According to Altman’s theory on genre; ‘Genre is similarity and difference’.
The repertoire of elements are key elements of a film that are consistently repeated throughout a genre. Each genre has its own repertoire of elements which communicates to an audience what genre of film they are watching.
These include:
Iconography ( Masks, blood, silhouettes, shadows, ect)
Props ( Guns, daggers, blood, candles, cloaks, ect)
Style ( Dark, shadowy, low key lighting, eerie music, ect)
Narrative ( Being trapped, being chased, supernatural, ect)
Settings ( Haunted house, castle, forest, anywhere dark, ect)
Characters ( Killers, monsters, demons, devils, ect)
Themes ( Death, fear, gore, traps, isolation, ect)
Most of these features are present in my poster which communicates that my poster belongs to the horror genre.