expectations in horror movie trailers. ‘The word genre means ‘type’ or ‘category’’ (Teach yourself film studies) it is really important as an audience member to recognise genres as then things become categorised and easier for them to understand which is more comforting. Sometimes however genres are crossed and categories are broken for example sometimes we have ‘action thrillers’ or ‘sci-fi horrors’ this is known as a hybrid genre. This often intrigues the audience and draws them to the film as it changes
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The Usual Suspects - Film Analysis The director uses several cinematic techniques and embeds a whole range of other techniques to create a dark atmosphere. The opening foreshadows the sinister mood and atmosphere throughout the entirety of the movie. A wide panning shot across a body of water is accompanied by sinister music; created to enhance the visual experience. This style of music is used in many scenes to emphasize and to sustain the eerie atmosphere. Excellent choice of camera angles achieved
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Crazy Stephen King is one of the most well-known horror story authors in history. In his essay‚ “Why We Crave Horror Movies” he opens up with the thesis on the first sentence‚ “I think that we’re all mentally ill; those of us outside the asylums only hide it a little better – and maybe not all that much better‚ after all” He later goes on to say “When we pay our four or five bucks and seat ourselves at tenth-row center in a theater showing a horror movie‚ we are daring the nightmare.” Basically what
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In the short story “Why We Crave Horror Movies” by Stephen King‚ the author suggests‚ everyone has some degree of evil inside. Some act upon their evil in ghastly ways ‚while others simply suppress their evil inside. First of all‚ King states that “we’re all mentally ill.”He further elaborates on this point by saying‚ “those…..outside asylums only hide it better.” Essentially‚ saying we need ways to tame our evil. King ‚ evidently presents the idea that scary movies are a way to satisfy our inner
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Impact on Society Film has played a huge part in American society since 1878 when Edward James made the first real motion picture. Ever since Edward’s first movie production‚ film has made many technological advances that change the way we look at film today. This is obvious when you go to a local movie theatre today rather than looking at movies from the 1900’s. I am very interested on finding out information about the impact of film on society. I personally think that today’s film has many different
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Having the horror genre gives us a chance to escape reality. Humans go through so many things everyday. Working‚ going to school‚ taking care of kids‚ finishing deadlines‚ and even cleaning up the house. Lots of people say that it isn’t stressful‚ but doing all of it in a single day can be a real challenge. In order to win the challenge we have to take a short cut. Anything from the horror/ gothic genre can be that short cut. According to Stephen King in “Why We Crave Horror Movies‚” and Carina Chocano
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Honors English 11 5 November 2014 Commonplace Insanity Renowned horror author Stephen King is known for his humorous and macabre articles‚ like‚ "Why We Crave Horror Movies". King uses humor‚ metaphors‚ and relates to readers on a personal level. The point that he makes in the article is that we are all a little bit insane which is why entertainment is found in the macabre such as horror movies‚ games‚ or novels. King states that horror movies are humankind’s method of feeding the instinctive‚ insane
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Burbank California. He has actively been a creative and iconic film director‚ producer‚ artist‚ writer and animator since 1982. Tim Burton is best known for his dark‚ gothic‚ chilling‚ and unusual horror and fantasy films. His work is derived from many inspirations‚ such as Christopher Lee‚ Vincent Price‚ Edgar Allen Poe‚ Edward Gorey‚ Alan Moore‚ George Melies‚ Dr. Seuss‚ and Paul Whitehouse. In addition‚ Tim Burton watched the films of Ray Harryhousen. He used the influences provided by their stop
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For my reaction paper I chose to go watch The Rocky Horror Picture Show at the Allen Theater on Friday night. I found the movie to be very interesting and hilariously funny. It is a spoof of monster‚ horror‚ and sci-fi flicks. The classic movie includes famous actors such as Susan Sarandon‚ Tim Curry‚ Barry Bostwick‚ Meat Loaf‚ and others and is definitely worth seeing. The movie begins with a woman named Janet accepting a marriage proposal from her boyfriend Brad. The happy couple drives away
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The two TV Shows I will be comparing are The American Horror Story versus The Walking Dead I have decided to on these two as they are two of my favourite shows and relate around horror. The comparisons between the two are The Walking dead is revolved more around the gory side of horror with a group of people trying to survive a zombie apocalypse. Where as The American horror story has different creatures ranging from ghosts‚ ghouls‚ “freaks” witches‚ vampires etc. Here are some similarities between
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