GENRE

CONVENTIO NAL COLOURS Browns, Oranges, Yellows

CONVENTIONA L LOCATIONS Outdoors, sunsets, deserts, old style towns, bars

CONVENTION AL COSTUMES Jeans, leather, suede, chaps, gun holsters, Stetson hats

CONVENTIONA L ACTORS Clint Eastwood, Henry Fonda, John Wayne

CONVENTIONAL PROPS Guns, cactus, horses, cigarettes

Example: WESTER N

CONVENTIO NAL CHARACTER S Heroic cowboy, Evil cowboy, beautiful woman who works in saloon, sheriff

EXAMPLES OF FILM IN THIS GENRE

HORROR

ACTION

ROMANC E

WAR

SCI FI

TASKS

1) Using the Film Posters in front of you, fill in as much information as you can on the table on the other side of this sheet. Different genres will use different colours, pictures etc 2) Use the information you have found to help you create a new blog post called ONE of the following things depending on your favourite topic or the one you find easiest. * Conventions of a Horror Movie OR * Conventions of an Action Movie OR * Conventions of a Romance Movie Include the information about that genre that you have found out (eg conventional colours, props, costumes, locations etc) and include pictures / examples for each section from real films in that genre.