Research Rationale

This is a YouTube video explaining and walking through the introduction of my research for my brief.

PRELIM: Director's Commentary

This is a YouTube video with my partner and I discussing and commenting on the final product.

PRELIM: Remake Clip

PRELIM: Editing

PRELIM: Evidence of Shooting

PRELIM: Storyboard

This is the storyboard my partner and I made when discussing and mapping out our clip and understanding what scenes happened.

PRELIM: Schedule

PRELIM: Unfriended Analysis

This is a YouTube video of my partner and I analysing and discussing the clip of Unfriended we are choosing to recreate.

https://youtu.be/2Iq1xIjKGS0?t=3m1s

Above is the chosen clip.

Barthes' Enigma Code

This is an EMaze explaining Barthes' Enigma code which shows the importance of understanding the mind of the audience as well as how to keep their attention on the movie which can help in creating my trailer by knowing what to put in and what to leave out.

Ferdinand Saussure

Audience Theories

This is a Soundcloud explaining different audience theories and it's links to horror.

Wells' Research and Cohen's Moral Panics

Wells Research and Cohen’s Moral Panic from rubab101

This is a SlideShare explaining both Wells' Research and Cohen's Moral Panics and its use of explaining theory in the horror genre.

Cabin in the Woods

This is a YouTube video explaining the movie Cabin in the Woods and the significance of it. By exploring the characters, plotlines and such, I have come to learn the variety in the horror genre as well as what may be needed to include or used in my trailer in order to attract an audience.

Clover's The Final Girl

This is a Prezi discussing the theory of Final Girl which I found interesting as characters often differ from stereotypes set out in common movies.

Barbara Creed's Monstrous Feminine

The Monstrous Feminine c. 1993

Barbara Creed is a Professor of Cinema Studies at School of Culture and Communication.

Developing her theory through the work of Mulvey's Male Gaze before developing her theory and concentrating on horror, specifically slasher, films.

Also basing her research and theory from Freud's psychological theory, she presented the idea that women are often portrayed in the media as monstrous which is most obviously shown in horror films.

An example of the 'Monstrous Feminine' would be the villain, Kayako Saeki. Dying under the hands of her husband, Takeo after he goes insane with cheating scenarios, Kayako lives on with her child, Toshio, a curse to further haunt those who enter her house or tangles with her unrested spirit. With a similar motherly aspect turned villainous as seen in other movies presenting monstrous females such as Carrie, Kayako and her son are onryōs (vengeful spirits). With Kayako's actions throughout the movie causing the death of many, she strongly presents the character of a monstrous female as suggested by Creed.

With the power of different storylines impacting the role of a monstrous female, I feel that I may use this theory when constructing my own trailer. This is because a character such as Kayako, although presenting a fearful image, exudes power which contrasts from feeble roles women play at times in horror.