Thriller Convention

Thriller Convention

o  The protagonist is seen in serious and immediate danger.

o  Themes of identity are common -> mistake identity, doppelganger (identical face), and amnesia.

o  The protagonist id is not perfect -> has an Achilles/ weakness this is exploited.

o  The narrative centers upon crime, theft or murder

o  The antagonist ensnares the protagonist in an increasingly complete web, leaving them helpless and isolated.

o  The audience is placed in the ambiguous position of voyeur (pervert).

Rear Window and Se7en

What do Se7en and Rear Window have in common?

-> Suspense / Increasing tension

-> Murders / Killers: WHO? If? (Crimes)
 

§  Lack of privacy – environment (affects characters)

§  Wires die – men solve things with help – “Main Hero”

§  Heroes – Jeff has a broken leg, Mills is hot tempered, - FLAWED HEROES (No one is perfect even heroes)

§  Urban setting

§  Cynical world view – “ people don’t care”

Codes: system of signs that creates meaning.

Conventions: accepted or expected ways of doing things

 

 

What are the convection – (expected)

>>  Take to do = suspense

>>  Dark setting / time

>>  Happy then sad

>>  Warnings -> foreshadows (impending doom)

>>  Tensions  

The difference between horror and thrillers.

 >> Horror includes supernatural

>> Horror is more blood

>> Extreme scare!

The difference between action and thrillers 

                                                                           >> Less action

                                                                           >> Actions set on pieces

                                                                           >> Explosions

 

 

 

Western Credits

 Hi readers today I had learned how to use premiere application for the first time. I was a little nervous and excited at the same time. For myself I found it very complicated and very difficult to control, I spent over an hour just to get a good 5 seconds, as you can see in the clip above. It starts with blank red background and have a text said “Starring”, it is written in a very fancy front. It is appear together with a house moving from the side to the center of the page like a wave, it moves up and down and as it gets closer to the center it gets smaller. While the house is moving it also saying “Yeeeeeeeee Haaaaaaaaa”

I hope you enjoy the 5 seconds and I will provide a “better one” I hope.

Theory of scary film

This post is relating to the last post.

It is about theory of scary films.

 

Why do we watch scary film?

§  Do we like seeing evil punished?

§  The excitement “the truth”

§  To face their fear

Why don’t you want to watch scary film?

§  Knowledge that everything is safe

        (Not scary if not believable)

§  Found the scary film boring 

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Aristotle

Believed in CATHARSIS

   §  A release of suppressed emotions

   §  We are attached to what scares us to PURGE emotion

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Zolf Zillman

Excitation Theory

Negative emotions gained from violent/scary imagery INTENSIFY the positive

            + We enjoy seeing evil vanquished. 

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GlennD Walters

What makes a film scary?

1.    Tension – suspense built up with filming techniques

2.    Relevance – the fear generated has to be relevant and believed by the audience.

Fears

Good morning readers, today I will talk about Fears. Do you have a fear? What is your fear? Is it one of the list below?

Fears for parents:

o  Money – not enough

o  Loss care – get ditch, being forgotten, abandon, isolated  

o  Loneliness – abandon, isolated

o  Kid’s safety – for their lovers

o  Work – workload, not being to finish it in time = not get salary 

       Common Fears:

o  War

o  Corruption

o  Ghost

o  Creepy people

o  Dogs

o  Snakes

o  Death

o  Unknown

o  Small spaces – Buried

o  Exams, quizzes, test

o  Study at distance 

o  Pressure & Stress

o  Clowns

o  Aliens

o  Failures

o  Being old 

Have you see any of these fears in the movie? How often do you see them? I would say all the time!!

Nowadays fears are often turn into movies to entertain us, what it does was, building up tension to make us feel exciting, nervous and scared. (I think it is weird that we like it.) Most people end up liking it instead of thinking it is horrible but some feel miserable after the movie because it really caught their tension and it might stick in their head and they might have hallucination. In the worst case those people might have mental problem later on. Anyways those fears are the main reason we watch movies since it makes the movie interesting and without them movies might be boring.

Example of movies with common fears:

                           1)      Ghost – Insidious, Ouija 

                           2)      Clown – Poltergeist 

                           3)      War – World War

                           4)      Unknown – Unfriended

                           5)      Death – Walking dead