Sub Genre Parody

What was the purpose of your sub genre task?

Our sub genre parody task was designed to show that we understood the conventions of our sub genre - psychological horror - and that we were able to mock these conventions.

What are the main conventions of your sub genre, and how have you parodied them in this film?

The main conventions used in a psychological horror include factors such as:

 - An insane person

 - Usually being set in a hospital

 - Know to consist of someone convincing someone else of their insanity

 - Narrative speech

We tried to include most, if not all of these in our sub genre film so that we had the best possible chance  of showing our understanding of the task in hand and had a higher chance of fulfilling the comical aspect of it.

What have you learnt about filming and editing as a result of creating this sub genre parody?

Throughout the process of filming and editing our sub genre parody I have learnt how to re-create at make into a parody an already existing clip of a film. This means it was also possible for me to pick up the main points in making a short film effective in its aim to create humour. It required me to research further into what psychological horror is and the elements they use to bring certain points into relevance, something that helps me determine what I can use in my main task. Lastly, in editing, this task allowed me to become knowledgeable in covering and adding a voiceover from an existing clip into our task which we had to time accurately to work with our movie.


This is the trailer to the original film, After.Life, that we used to base our parody on (the first 0:20 seconds):