Pitch

Do not get fooled by her beauty for which it is in contrast to her character.

Rescued a human from death. Worst mistake as her secret of who she is, is then revealed.

Synopsis Of Vampire Film

Vampire Synopsis:

Scene begins with a sharp back and forth editing from when a young woman in her past with her encounter of vampires and present; what she has turned in to.  This woman has no friends, family and does not speak to anyone as she pants like a dog to the woods. People stop and stare at her gracious beauty and know that there is something different about her but just cannot point out how contrasting she is to normal human beings.

Another scene begins with a young man celebrating his nephew’s birthday having fun with upbeat music and laughter of kids in the background.  After the party, the nephew asks if he can go outside to play. Few hours later, the nephew is nowhere to be seen and is then put amongst the other 75 children that are missing in the neighbourhood.

This woman has something very peculiar about her character as she likes to kidnap young children and use them for her own advantage of being a blood sucking vampire.  People in the neighbourhood begin to realise that a large number of children are starting to go missing. She is on her way to the woods, she comes across a human that is in danger and is on the urge of death, resentful to whom she is and who her character may be, she felt the need to help the young man and save him from the misery of death.  This young man later ends up in the hospital and has flashing images of the vampire that saved him. He goes out on a quest to meet this woman to thank her. Little does he know that he will find out that his missing nephew’s evidence of death is lurking in her house…

How Young Women Are Represented In Horror Films.

Write 500 words on the representation of young women in horror films. You must research this first and you must provide clear examples from horror texts.

Paranormal Activity 4 is a lead up from all of the other Paranormal Activity films. The story is developed further in the fourth movie five years after Katie killed her boyfriend Micah, Sister Kristi, her husband Daniel and kidnapping their baby, Hunter. Story focuses on Alex and her family experiencing supernatural activities since the new neighbours moved in the town.

Katheryn Newton plays the tragic role of Alex in this film.

Alex is stereotypical 15 year old girl that experiences supernatural activities in her own home when her neighbour comes to stay and live with them for a while. In the film, we see that Alex develops a relationship with her friend Ben and he encounters the idea of exposing the supernatural activities that are happening. Alex is seen as brave and daring when it comes to what is happening in her house. She conquers through the horror scenes and still manages to try and find out what is happening that is causing so much chaos in her house. However, Alex later on dies in the movie

The Roommate is a horror/thriller film that was released in February 2011. This film is based in college as two roommates become really good friends and one of the girls gets a bit obsessive with the other and things start to turn into a bit of a disaster.  Minka Kelly plays as Sara Matthews a victim and one of the young women in the film. Leighton Meester plays Rebecca Evans as the obsessive roommate. In this film, Sara Matthews is portrayed as a strong and brave character as she urges to find out more about the case of Rebecca Evans and get to the bottom of things.

Rebecca Evans is shown as the compulsive girl that tries to destroy everyone that gets in between her relationship with Sara Matthews.

Uninvited - Movie Style

Research on Directors

Olivier Megaton

A French film director known for directing big hit films such as Taken 2 and Transporter 3. This suggests that his style of work flows towards the genre of 'Action'.












Robert Luketic
An Australian film director that has directed top film industry hits such as Legally Blonde, Killers and Monster-In law. This signifies that he bases his film genres on Romantic Comedy.












David Dobkin
An American film director that is best known for directing comedy films such as Clay Pigeons, Wedding Crashers, Fred Clause and The Change-Up.

Master Shot

Essay on opening scene of 'City of God'

In the opening scene of the film ‘City of God’, the sharpening of the knife is in contrast to the upbeat and liveliness that is in the environment; the music in the background, the food preparations and the drums that are being played by the people. The diegetic sound of the knife sharpening overlaps the upbeat music and the short yet quick and extreme close up shots of the knife create tension. This is because the use of a knife signifies that there will be violence and conflict later on in the film. The close up shots of the chicken in between the continuity shots of the knife sharpening and the food making portrays the chicken as an object. This objectification is also shown when another chicken in the scenario is skinned and is part of the food preparation. The close up shot of the chickens’ leg being tied up signifies the impact of being ‘trapped’ which could later relate to human violence.

When the chicken is being slaughtered, the graphic use of blood signifies and connotes death and danger which could leave the viewer’s questioning whether or not the connotation will be in use later on in the film. In the scene, once the chicken escaped from being slaughtered, it shows that it has gained a sense of freedom. However, when the gang members notice that the chicken has escaped, they try to recapture the freedom that the chicken has, indicating the way the Brazilian gang members ‘capture’ other peoples freedoms with violence and conflict.

Once the chicken landed on the ground from the high flight that it had fell from, the upbeat and lively music stops with a sudden silence, signifying that the oncoming scene is no longer ‘upbeat’ nor ‘lively’ giving an insight that trouble and conflict is to be seen. The gang leader shouts “F**k, the chicken’s got away! Go after that chicken, man!” It shows how dominant the leader is as he orders the gang members to catch the chicken. This is when the shot is captured from underneath the stairs when the gang members rush out to capture the chicken by the use of armed weaponry such as guns. This denotes that the gang will be willing to do anything to and go out of their way to capture something that is seen as an ‘object’, portraying danger in the life of Brazilian slums. The short and close up shots of when the gang leader is finding the violence humorous portrays how irrational he is.

The birds-eye view shot that was taken to show the gang members chasing the chicken exposes an overall view of how the Brazilian slums are and shows their living ways. When the chicken is trying to be captured by the gang, the camera shot was made to show that its purpose was to only focus and draw attention to the chicken as the gang members’ legs were only shown, not their full bodies. The fact that the chicken is trying to escape from being slaughtered could relate to the connotation often used as of being a ‘chicken’ or a coward. This connotation could then be deeply explored even greatly further on in the film in contrast to the domain character in the film.

Furthermore in the scene, two boys are targeted by the gang in the middle of the road to catch the chicken, a 180 degree rule was used to show the boys and the gang, another 180 degree rule was used when the gang was confronted by the police. The music blended in with the apprehensive scene as it made the scene seem violent.