EVALUATION OF FILMS OF OUR GENRE
• The Exorcist (1973)
The exorcist was directed by William Friedkin; the film is about an exorcism case, it is dealing with the possession of a young girl and her mother’s desperation in her attempt to get her daughter back.
The main characters, the stock characters in the film is the possessed girl, the mother and the priest who comes to help them and does the exorcism along with another priest who has in the past done many exorcisms.
Close Up shots is a used shot in the film an example of this is the head rotation shot, in this shot you see the girl from the neck upwards and you see her head spin, this is known as one of the well known moments from the exorcist. Another shot that is used is a close up that does straight in a wide shot that pans round to a close up; the example of this is when you see a close up of the mums face that then shows a wide shot of the girl coming down the stairs in the crab and then pans round to a close up of her face. The use of these shots makes us more scared, and jump and bring us into the film.
The Exorcist use music like many horror/thriller films as a way of scaring and making the viewer jump; The Exorcist uses it by having silence then sudden noise or hearing a normal conversation then a scream in a different part of the setting. An example is when the mother is having a conversation with some one else in the house and then you suddenly hear a scream come from upstairs from the possessed girl which makes the viewer jump as it is unexpected.
This film uses binary oppositions as a way to separate the possessed girl to the rest of the household. As the devil gets more into the girl the room becomes freezing and icy this shows a difference compared to the rest of the house which is warm and homely.
All horror films have a monster this is the paradigms of the film, in this film the paradigms is the girl and how she is an ordinary kind family girl who gets possessed by the devil who turns her into this different person and how she is stuck in the body and is being taken over by it. The priest performing the exorcism orders the devil to leave the girl and it does but into the priest who was working with her as a psychiatrist he then kills himself by jumping out of the window this itself is a mystery as it is never concluded because after this incident the girl who was possessed comes back to her old self and doesn’t remember anything that happened and her and her mother leave the town and the house.
• Psycho (1960)
Psycho was made in 1960 and was directed by Alfred Hitchcock and is an American psychological thriller. The film is about a office worker who is fed up of her life, and when is trusted by her employer to take $40,000 she takes the money and is going to start a new life. She stops at ‘The Bates Motel’, the motel is managed by man who is dominated by his dead mother.
The main character in the film is Norman Bates a man who is the villain in the film he is driven mad of jealously when his mother finds another man after his fathers death, he kills both his mother and her lover, he then keeps his mothers corpse and develops dissocialise identity disorder, in where he dresses and thinks he is his mother and is killing people who come to stay in the motel
Close Up shots is a used shot in the film an example of this is when you see the shadowed image of the ‘mother’ holding a knife in the bathroom. This film also uses many mid shots an example of this includes when the women and Norman Bates are at the reception; this also includes and over the shoulder shot of the women looking at Norman. In the trailer there is a shot of the house where it looks like the camera is looking up to the house this creates strangeness around the house and creates questions.
The film psycho has music that was written by Bernard Hermann, is known as for its stabbing strings in the shower scene and the full orchestral score which reflect the urgency of the woman when she escapes.
Binary Oppositions is used in the film to separate different location etc, an example is the Banes house which is always in the dark and looks creepy and haunted and the actually motel which looks more normal.
All horror films have a monster this is the paradigms of the film, in this film the paradigms is Norman Bates and it is how he is an ordinary man who has this disorder which brings him to do all of these terrible things including killing his own mother then dressing up and acting as his mother then killing these people as her as a way to show his jealousy.
• Jeepers Creepers (2001)
Jeepers Creepers was made in 2001 and was directed by Victor Salva. The film is about a brother and sister who are coming home from college and a mysterious driver tries to drive them of the road, then after many mysterious and strange events occurs it becomes known this is an ancient demon known as ‘The Creeper’ which rises every 23rd spring for 23 days to feast on human body parts in which once it is eaten becomes part of his body.
The main characters are the brother and sister, Darry and Trish and the Creeper himself who is hunting on the siblings.
