The Genre

The chosen genre of my film is Horror, the genre of horror is one of the most used genres, and is often seen in many hybrid forms this can be things such as seeing it in a comedy a romance, or even children's entertainment.

the horor genre is one of the pre existing genres and was not created from the combining of two other genres the genre itsself has existed individually and combined with other genres.
some of the more popular sub genres of horror now include;

zombies and infection related,
thriller,
vampires,
werewolves,
and slasher movies

slasher movies have always been popular because they can provide the audience with gore, they can also provide an easy to solve enigma which can be solved by the audience watching the film.

Iconography 
There is usually a main protagonist, the main protagonist is usually the one who gets the girl in the end of the film, they are also usually the one gets to survive and they get to live happily ever after. There is usually a main female protagonist who gets to survive along with the main male protagonist, in a horror film they usually don't input much towards the plot or the survival of the other characters.
usually if the main protagonist is female she will be strong and completely independent, she usually survives and the film will either end with her being happy and with someone or alone and continuing.

Usually horror films are featured in the dark and make sure to keep the main protagonist lit so the audience can see them but make sure to keep the antagonist in the dark.
The murder weapon used in slasher films in usually something that can be found around the average household, this adds fear towards the antagonist because most people have them lying around their hose so the  spectator fears it more.