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Preliminary Task

Dexter Opening Sequence

The opening sequence to Dexter is a thriller because there is mystery and suspense. There are close ups to build mystery as we never see his face until the end of the sequence. We can tell that the main character is a perfectionist as he takes time in what he is doing and we see him wrapping floss round his finger in a particular way. 

Dexter is a forensics scientist that kills serial killers for the things that they do wrong. He looks at blood spatter patterns in different cases, in the title sequence there is different ways we see blood as his name is written in blood effect, when he is cooking his breakfast there is blood from the meat and then when he is shaving he cuts himself and we see blood drop in the sink. 

Silence of the lambs Spoiler

Silence of the Lambs

 

Silence of the lambs is about a man that likes to kill people to use their body parts for different things whether that is his furniture or his food. A detective is set on his case to try and lure him in. In doing so ‘Hannibal’ is most intrigued in her and tries to get into her head to make her scared of him.  When they meet he speaks very calmly he is given privileges for his cooperation. Hannibal gives Clarice a shed but he requests that he is moved. In the shed she finds a victim strung up and returns to Hannibal for questioning. He gives details about a man doing the same as he is. Hannibal is moved and manages to escape from the police with a pen unlocking his cuffs; he kills the police that were holding him. Clarice who was trying to find out more about Hannibal hears of his escape and goes to find him, in doing so she finds Buffalo Bill who has a kidnapped girl. She saves the girl and takes in the man she found thinking it was the real Hannibal she becomes a higher rank in her work but the receives a call from Hannibal telling her that he is still alive and about to eat another victim. He is in the Bahamas hiding where he cannot be traced but obviously he does not tell her this.  Silence of the lambs has a sequel ‘The Red Dragon’

 

This thriller contains many questions within the film and within the viewer as the story is fast paced. The ending to the film gives the feeling of what’s going to happen next. Will Hannibal go after Clarice? Or will he leave her as she potentially set him free. The suspense in the film comes when Clarice is talking to Hannibal, as we never know if he will lash out. Hannibal is very calmly spoken so it gives an ere effect  Anthony Hopkins who plays Hannibal also helps give the effect as he looks just as scary as his character is portrayed.

Spoiler for Haunting In Conneticut

The Haunting in Connecticut

 

The haunting in Connecticut is based on a true story about a boy with cancer that has to move to a new house with his family. The bodies have symbols and letters carved in and their eyelids also missing. The house is stranded away from main civilisation is the most obvious way to show there’s going to be something their. Only the boy with cancer sees what the past was in this house and starts to see things and have nightmares more often the more he sees the worse his condition gets. The boy becomes possessed exactly the same as the boy from the past family that lived there. The family try to help their son but he just retaliates and gets worse, and as he does the eldest sister starts to see things herself but thinks nothing of it. The lights and all electrics that night go haywire. Everything in the house goes berserk and the boy is critically ill. We see what happened to the boy in the past during a ritual. The boy is rushed to hospital but escapes back to the house with an axe trying to free the bodies buried in the house. He sets fire to everything so the boy from the past can leave his body. The mother runs in to try save him and firemen rescue them. The boy is dying. He sees the boy that possessed him before being brought back to life as a thank you.

 

This is a thriller because it includes suspense when he is starting to see the flashes of the past family and when he returns with the axe we think he is going to kill his own family. The dark and gloomy feel to the film creates a feeling of wonder and we ask questions as for the main part of the film we are unsure on what the real story is. The illness of the boy is worsened by the possession of the boy from the past trying to get him to release what has been done before.

Mad Men In the Office

Women:
Secretary Jobs
Loose
Thick/unintelligent
To be looked at
Exposed
Hair and make up done and dresses are fitted to attract the male workers.


Men:
In control
Powerful
Concealed
To look
Management

Most of these words are opposites and are now seen as stereotypes. Back in the 60's women gained their rights but before this time the lists explaining the males and females would have been a "normal" description.

Social Groups:
Age
Gender
Ethnicity
Social class
Religion
Disability
Sexuality

4 Technical areas of analysis to write about.
Editing
Sound
Mise-en-Scene
Cinematography

4 Steps in framework for analysis.
1.Finding meaning in the way each sex acts
2.Who is more dominant and who is less powerful? Is this true to tradition
3.How does each character show their individuality
4.Different groups of people behaving the way they are portrayed to behave or bending tradition