This film uses lots of different shots, as a lot of the film is done or is evolving around the car a lot of the shots are done from the point of view of the siblings looking out the car window as they drive along; an example is when they seeing ‘The Creeper’ putting sheets with what they thing are bodies inside down a shoot, you are panning across as if you are looking out the window and it has a wide shot. The film also uses lots of reaction shots of the siblings to show the reaction to all the events they come across.
Binary oppositions are used in this film by the fact ‘The Creeper’ is always in the dark and wears black clothing and is always hiding and comes across mysterious compared to the siblings who are wearing light clothing and the emotions are shown as the events occurs.
All horror films have a monster this is the paradigms of the film, in this film the paradigms is ‘The Creeper’ as the mysterious surrounds him and he keeps appearing out of know where and creates questions wherever he goes. As the film continues the brother and sister meet people who keep giving them information about the mysterious creature and more events occur.
• Paranormal Activity (2007)
Paranormal Activity was made in 2007 and was directed by Oren Peli. The film is done as a documentary by Katie and Micah who are haunted by supernatural presence in the house and use a home camera to prove this.
The couple Katie and Micah are the two main characters along with the supernatural presence in the house.
Paranormal activity is different to a lot of horror/thriller films as it is done as a documentary style done on a home camera; many of the shots are done from the point of view of the person holding the camera or as a person speaking into the camera to tell the viewer something that has happened. An example is when they are holding the camera and filming going into the loft sequence as you can see it from the point of view. A lot of the shots are wide shots when they leave the camera on when they are sleeping.
The music is used in a typical horror film way by being in one location and then hearing a scream from a different part of the house as an example or hearing noises and doors creaking etc.
Binary oppositions in this film is the typical light vs. dark and hot vs. cold these are used in various places in the film. An example being when the girl has being doing mysterious things and Micah finds her outside it is freezing compared to the warmth of the house.
All horror films have a monster this is the paradigms of the film, in this film the paradigms is ‘the supernatural presence’ this ends up taking over the girl Katie at the end of the film. The film starts off with odd things like the door closing and noises and then things like footsteps appear and things begin to develop.
The exorcist was directed by William Friedkin; the film is about an exorcism case, it is dealing with the possession of a young girl and her mother’s desperation in her attempt to get her daughter back.
The main characters, the stock characters in the film is the possessed girl, the mother and the priest who comes to help them and does the exorcism along with another priest who has in the past done many exorcisms.
Close Up shots is a used shot in the film an example of this is the head rotation shot, in this shot you see the girl from the neck upwards and you see her head spin, this is known as one of the well known moments from the exorcist. Another shot that is used is a close up that does straight in a wide shot that pans round to a close up; the example of this is when you see a close up of the mums face that then shows a wide shot of the girl coming down the stairs in the crab and then pans round to a close up of her face. The use of these shots makes us more scared, and jump and bring us into the film.
The Exorcist use music like many horror/thriller films as a way of scaring and making the viewer jump; The Exorcist uses it by having silence then sudden noise or hearing a normal conversation then a scream in a different part of the setting. An example is when the mother is having a conversation with some one else in the house and then you suddenly hear a scream come from upstairs from the possessed girl which makes the viewer jump as it is unexpected.
This film uses binary oppositions as a way to separate the possessed girl to the rest of the household. As the devil gets more into the girl the room becomes freezing and icy this shows a difference compared to the rest of the house which is warm and homely.
All horror films have a monster this is the paradigms of the film, in this film the paradigms is the girl and how she is an ordinary kind family girl who gets possessed by the devil who turns her into this different person and how she is stuck in the body and is being taken over by it. The priest performing the exorcism orders the devil to leave the girl and it does but into the priest who was working with her as a psychiatrist he then kills himself by jumping out of the window this itself is a mystery as it is never concluded because after this incident the girl who was possessed comes back to her old self and doesn’t remember anything that happened and her and her mother leave the town and the house.
