Conventions of Media

Romantic comedies

Romantic comedies, whether English Rom-Com's or American Rom-Com's, all follow the same conventions.
They are always bright and happy to begin with and introduce the main characters.
. Boy meet's girl
. Boy loses girl
. Boy get's girl back

This can be seen in almost any Rom Com.
For example in the movie "Notting Hill";
(Hugh Grant is a Book store owner and Julia Roberts is a movie star)
Boy (Hugh Grant) meet's Girl (Julia Roberts).
They bond and start to like each other but then Boy does something to upset Girl (Alerts the press of her where abouts), and Boy loses Girl.
They don't see each other until a year later and Girl ask's for Boy to take her back.
Boy refuses, then realised he made a mistake and searched all over the city to find her.
Boy and Girl end up getting married.
The end.




Thriller Movies

The conventions of a Thriller movie are quite diverse because there are so many different kinds of Thriller moveis.
. Psycological Thriller's
. Romantic Thriller's
. Action Thriller
. Spy Thriller
. Religious Thriller
. Medical Thriller
. Conspiracy Thriller
. Crime Thriller
Are just to name a few, but all follow atleast some of the basic Thriller conventions

. Hero Find's criminal activity
. Hero Tries to find Criminal and becomes in danger
. Hero usually put's own life at risk and unravels mysetry.

For example in the movie "Silence of the Lambs";
The hero (Jodie Foster) is a police detective and trying to solve a mystery.
The hero goes to see a convict (Anthony Hopkins) to give her information that she needs about a killer.
He only gives her little information but it leads her eventually to where she needs to go.
She find out shocking evidence but is then pursued by the killer and in danger of being shot.
The Killer gives his position away and she Shoot's him to death.




Horror Movies


Horror movies usally follow the same conventions.
They are dark and grey almost all through the movie, unless showing "flash backs" of happier times for a character.
. There is usually a mystery surrounding a Killer
. A group of people go to where this killer is rumoured to be.
. They get split up and killed 1 by 1.
. There is usually 1 survivor that is traumatised.
(In some Horror movies only a few of these conventions are present because there are sdo many different types of
Horror Movies and so many different story lines)

For example in the movie "Friday 13th part 3"
There is a rumour about this killer"Jason" and 1 person dresses up like him whith a hockey mask on.
Jason then comes to where the group of people are staying and brutally murders them 1 by 1.
At the end of the movie, there is 1 girl that survived but she is traumatised by what she saw and is taken away in a police car.