R8- Typical And Non Typical Aspects Of "Conjuring"

Below is a table of the typical and not typical conventions of the horror film “the conjuring”. I thought this was a good film to look at and analyse as it’s the most recent horror film that I enjoyed the most and the only one that has been able to make me jump and scream.

	Typical	Not typical
Narrative	Moved houses to a cursed land
Characters	Normal happy big family with a dog	Two different families being affected by the same ghost
Props and costumes	White clothing	One of the women in very old fashioned Victorian clothes
Genre	paranormal
Settings	Isolated New house Forest basement
Sounds Music Sound effects	Dog barking Creaks Screaming	They used clapping as a sign from the ghost that it was present or wanted to play
representation	Religion Priests Gradual sounds