Comparing texts
One of the examples I have studied for my coursework research is Scream. It is the main case study for my research, as I will be using it as an inspiration for my own movie. The genre of Scream is horror, as will be the genre of my product. The narrative of it, though it seems pretty simply, makes the audience think. Most people when thinking of the film, will see a masked killer trying to get to a girl. However, when you pay more attention to it, it becomes more than that. The narrative makes the audience think. It makes them want to figure out who the killer is, and what their motive might be for trying to get to this girl, killing many people along the way. The fact that there seem to be many suspects only makes the movie more interesting, as the audience seems to be even more eager to try and figure out the mysterious killer. The representation also seems to be quite simple – almost predictable. The main victim is a girl – this is quite common in most horror films. Women are usually portrayed as the weaker sex; the ones that get attacked and have to try and protect themselves from incoming danger. Overall, even though the movie might seem a bit predictable, it keeps the audience on edge throughout. Every step along the way, something new happens that makes the audience re-think their previous conclusion as to who the killer may be.
One of the examples I have studied for my coursework research is Scream. It is the main case study for my research, as I will be using it as an inspiration for my own movie. The genre of Scream is horror, as will be the genre of my product. The narrative of it, though it seems pretty simply, makes the audience think. Most people when thinking of the film, will see a masked killer trying to get to a girl. However, when you pay more attention to it, it becomes more than that. The narrative makes the audience think. It makes them want to figure out who the killer is, and what their motive might be for trying to get to this girl, killing many people along the way. The fact that there seem to be many suspects only makes the movie more interesting, as the audience seems to be even more eager to try and figure out the mysterious killer. The representation also seems to be quite simple – almost predictable. The main victim is a girl – this is quite common in most horror films. Women are usually portrayed as the weaker sex; the ones that get attacked and have to try and protect themselves from incoming danger. Overall, even though the movie might seem a bit predictable, it keeps the audience on edge throughout. Every step along the way, something new happens that makes the audience re-think their previous conclusion as to who the killer may be.
The second film I have studied for my coursework research is The Strangers. The genre of this film is also horror, and it seems, in context, pretty similar to Scream. The reason I have chosen texts that are quite similar to each other, is because I have a fixed idea of what I want to do for my product. The story in The Strangers is also about mask killers, although the circumstances are a bit different. A couple is at a summer house and is attacked by a group of three masked killers. The film itself doesn’t seem to have much of a plot, as it is just about the three people trying to kill the couple – there doesn’t seem to be any particular reason for why they are doing it – except the fact that ‘they were home.’ The representation in this film challenges the one in Scream as in here, two out of the three murderers are women, and one person in the couple is a male. This shows that it doesn’t always have to be just a woman victim, and that the murdered doesn’t always have to be a man, either. This film also keeps the audience on edge, but in a different way. It does still keep them guessing on who the killers actually are, and if there is a reason for why they’re doing what they’re doing, but also, in The Strangers, there are many moments which make the audience react – scream, jump, etc.
