Tuesday, 1 December 2015
Dexter Credits
Dexter is an American television crime,drama,mystery series,set in Miami.Dexter Morgan is a blood splatter expert for the Miami Metro Police Department who also leads a secret life of serial killer hunting down murderers.His policewoman sister and his cop co-workers have no idea Dexter lives a double life; however, adoptive father Harry knows his secret, and does, in fact, help Dexter hone his "skills."
DENOTATION
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CONNOTATION
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Daily
morning routine
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Murder
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Sauce
dripping on the knife
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Blood
Dripping
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Floss
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Strangling
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Shaving
throat
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Throat
cutting
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T-shirt
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Suffocation
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Monday, 30 November 2015
Thriller Conventions
What are the convention expected
Narrative,representation,theme use of micro element
Chasing-Bad and good-weakness
warning(impending doom)
tension for shadowing
PLOT TWIST
task to do objective - solve a situation
night time- dark time/setting
happy then sad
ACTION FILMS
less sophisticated plot
Action set pieces
explosion and fighting
HORROR
Threat is supernatural
Gore-blood
Extreme SCARE
Thriller convention
The protagonist will be seen in peril
Themes of identity are common
- Mistaken identity,doppelgänger,amnesia
- The protagonist fallible(not perfect)- has an achilles heel/weakness that is exploited
- The narrative centre upon crime (theft,murder)
- The antagonist ensnares the protagonist in an increasingly complex web,leaving them helpless and isolated
- The audience is placed in the ambiguous position of voguer
- A series of enigmas are established and resolved at the end. (mystery riddle)
- Themes of seeing reflection and mirroring
- Micro-element combine in a build up suspense
- Extraordinary events in ordinary situations
Rear Window
Suspense and Meaning
Rear window 1954
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
(Psycho, Vertigo, North by northwest, 39 steps, Rebecca, Suspicious, Marnie, The rope)
Jimmy Stewart - Jeff
Grace Kelly - Lisa
Thelma Ritter - Stella
Lars Thorwald – Raymond Burr
- Creating suspense
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Diegetic music from the neighbours flat
Tension
- We know the killer is coming. Jeff does Lisa doesn’t
- Jeff is helpless he cant move and the audience can’t help
- We know help is on the way
- Are they going to get there in time
- Editing shows us the emotion of Jeff and Stella, the danger is real.
- We know theres a struggle
- Is he going to kill her
- uncertainly
- The killer knows he is being watch,what will he do next.
SUSPENSE – GIVE INFORMATION
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Character
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Audience
SE7EN Location and setting
Se7en (1995)
Director David Fincher
Brad pitt - David mill
Morgan freeman detective somerset
Kevin Spacey- John doe
Gwyneth Paltrow - Tracy Mills
Scene 1
Location
Where - street side , flat raining,city,poorer area, US,built up area, area for crime
Time - 90's
What is this world like - busy , police car , siren diegetic ,ambulance, shop are close,aggressive,rainy,gloomy,old,cheap, garbage around, people push through mills surprised,depressing ,cloudy,dead body carry around
Colour palette green,brown,grey
Scene 2
Old fashioned - clothes
Where- house,flat,kitchen,bedroom
Time - 90's
What is this world like - Diegetic - neighbouring flat,siren,
The city is still even in his home
Lacking colours white brown beige
flick knife shows that outside is dangerous
Scene 3
Where - Diner, restaurant
Time - 90's
What is the world like - gloomy , busy,people always walk pass, negative , hate the world so much a child shouldn't be born here
Talks about pregnancy
reaction-sorrow
Tracey-terrible place
destroying new life
Tuesday, 3 November 2015
SE7EN
Character
Mills - aggressive, angry, mad, emotional,
passion, impatient, extreme anger
Violent physically push
photographer down the stair
Kick down the door of suspect
He shouts
He swear at milly – MILLS F***
OFF
Acts an impulse feeding off emotions
His crime is wrath
Kind gentle loving with his wife
(hugs wife)
Loving his dogs – energetic way-
rolls around with dogs
Confident – hero, believe he can fix things,
Make a difference – naïve – justice - happy
Somerset
Clam, patient, rational
Think thing through consequence
Keep a grip on his emotion
Neat, precise-how he dress, lays
out wallet badge knife very precise, pick fluff off his jacket, clean coffee
jar
Quitting, retirement- the world is
messed up – police fix and clean up cant be done-
Apathy (not caring)- people see
crime and do nothing about it [apathy is the solution]
Killer(john doe) represents both
Why do we watch scary films?
Do we like seeing evil punished?
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The excitement ‘ the think’ (physical response)
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Face fear (challenge ourselves)
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(Knowledge that everything is safe) Not scary if
not believable
Believed in catharsis
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A release of suppressed emotion
Exciting theory – Zolf Zillman
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Negative emotion
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Gain from violent/scary
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Imagery INTENSIFY the positive
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We enjoy seeing evil vanquished
Glenn D Walters
What makes a film
scary?
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Tension – suspense built up with filming
techniques
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Relevance – the fear generated has to be
relevant and believe by the audience
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Unrealism – We have to know there is no real
threat. This is safe space to explore and experiment
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