• Psycho (1960)
Psycho was made in 1960 and was directed by Alfred Hitchcock and is an American psychological thriller. The film is about a office worker who is fed up of her life, and when is trusted by her employer to take $40,000 she takes the money and is going to start a new life. She stops at ‘The Bates Motel’, the motel is managed by man who is dominated by his dead mother.
The main character in the film is Norman Bates a man who is the villain in the film he is driven mad of jealously when his mother finds another man after his fathers death, he kills both his mother and her lover, he then keeps his mothers corpse and develops dissocialise identity disorder, in where he dresses and thinks he is his mother and is killing people who come to stay in the motel
Close Up shots is a used shot in the film an example of this is when you see the shadowed image of the ‘mother’ holding a knife in the bathroom. This film also uses many mid shots an example of this includes when the women and Norman Bates are at the reception; this also includes and over the shoulder shot of the women looking at Norman. In the trailer there is a shot of the house where it looks like the camera is looking up to the house this creates strangeness around the house and creates questions.
The film psycho has music that was written by Bernard Hermann, is known as for its stabbing strings in the shower scene and the full orchestral score which reflect the urgency of the woman when she escapes.
Binary Oppositions is used in the film to separate different location etc, an example is the Banes house which is always in the dark and looks creepy and haunted and the actually motel which looks more normal.
All horror films have a monster this is the paradigms of the film, in this film the paradigms is Norman Bates and it is how he is an ordinary man who has this disorder which brings him to do all of these terrible things including killing his own mother then dressing up and acting as his mother then killing these people as her as a way to show his jealousy.
• Jeepers Creepers (2001)
Jeepers Creepers was made in 2001 and was directed by Victor Salva. The film is about a brother and sister who are coming home from college and a mysterious driver tries to drive them of the road, then after many mysterious and strange events occurs it becomes known this is an ancient demon known as ‘The Creeper’ which rises every 23rd spring for 23 days to feast on human body parts in which once it is eaten becomes part of his body.
The main characters are the brother and sister, Darry and Trish and the Creeper himself who is hunting on the siblings.
This film uses lots of different shots, as a lot of the film is done or is evolving around the car a lot of the shots are done from the point of view of the siblings looking out the car window as they drive along; an example is when they seeing ‘The Creeper’ putting sheets with what they thing are bodies inside down a shoot, you are panning across as if you are looking out the window and it has a wide shot. The film also uses lots of reaction shots of the siblings to show the reaction to all the events they come across.
Binary oppositions are used in this film by the fact ‘The Creeper’ is always in the dark and wears black clothing and is always hiding and comes across mysterious compared to the siblings who are wearing light clothing and the emotions are shown as the events occurs.
All horror films have a monster this is the paradigms of the film, in this film the paradigms is ‘The Creeper’ as the mysterious surrounds him and he keeps appearing out of know where and creates questions wherever he goes. As the film continues the brother and sister meet people who keep giving them information about the mysterious creature and more events occur.
• Paranormal Activity (2007)
Paranormal Activity was made in 2007 and was directed by Oren Peli. The film is done as a documentary by Katie and Micah who are haunted by supernatural presence in the house and use a home camera to prove this.
The couple Katie and Micah are the two main characters along with the supernatural presence in the house.
Paranormal activity is different to a lot of horror/thriller films as it is done as a documentary style done on a home camera; many of the shots are done from the point of view of the person holding the camera or as a person speaking into the camera to tell the viewer something that has happened. An example is when they are holding the camera and filming going into the loft sequence as you can see it from the point of view. A lot of the shots are wide shots when they leave the camera on when they are sleeping.
The music is used in a typical horror film way by being in one location and then hearing a scream from a different part of the house as an example or hearing noises and doors creaking etc.
Binary oppositions in this film is the typical light vs. dark and hot vs. cold these are used in various places in the film. An example being when the girl has being doing mysterious things and Micah finds her outside it is freezing compared to the warmth of the house.
All horror films have a monster this is the paradigms of the film, in this film the paradigms is ‘the supernatural presence’ this ends up taking over the girl Katie at the end of the film. The film starts off with odd things like the door closing and noises and then things like footsteps appear and things begin to develop.
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