Scream would be considered a post-modern text
post-modern- self referensial- refers to own codes and conventions.
intertextual analysis- knows its heritage understans its past and understands the audience is knowing.
Wednesday, 25 March 2009
Thomas Schatz is a theorist who believes that films go through a evolutional cycle, being...
- The experimental stage (where conventions of a genre are established)
- The classical stage (Where genre conventions are reinforced)
- The age of refinement (where the saturation of conventions gives way for a subversion of the classic conventions)
- Opacity ( which is a stage of self-conscious formalism, which often also gives way to parody)
The experimental stage would be considered something like 'Halloween'.
Monday, 16 March 2009
Sunday, 15 March 2009
http://g4tv.com/electricplayground/features/49883/What-Makes-a-Good-Horror-Film.html
This is something i found on a website which i thought was quite interesting...
What Makes a Good Horror Film?written Five things that are a must in a horror film...
Catch Phrase-
A good catch phrase will outlast the forgettable plot of the horror movie, and is usually seen on the movie poster or being said from the jerk at work over and over. Some favorites are: “They’re here” from Poltergeist and “I see dead people” from Sixth Sense.
Sequels-
Sequels are a major requirement to horror movies, and they are usually much more cheesy and gory than the original (with exception to Friday the 13th Part 2). And it doesn’t matter if the main killer of the movie has been blown up, drowned, hacked to death, burned, shot, run over, tarred and feathered – he’s making a return in all of the many, many sequels to come.
Unknown Actors-
This is not so much a requirement, but a must. Unknown actors put their heart and soul (and screams!) into horror films. Unknown actors don’t mind getting gallons of fake blood poured on them, an axe to the head, or getting naked for the creativeness of the film. You can’t expect that same dedication from Hollywood’s finest these days. And just remember where would Kevin Bacon be without Friday the 13th?
Creepy Music-
The music that supports a horror film is usually way scarier than the actual movie. And it often gives the audience a heads-up before something “bad” happens. Try turning off the volume to movies like Halloween, Jaws, and The Exorcist…not so scary, huh?
Evil Entity-
Every horror film needs a good versus evil storyline. Good is usually the hot, semi-clothed teens and evil can be anything from a guy in a mask, a great white shark, a haunted house, zombies, a guy in your dreams…the list can go on and on.
This is something i found on a website which i thought was quite interesting...
What Makes a Good Horror Film?written Five things that are a must in a horror film...
Catch Phrase-
A good catch phrase will outlast the forgettable plot of the horror movie, and is usually seen on the movie poster or being said from the jerk at work over and over. Some favorites are: “They’re here” from Poltergeist and “I see dead people” from Sixth Sense.
Sequels-
Sequels are a major requirement to horror movies, and they are usually much more cheesy and gory than the original (with exception to Friday the 13th Part 2). And it doesn’t matter if the main killer of the movie has been blown up, drowned, hacked to death, burned, shot, run over, tarred and feathered – he’s making a return in all of the many, many sequels to come.
Unknown Actors-
This is not so much a requirement, but a must. Unknown actors put their heart and soul (and screams!) into horror films. Unknown actors don’t mind getting gallons of fake blood poured on them, an axe to the head, or getting naked for the creativeness of the film. You can’t expect that same dedication from Hollywood’s finest these days. And just remember where would Kevin Bacon be without Friday the 13th?
Creepy Music-
The music that supports a horror film is usually way scarier than the actual movie. And it often gives the audience a heads-up before something “bad” happens. Try turning off the volume to movies like Halloween, Jaws, and The Exorcist…not so scary, huh?
Evil Entity-
Every horror film needs a good versus evil storyline. Good is usually the hot, semi-clothed teens and evil can be anything from a guy in a mask, a great white shark, a haunted house, zombies, a guy in your dreams…the list can go on and on.
Friday, 13 March 2009
The Boogyman
After listing as many horror films as we could, we were asked what everyone of these horror films had in common, and we came to the conclusion this was "The Boogyman" something monsterous and scary. In every single one of these films this apears, but can be in many different forms such as....
After listing as many horror films as we could, we were asked what everyone of these horror films had in common, and we came to the conclusion this was "The Boogyman" something monsterous and scary. In every single one of these films this apears, but can be in many different forms such as....
- Human form- Like Michael Myres in the 1978 film 'Halloween' directed by John Carpenter.
- Zombies- like the Zombies in the 1978 film 'Dawn Of The Dead' directed by George A. Romero
- Animal/Creature- Like in the 2005 film 'The Decent' directed by Neil Marshall
- Ghosts- like in the 2001 film 'Thirtee Ghosts' irecte by Steve Beck
- Weather- like in the 1980 film 'The Fog' directed by John Carpenter
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