles and music works together to create tension and fear for the viewers. This is because when we typically think of a zombie thriller/horror we think of a worn down civilisation close to its end, with a zombie outbreak destroying everything. The titles seem as if they have been there for a while and are worn down by the destruction of it all. The titles are often a prologue to the events that have jsut happened in the past, such as a disaster that mankind was almost wiped out by. This is to inform the viewers of what happened.

Music
The music is typically eerie and jumpy. Lots of drums and always needs to build suspense. The music comes on when the monsters near.

Mise-en-Scene
Location: Typically urban, either close to civilisation or completely isolated. This is to link in with the theme of the end of the world.
Lighting: Ambient lighting, dark, and never enough light when you need to see things. The monster is always near when something malfunctions. This is to keep suspense and only show enough to scare people. They fill in the rest of the ideas.
Props: Normally many props in an urban area, such as plastic bags and destruction, but if inside, quite minimal, due to the isolation theme.
Costumes: Casual clothing, to standardise the daily life that has gone wrong.
Narrative: The protagonist is exposed to a world on its edge, where the antagonist thrives. The protagonist stuggles to survive, usualy alone, against the overwhelming antagonist, and succeeds in the end. There is usualy an equilibrium in the end, unless the movie plans on a sequel, where some of the issues are unsolved.