Cinema of Horror MEDA 13672 November 10‚ 2014 In 1978 John Carpenter changed the landscape of horror cinema with the release of his terrifying new film Halloween. The film follows a group of young females as they are stalked‚ tormented and inevitably killed by an escaped lunatic wearing a Halloween mask and wielding a knife. The film was revolutionary for the many themes and concepts it introduced‚ (including the concept of the final girl) things that have been so often repeated they have
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Outline the main changes the paramount decree effected on the structure of the American film industry and discuss the measures the ex-studios took to remain in control of the film market. The period of the 1920’s to 1950’s where known as the studio era in Hollywood. A few major companies monopolized the industry through vertical integration when the film companies controlled all production distribution and exhibition. The majors determined which movies were shown in which theatres‚ choosing their
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In this analysis paper‚ I will be looking at the animated film “The Cameraman’s Revenge” by Ladislaw Starewicz. While the majority of animators during and before his time worked on two dimensional animated films‚ Starewicz stepped off the beaten path and instead chose to implement his taxidermied insects in his animations; that alone made this film unique and fascinating for me to watch. Watching the film was a surreal experience with my knowledge of how innovative this form of animation was for
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The film The Breakfast Club demonstrates how the identity of a person can be influenced by conflict he or she has experienced in life. Andy is one of the characters that whose identity is influenced by the pressure from his friends and more from his father‚ because his father wants him to always win no matter what‚ but Andy doesn’t like that because he thinks his father only likes him because he always wins‚ he says that he wishes for himself to get injured so he wouldn’t have to play the sports
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In Italian films directed by Emanuele Crialese and Alice Rohrwacher‚ an important aspect included in all of the films are foreigners. Foreigners can include people visiting from other regions of Italy unaware of the culture and conditions in other regions. This is typically demonstrated with characters from Northern Italy visiting various regions in the Mezzogiorno (southern Italy). However‚ in movies by other directors such as Paolo Sorrentino and Matteo Garrone show merely glimpses of foreigners
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when the time was right or when the monster was approached. In this paper I will analisy the movie "I am Legend" to better understand the overall storyline and its plot. The movie "I am Legend" had a non-linear narrative structure. A non-linear film "does not move from one event to the next in chronological order but moves from the present to the furture to the past‚ and so on‚ with no regard for chronological order" (Goodykoontz‚ B.‚ & Jacobs‚ C. P. 2011). In this movie it starts with Neville
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Consider the role of television in the film; and how it used in society. What role does it play in this culture of the film and why is it preferred to reading? Usually‚ the parlor walls contain large wall-sized television screens. They put a screen that is as large as the wall in a particular room‚ and if they can get all four walls of a room covered in television screens‚ then you have a total and complete interactive and entertainment package. At the beginning of the movie‚ Mildred and Montag
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According to Justin Wyatt the high concept film is valued by some in the film industry and derided by others. He states‚ ‘Whereas creative executives such as Katzenberg would stress the originality of a high concept idea‚ media critics would suggest that high concept actually represents the zero point of creativity’. Discuss the validity of both points of view with reference to Terminator 2: Judgment Day (James Cameron‚ 1991) and one other film. The high concept film represents the economically invested
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Sacrifice) and Whitey Bulger (Black Mass) are just two examples of cinematic incarnations that have served to entertain and semi-education observers. This time around‚ it’s world-renowned French high-wire walker Philippe Petit that becomes the subject of a film treatment – a man that cemented his legacy by performing depth-defying walks in and between some of the world’s most impressive structures‚ which include the Notre Dame Cathedral‚ New York’s Lincoln Center‚ and of course‚ the two
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Generic formulas in film are a certain plot that you can predict what is going to happen because it happens in every movie in the same genre. For an example in a horror movie‚ the viewer usually knows one person is going to die and then another and then another. The last person to die is the female. This is a generic example. From the movie “True Grit” we can see another example of generic formulas. When the little girl suggest that she goes with the old man ‚ even though the old man does not
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