Analysis of Student films

Infected
 

• The genre given is a horror film, this is shown well through the fast cuts and chilling tone to build up before the fast pace chase and phone call shown, generic conventions in the form of the woman dropping her keys, the score and the zombies are used, 
• The characters shown are a main woman protagonist, and several antagonist children zombies, this woman may have a larger part within the film but one generic convention of these types of horror film is the early death of a character. 
• There is a vague narrative shown, through the setting we can see that there has been a zombie infection withing a school, this ties in with the name of the film and will engage an active audience to think deeper into the narrative, although it is common for these type of films to not explain the narrative until after the opening. 
• The themes used are that of horror, zombie films will attract a niche audience simply through the theme of including zombies, also a school theme is used to begin with and then twisted with the horror theme.
• The titles given are white, they are in a font that is not particularly conventional and sometimes they are less clear to be able to read, although they follow the rules in regards to ordering in order to make the film look very professional.

Tiny Terror
 

• The genre is given by the name, and reinforced by the film, it is a horror film which uses the conventions of a young couple as protagonists, there is also early gory death which would give this film a certificate of 15 or 18, the idea of using a doll is used sometimes within this genre in films such as the  Childs play series.
• The characters shown are a young heterosexual couple, this is commonly used within this film, and before the male is introduced there is a build up of tension with our female protagonist, this is stereotypical as it represents the male as strong and safe, the female is found dead which then cause the younger male to cry which goes against stereotype, we will not know how both characters are going to end up throughout the film but it connotes the the audience a stereotypical opening to introduce the antagonist by killing off the first victims. 
• A simple narrative is given, the young female is home alone and invites her boyfriend over, this is a simple yet effective small narrative, used in many films to set a scene without complicating the viewers, as they are seen to be removed from the film it is safe to presume the narrative will follow the doll antagonist and not the first location or protagonists.
• The themes used have been mentioned briefly, but they are the theme of young love, soon torn apart by the murderous doll, the theme of a doll coming to life is supernatural which is a common theme for horror films. 
• The titles were not stereotypical although fit the order set well, they do not stick to continuity as the beginning titles for the film name and production companies are red and of different fonts to the others, this break in continuity could confuse the audience.