Initial Idea.

A girl aged 13, blonde hair and pretty living in a single parent middle class home in the countryside in the north of england.
Everything in her life seems normal, until one day she's walking through the woods and she begins to see things. She runs home and tells her mum who is there to comfort her but tells her it was her imagination.
Later that day her mum goes to friends house down the road and tells her daughter if she needs her she's just a phone call away.
The young girl goes into the cellars to get some food, she begins to scare herself because its dark and lonley in the cellars so she runs up to the third floor and locks herself in the bathroom, after sitting in the bathroom for over 20 minutes she gets bored and gets a bath. She hasn't called her mum on her phone because she's trying to be mature and tell herself shes not scared. When she's in the bath she hears more movement in the house, her phone rings there are no numbers on the phone just jumbled symbols, to hide from the world she puts her head under the water where she thinks shes safe from the world. Suddenly writing which looks like blood appears on the walls 'The dead never sleeps'
She runs out of the house to go get her mum, spirits take over her body and do cruel things and possess the girl.

Common Codes And Conventions.

Butterfly Effect.  2004 Eric Bress and J. Mackye Gruber. 
Sand Serif and black background connotes thriller.
Main characters are shown straight away.
Blonde girl signifies naivety, death of character and possibly sexually available.
Black and white shows past. Flashbacks. Blackouts. Quick montage shows past and memories.
Chose of voice over shows male commanding and powerful.
Special effects signify sci fi genre also hospital signifies genre (verisimilitude) and high budget.
Soft rock appeals to the female audience.
Binary opposition signifies something bad could happen elliptical editing (cutting out time).
Shows star names to appeal to audience.
White light shows supernatural and horror genre.
Website and Company info.
Release Date.

Antichrist 2009 Director - Lars von Trier -

Ask what women's scared off then shot of her fear. (the woods)

Point Break. 
Fire sand serif writing signifies danger.
Music soft, appeals to women, glamourous relates to baywatch. Cheesy 80's.
Action, violence and crime

Step Brothers 2008  
Writing Child like - Comedy
Realistic shooting ie coronation street round the table
Music adds to comical effect.
Humour genre fits with mise-en-scene.
2 Older men in bed. Shows immature humour of the movie.
Fast shots showing different scenes with music
Shows names of famous people for promotion.
Date of showing at the end.

Slumdog Millionaire.  Danny Boyle 2008.
Well known advertising - Film 4 UK and WB Conglomerate.
Music indian genre.
Shows awards.
Danny Boyle Directer well known.
Theme tune of who wants to be millionaire.
Dark setting glimpses of scene gives tense atmosphere.
Text used to outline story. Money in background.
Close up on faces shows emotion in the movie.
Gives away movie for a reason.
Text link to picture true love.
Music changes again to sadness.
Indian characters stereotypes.
Juxtapositions and Binary oppositions.
Action and romance hybrid genre.
Song appeals to wider audience
Shows reviews and hyperbolic language.

 A Nightmare On Elm Street. (2010)  

Dark lighting

Low dull music

Scene abandoned

Music Heightens scene then music stops then scary words or action said

Little girl singing creates creepy scary feeling

Red writing signifies blood

Tag line 'dont fall asleep' repeated throughout gets into your head along with the song

Drum sounds like footsteps coming closer

Fast montage of scary shots

Scream after silence

Knife scraping against wall signifies death

Grace. (2009) 

Silence then mothering wispering 'everything will be ok' gives the chill factor.

Meat gives the signifer of blood and death.

Red Writing used.

The Carriers (2009) 

The titles are red with veins coming off it which shows the genre.

Women more the victim man strong and leaving the women behind.

Orphan. (2009) 

Young girl with dark hair.

Swings signify children and horror

Close up on girls face when frustrated and scared.

Blindness. 

White lighting, hospital horror theme

Ticking clock makes it intense and pressurised.

The eye. 

Brunette girl strong and independant

black screen then flashes of light and shots of human parts

Opening eyes done with unfocused shots representing her sight

Child voice and wooshing sounds to represent people in the room with her

Mirrors feel like someone will appear on screen

Halloween (2009) 

Police sirens signify problem

Fast shots of dark shots of man with handcuffs

The orphanage. (2009) 

Empty park signifies horror

door closing alone assume ghosts or someone in house

'the games children play when there alone in the dark'

Last house on the left. 

Name mentioned and setting scene, tranquil and alone.

Teenage cast

Knife shoes death of the girls

'a beautiful crime' Oxymoron

The strangers.  

Romantic setting, narrative enigma from shot of gun

sound of swing shows she's alone

See someone in background not clearly makes you want to see more

Record playing child singing / track breaks

fast shots with knife and killer

Drag me to hell. 

Blonde naive girl, soft music.

Could be room/com genre at first until see the older women and music signifies horror

Dark setting alone when she srikes loud music plays

Shadows on floor

The road. 

Music sets heart beat and images change with the drum.

Words that scare you come on screen 'run, sacrifice and kill'

Amusement. 2008 

Shots are like flashing lights then black out showing company name

Classical music used sense of irony

Evil laughing in background

All the boys love Mandy Lane 

Blonde girl

Showing distance / alone

Knife signifying death

shows killer

fast shots at end

The box. 

Showing already families happy

Scene gets darker and atmosphere changes

Showing director from 'donny darko'

Deadgirl. 

Romantic dreamy camera shots using unfocused camera and echo voice

Dark lighting

White sand serif titles

shots of dead girls with high pitch screeches

The grudge 3 

Fast shots from the beginning

White girl looks dead shown throughout

Friday The 13th. 

Teen cast having fun falling of board signifies death

13 unlucky

repitition of narrative voice at the end

Legion. (2010) 
Narrative voice girl.
Old woman as villan
From everyday setting to a sci fi genre
SPX angels
Fast montage of shots at the end.

Acolytes. (2009)
Boy narrative shouting 'stop'
In the woods
subtitles of words come on screen relating to genre
teenage cast
fast clips of things there doing
No music suspense then body in ditch
Torture shown through fast clips
close up of gun
Blood signifies death

The Burrowers 2009.
Western music shows setting
gives time and date in subtitles
Horse hurting itself signifies genre (narrative enigma)
Silence then action shot with high screetching sound
Child screaming

The Cell Two
Brown haired women intelligant
Blue tint
Sci-fi lighting

Cold Prey 2009. 
Adventure genre snow mountains - something goes wrong
fast clips blonde innocent girl gets attacked
blood signifies death
Subtitles from critics
Shots white to fit in with name of movie.

Eden Log 2009.
Torch lighting face sci-fi and horror genre
Black and white
Close up of young girls eyes looking scared.

One Missed Call 2008 
Child like ring tone that sticks in mind repetitive
Young cast brown and blonde hair girls