'High-school'/Chick-flick films

This genre of film is very successful as it appeals to a wide audience range, including teens to young adults of both genders simply because they can relate to characters as they may be in that time of their own life (At high-school/college) and it will also appeal to adults of both genders to as they are able to remember that time of their lives and find the situations that face young adults and teens funny as they may have experienced themselves. It is a popular genre as almost everyone will have gone through that time period and setting in life and is relatable. 

There are many 'Typical' Conventions that high-school/chick flick films seem to follow. These include:

• 'Bitchy' girls
• love interest
• jobs and career
• relationships
• good looking actors
• 'invisible' parents
• wealth
• class and status

They all feature 'safe' and sentimental narratives and portray the message of : Success = popularity + looks + belonging

These films differ greatly from male 'high-school films, such as 'American Pie' which feature the conventions of:

• comedy/ 'Gross out'
• visual gags over joke based comedy
• 'unputdownability' 

Examples of these films include Easy A, Romy and Michelles High-school reunion, Mean Girls and American Pie. 

Horror study

• "Physco" by Alfred Hitchcock has been ranked the number 1 horror film. It was made in 1960.Within Physco, Hitchcock creates tension, investigates state of mind of characters and treatment of women. Hitchcock has been noticeably cruel to women in films. This adds to the "Shock and Horror" element of Hitchcock's films as this is an uncommon aspect within films. 

• "Nosferatu" (1922) directed by Murnau features some interesting techniques to add to the "Horror Element". For example it uses a music score (no diegetic sound) and to add to the tension and visual elements of horror it uses colours, shadow and lighting to good effect. 

"Nosferatu" was an adaptation of Bram Stokers "Dracula" with slight alterations to escape copyright issues.

This links to the increasing popularity of film reworking.

For example, "The Evil Dead" (1981) was a rework of an old Japanese film. 

These 'students of film' re-make foreign aspects and incorporate them into Hollywood. This has been done many times, for example "The Ring" which was originally Japanese.