THE AMERICAN HORROR CINEMA Christophe CHAMBOST ISIC.L2.cinéma Evaluation : Un devoir sur table en examen terminal avec 2 questions de cours (exemple : une question sur le gothique et une question sur un cinéaste) → 50% de la note Un dossier à faire en groupe : prendre une scène d’un film fantastique Américain qui nous paraît intéressante Fantastic The origin of the fantastic as a literary genre started in the 18th century. At that time there was no films but there was an interest for the macabre
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itself. Meta-horror is a horror that self-references itself in the movie‚ or a horror book. Another concept of meta-horror‚ is that the characters are going to know how the movie is going to play out‚ even if they don’t know or think that they are in the movie. In this paper‚ I will be discussing the two movies I watched in the metahorror genre‚ You’re Next by Adam Wingard and New Nightmare by Wes Craven. I will talk about two main points‚ the first being how the two movies show meta horror similarly
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The Horror is Not Seeing This Movie Little Shop of Horror‚ the movie that made me fall in love with musicals. Before watching this movie I thought of musicals as plays on film‚ with long drawn out singing segments you struggled not to nap during. In my eyes musicals weren’t even on the same level as regular movies with all of its high tech effects‚ fast paced plots and trendy soundtracks. The movie Little Shop of Horrors changed my narrow minded way of thinking into dare I say‚ a movie musical believer
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’Understanding movies’ was the most interesting class which I have ever taken. People expect many advantages from taking various classes. Some people want to take a sports class to have fun while other people like a science class to enlarge their knowledge. In my case‚ I could get both entertainment and knowledge form the movie class. Through the use of a couple of examples and specific explanation‚ I will demonstrate why I liked the movie class most. First‚ ’Understanding movies’ was enjoyable
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The excuses whites used during Reconstruction to torture and murder newly freed African Americans were as false as they were numerous. In Southern Horrors and Other Writings‚ Wells relates many of these. Excuses ranging from sassing whites to rape to murder prove that "colored men and women [were] lynched for almost any offense" (Wells 78). According to Wells‚ the three most common excuses used to victimize African Americans during and after Reconstruction were that the victim had participated in
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Pirated Movies Pirated Movies The term piracy is used to refer to robbery or criminal violation of copyrights. Robbery in this case is viewed in terms of criminals benefiting from other people’s intellectual products. Such products include books‚ music‚ paintings and movies to mention but a few. This crime is commonly known as copyright infringement‚ which is the unauthorized use of works under copyright. These rights include exclusive rights also known as holder’s right such as‚ the right to reproduce
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Horrors of War. War to me is like a never-ending plague. The reason I say this‚ is because‚ I have met lots of people‚ who went to war for the sake of defending their country. War is devastating to countries and most individuals. Men and women can be left disturbed mentally‚ physically‚ and socially for the rest of their lives. But first‚ let us look at the causes‚ they are: Culture of violence‚ Globalization‚ Use of environmental resources‚ Colonialism and neo-colonialism‚ Racial‚ ethnic‚ religious
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However‚ is being afraid always a bad thing? Given people’s high demand for horror these days‚ this would turn this problem into a paradox‚ creating some room for pleasure within horror’s spooky content. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the reasons why some people like horror‚ despite its repulsive features. My argument will be based on the idea that people like horror because of the curiosity it awakens and also because horror films allow us to believe in the existence of unnatural beings‚ like
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The typical convention of horror‚ specifically using the colour white‚ is shown in the typography. The colour white connotes the image of ghosts‚ spectral beings that haunt their victims. This connotation gives the audience the feeling of the ghost is gazing at the audience through the DVD cover through the blurry effect and the filter applied to bulge the text giving the text a spectral presence. This is also seen in the film “Entity” with the bold typography and a white figure in the background
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show only funny sound or pictures instead express like a truth. Universal movies of rating as G are The Lion King‚ Toy Story‚ and Finding Nemo. You perhaps felt that all almost rating of G movies are animations‚ give audiences life lesson and emotion. The second part of rating is PG and PG-13. It is reason why I put them together because their meaning is similar. PG is abbreviation of Parental Guidance suggested‚ so we can guess what does PG-13’s mean? It means that parents strongly cautioned
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