The celebrated short story "The Birds" by Daphne Du Maurier contrasts greatly with its film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. When analyzing each tale in depth one might conclude many things about what effect both the author and director wished to have on its audience. Some of the smallest changes from story to film caused some of the most dramatic thematic changes and allowed for two very different tales of horror and suspense to evolve. The setting of each version of "The Birds" is just one of the
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that flourish within the society‚ it is no shock that genres exist‚ especially in film‚ as the definition of entertainment differs from person to person. A genre is a category of films that are characterised by similarities in the narrative elements and conventions found within the films. Genres are extremely useful to both film producers and audiences as it helps them narrow down the target audience and search for films that are in their range of interests. No one wants to watch a political drama overrun
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the popularisation of 2nd wave feminism‚ the 60s‚ 70s and 80s saw a prevalence of horror films within mainstream media; rendering the genre a target for scrutiny. In this essay I will discuss representations of gender in Stanley Kubrick’s psychological horror‚ ’The Shining’ (1980) and Wes Craven’s thriller‚ ‘Scream’ (1996). Both The Shining and Scream are deemed
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In films‚ every genre has its iconic sound. Be it the thrillers’ “dun-dun-dun”‚ announcing the impending arrival of the Great White from Jaws or the sound of tumbling boulders from the Raiders Of The Lost Ark‚ flooding the bodies of adventure-loving movie-goers with adrenaline. Horror films pay their tribute to the classic razor sharp‚ etching noise of strings from the movie Psycho‚ causing the immediate rise of dread and suspension. The director-composer duo responsible for the acclaimed “all-time
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Zombies have become an icon of the horror genre of films‚ literature‚ and other forms of entertainment. Zombies have grown to become possibly the most popular of any creature in the horror genre. The booming popularity of zombies is astounding‚ so popular as to spawn countless movies‚ books‚ video games‚ and even T.V. shows. The idea is strange‚ yet oddly simple. Dead people walking. There are many different lores behind why these corpses have reanimated. The most popular theory today is of‚ in
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what my most popular was and it was horror. The ranking for the Wrong Turn films did pretty well (you can find it here if you have not seen it) and I enjoyed writing it. So I decided to do something similar plus I do like to read up on horror things so why not do a top 10 killers. For horrors I love the sub genre of slasher films so most of my chooses will probably be from them types of movies. Please keep in mind that I am only going to put characters from films that I have seen. There will probably
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instantly by considering different criteria: their physical effect‚ setting‚ and target audience. Williams (2003‚ as cited in Grant‚ 2007) stated that melodrama‚ horror‚ and porn are “body genres” because they all have certain effects on human physical state. As explained by Grant (2007)‚ melodrama can make audiences cry by exagerated tragedies; horror can elicit screams‚ chills‚ goosebump‚ sweating‚ and other symptoms of fear; and porn can cause arousal. Whitlock (2011) pointed out that some kinds of melodramatic
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the creative mind of Alfred Hitchcock came many a classic film‚ but two that stand out are the thrillers Rear Window and Psycho. These films capture the viewer and create an atmosphere so unique and fresh that you feel as though you personally know the characters; sometimes you even feel like you’re becoming the characters. Although the films have many similarities they both have completely different moods and themes. Most importantly the films can still hold up against today’s incredibly high-budget
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Film Textual Analysis The target audience for the film Donnie Darko would be the male gender from the ages of 16 – 24 and in the socio-economic grading boundary A – C1‚ this would be due to the fact that it requires a lot of thought to comprehend the complex narrative and structure and people in the higher grading may have a better education‚ therefore they may have a better understanding of the complexity of the plot‚ similarly‚ the fact that they have targeted a younger audience as they would
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sadness. They can also be very scary and put scary thoughts in your head and bring technology to the next level by showing something that this society does not have today like see through cell phones. The three greatest genres of movies‚ are Action‚ Horror‚ and Sci-fi. If you like huge dramatic explosions‚ gun fire and outstanding action‚ then you would love to watch “action movies”. Action movies are where one or more heroes are put into a series of challenges that require physical feats‚ extended
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