Conventions and Overuse Essay
"Repetition of these signs become horror genre convention, however, overuse results in taking away the signified meaning." In horror, it's been argued many times by many different theorists that conventions are formed by repetition in the genre. For example, a 'dumb blonde' is a typical convention of a horror movie because it's a method that's been used so many times in so many different horror texts that it's become associated and grown an attachment with the genre. This idea was first really wrapped up into a theory by Daniel Chandler, who argued that genres and sub-genres were identified by the tropes and conventions they possessed. However, many argue that overuse, over time, has de-valued these conventions and signs, making them redundant and actually damaged them. I will be discussing this argument throughout this essay. The first convention that I will be analysing is the 'Scream Queen' trope, that is very (in)famously associa...


I cannot read the second image. You need to type these up for me to be able to leave you detailed and purposeful feedback as requested
ReplyDeleteThere is no reference to any examples from your own Trailer here, this limits your grade.
This is also not written using the conventional academic PEA structure. There is no intro and you have not made use of the given essay plan