Zodiac Narrative Range

Zodiac Narrative Range

Unrestricted(Big picture) -

Audience know more than character
We knew the zodiac never gets caught
We knew about the killing

Shots - Long,  Wide and High Angle shots

Restricted(Detail) -

The audience learns information/plot same time as the character
Details of case
The suspect

Shots  - Close ups

Thriller conventions

Why we watch scary films

Why we watch scary films

Personal Fears-

Loneliness - Iam legend

Clowns - IT

Needles - SAW

Blood - A serbian Film

Society Fears-

AI - I robot/ Terminator

Zombie apocalypse- War Z

The Youth - The children

Government control - The Purge

How fears are used for entertainment

Fears are used for entertainment

Dolf Zillman

The negative emotions gained from violent/ scary / negative imagery - intensity the positive.

Aristotle Catharsis

We purge / cleanse our own negative / violent feeling, by watching/ consumming/ experience violent, negative.

Glen D Walters

• Tension - Create use of micro-elements and manipulate infromation and narrative
• Relevance - The gear generated has to be relevant to the audience
• Unrealism - The audience have to be aware it isnt real

Dexter - Shape theory

Shape theory

In class we compared different shapes and what we thought about it

Circle

welcoming

fair

not harmful

repetitive

nice

cosy

cute

chubby

All these were positive

An example of character that fits this is mickey mouse

Triangle

rude
violent
angry
harmful
mean
awful

All these were negative

An example of character that firs this is the devil himself.

Square 

balance

mature

justice

protection

control

All these were positive

An example of character that fits this is the grandpa from UP

Children of Men - Opening Analysis

Film Openings

In all film opening there are conventions (what the audience expect to see).
An example of what we watched in class: children of men