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    Horror films have always been more attractive to the male viewer than to the female viewer. Why is that? Usually horror films mainly present the audience with very graphic mutilation and the raping of females‚ more so than their male counterparts. Horror films have always depicted females as either objects or as the victim of a horrible act. In Linda William’s essay "When the Woman Looks‚" she says that "there is not that much difference between an object of desire and an object of horror as far

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    telling his audience that the documentary is about the story of the people who are trying to live despite having HIV and still sees hope. The story of Heidi‚ Ivy and Himself. The strong point of the film is really the screenplay which is in time and has an impact. The acting was established well since the actors suit to each of the character they portrayed. Also‚ it has a good cinematography. The shots and angles are just good enough to be able to leave a good impression to the audience. Seeing the

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    Caché was that it was an incredibly suspenseful film with an unsatisfying ending. The film was able to project its suspense by doing something that isn’t seen in many films. Caché omitted the use of extra diegetic sound. By doing this the viewer is left with silence. This is something that the audience is not used to experiencing. Horror films have been known to capitalize on the use of silence‚ but never to this extent. Generally‚ horror films use silence only to follow it with something comparable

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    released the film Romeo and Juliet in 1996. This film evokes thought and emotion using sound and imagery. Sound and imagery is also used to show the struggle between the two rivalling families‚ ‘The Montague’s and ‘The Capulet’s’. The topics that will be discussing are Costume‚ Sound and Music‚ Lighting and Camerawork. In Romeo and Juliet‚ sound and music is used to show the intensity of a scene. Sound and music is also used in ‘Romeo and Juliet’ to show emotion and sound and music can put emphasis

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    I strongly agree with the overall message of the film. Our patterns of consumption especially the Americans are wasteful and destructive to the planet. My only problem is the manner of its presentation with the statistics obviously handpicked with the purpose to scare and shock. Everybody in the world must hate America now‚ the way it was bashed every five seconds in the film. Even though America deserves it‚ it is not very effective to carry a message across in that manner because it only makes

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    they’ve gone through that got them where they are? What I mean to say is do they know they are going crazy? Are they helpless to the events happening to their minds? Or are they oblivious to the events‚ making their life an ever-morphing horror movie? Both sound very intriguing‚ I don’t think I could choose one way or another. I think the journey alone is an adventure worth experiencing. Which brings me to the paradoxical question am I sane? Conventionally no‚ but I understand this. This is why I

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    interesting word to you all which is ”horror”. Most of the time we just simply say that “horror thing”‚ “horror movie”‚ “horror place”‚ but are we really know what is the meaning of horror‚ or define horror in a better way? In fact‚ horror can be defined as anything which causes intense feeling of shock‚ fear‚ terror‚ disgust or something frightening. Horror may caused by something ugly‚ bad or disagreeable‚ hence causing strong dislike or loath. Any definition of horror that asserts any form of fear‚

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    American Horror Film and the Critical Public Sphere Should film be purely entertainment or should it contribute to the critical public sphere. In discussing the above argument‚ I will explore how the horror genre‚ often derided as simply pure entertainment‚ can contribute to the public sphere. Horror is one of the more prominent genres in film‚ back as far as the dawn of cinema with films such as Nosferatu (1922) and The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920). As a genre‚ it is studied and criticised

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    How does the director try to build suspense and scare the audience in the film Jaws? The film Jaws‚ directed by Steven Spielberg‚ was created approximately 30 years ago. It tells the story of a shark which attacks and kills numerous people off the north-east coast of the USA in a small holiday resort called Amity Island. The attacks took place around the 4th of July‚ which in America‚ is similar to the British bank holiday. During this time‚ many Americans and tourists from abroad visit resorts

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    Reaction Paper on the Film “The Secret” The Secret is a 2006 film produced by Prime Time Productions that consists of a series of interviews designed to demonstrate that everything one wants or needs can be satisfied by believing in an outcome‚ repeatedly thinking about the outcome‚ and maintaining positive emotional states to "attract" that outcome. It also have its book version which was published on the same year. This film is a one of a kind type. You’ll never find a similar film like

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