Download - Assignment 4: Iconography and conventions
Plot
The plot for this genre is usually predictable. It follows the child being portrayed as innocent and then revealing ‘itself’
as sinister.
Setting
The setting creates an atmosphere for the film. Usually for this genre the setting is
mundane and realistic.
Themes
You can have multiple themes within this genre. These include crime, realism and supernatural.
Character Representation
• Creepy kid : Bad, Evil, Mentally ill, Strong, Powerful and Misunderstood.
• Protagonist : Good and Strong In some Creepy kid films.
• Victims : Very weak, Helpless, Defenceless.
Mis En Scene• Clothing : Innocent looking children’s clothes.
• Lighting : Mixture of low key and high key lighting.
• Actors : Young children.
• Make up : Only used to make them scarier.
• Props : Mostly weapons.
What is Iconography • Iconography are the generic conventions which
are perceived from a certain genre.
Creepy kid subgenres
• Most Creepy kid films normally fit in with another horror subgenre, for example a film which has child with supernatural powers can also fit in with the paranormal subgenre.
• Some other subgenres include Killer, Monster, Gothic and Psychological.