Seminar paper Cognitive Theories and Human Emotion Cognitive Theories: Cognitivism in Film and the Appeal of Horror Shireen Jamooji Cognitive Theories: Cognitivism in Film and the Appeal of Horror What is Cognition? Throughout every waking hour and often while they are asleep‚ a person is thinking. It is an involuntary practice of mentally processing information. The cognitive rearrangement or manipulation of both information from the environment and symbols stored in long term memory is
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Creature from the Black Lagoon is in the genre of Horror and Sci-Fi. The subgenre would be monster movie. Film Critic Tim Dirks outtake on Horror movies – “They deal with our most primal nature and its fears: our nightmares‚ our vulnerability‚ our alienation‚ our revulsions‚ our terror of the unknown‚ our fear of death and dismemberment‚ loss of identity‚ or fear of sexuality.” Goodykoontz‚ B.‚ & Jacobs‚ C.P. (2011). The film fits into the Horror genre because of the suspense with the monster/creature
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Mattner AP English 30 December 2014 Essay Analysis: King and Sanders Why We Crave Horror Movies by Stephen King What does the author mean by his last line (and paragraph): “As long as you keep the gator fed”? How does this line account for his central argument for why we crave horror movies? What other metaphor(s) does he use that mean the same thing as “gator feeding”? In the essay‚ Why We Crave Horror Movies by Stephen King‚ the author ends his story by saying “As long as you keep the gators fed” (King par
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collegiate dictionary the definition of horror is "a painful and intense fear‚ dread‚ or dismay." These are the emotions humans feel when watching a horror movie or reading a horror novel. If this is the case‚ it may seem strange that people receive enjoyment from it. The pleasure of the horror genre can be explained in three ways. First of all‚ humans’ morbid curiosity intrigues them to scare and disturb themselves. Secondly‚ the constant excitement throughout the horror novel or film keeps people interested
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I can still recall the first time that I saw a horror film. I was seven years old and the movie was Nightmare on Elm Street’s Freddy Krueger. Freddy is a frightening character in the 1984 film. He is a serial killer who has knives instead of fingernails. The nightmare that haunted me nightly was the scene when a teenage girl wanders around a dark boiler room in only her nightgown‚ a screeching is heard as knives are scratched against the pipes. The combination of reality into the movie made it
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This film completely sets the stage for old time horror. It’s corny‚ yet it somehow feeding us that nostalgic classic theme we crave. Zombies have recently gained popularity in our culture‚ and one can’t brag until the’ve seen ’Night Of The Living Dead’. This 1960’s classic is what began it all for the zombie front. Keeping with the theme of our online course‚ I wanted to try to find the inspiration to this film. The idea perhaps lending itself toward the use of power‚ fear‚ or control harnessed
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However‚ horror does not want to show what people want to see like other genres. Horror is a genre that shows the story that people do not expect to see and controls fear in a negative way. Horror has used a lot of same subjects such as psychopath murderers and mysterious monsters. However‚ because of the cliches that has been used a lot in the horror genre‚ people get bored with horror story in these days and the genre needs to be changed in different ways to make people feel terror. One of the
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part of a stricken girlfriend with a demon in her home with her caring boyfriend. They were very nice in screaming in all of the parts that were needed to be screamed at. But not only did it cause her‚ but also will cause the viewers to scream in terror and fear. Micah is this manly sort of man who feels that he can take care of the demon and his girlfriend. Katie becomes extremely annoyed by the antics of Micah and tries to find help in other ways. Another reason why I enjoyed the actors was because
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1. Carpenter expressed interest in the arts‚ with a particular affinity for films from an early age. A college project entitled The Resurrection of Billy Bronco‚ which Carpenter collaborated on the script and acted as music composer‚ won an academy award in 1970. 2. John Carpenter’s works in the mid 1970’s ranged from comedy‚ sci-fi‚ and westerns‚ which Carpenter had the strongest affinity for. 3. During the production of these films‚ Carpenter worked as writer‚ director‚ composer‚ and producer
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yet both have arguments coming from opposite ends of the spectrum for the resolution of criminal activity. The solutions to place ourselves in a peaceful environment may not always be perfect‚ but there are not many gray areas of repercussions of potential terror and the need to overcome them as a society. In many horror films‚ we present characters that are positioned to either survive terrible circumstances that mirror either common or uncommon fears. The original Godzilla film seemed to emerge as a manifestation of the postapocalyptic status caused by the nuclear bombs that
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