Generic Elements in The Exorcist

How do generic elements encourage the audience to anticipate events in the attic scene in The Exorcist?

• At night
• Dark
• Isolated victim
• Youngish female, attractive victim
• Vulnerably dressed
• Lights don't work - lights a candle - throws shadows
• Noises - unidentified
• Cluttered - looks like a confined space
• The entrance to the attic - black
• No music - audience listens too
• Tension drops when handyman enters - light/sound/company
• Bar shadows suggests trapped

  

Genre Boundaries...
Importance of genre

Horror Stories/Films

Typical settings for horror stories are dark desolate places in the middle of nowhere. They are set in these places to signify that no one should be there and that no one is there to help.
Typical characters are either a small, young female dressed vulnerably as a victim or a tall, strong man/thing for a killer sort of character.
Typical plots for a horror story are either a dark night where no one is around and the victim can hear things around them or mysterious things start happening in a house and then they find out their house is haunted.

What is genre?

Genre is a style or category of art, music, or literature.

For example, Terminator 2 is a science fiction (Sci-Fi) drama as it is full of futuristic things such as robots and gadgets.

 

 

There are also many other types of genres such as action, adventure and comedy.

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