Background To The Series Of Friday The 13th

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The Friday The 13th series first started in 1980 with the first ever film titled Friday The 13th part one.

Steve Miner was the Producer and Tom McLoughlin

who was the Writer and the Director.

Unknown to Tom this film was to set of a series of the most brilliant horror films ever to be made.

The main character in this film is Adrian King (Alice).

Alice is one of eight Camp Councilors who has to deal with the horrifying situations at Camp Crystal Lake.

She encounters lots of terrifying death scenes throughout the film.

Being the main character in the film she is the only one that survives Mrs. voorhees.

The film also features the character Pamela (Mrs. voorhees ) she plays the role of Jason’s mother who is out to avenge her son’s death (Jason).

The theme of this film is Horror and Suspense, it has been made simply to horrify the audience.

I chose this film because it is my favorite horror film ever, and also has some excellent special effects, and I also have loads of behind the scenes information on the film

Another great star in this film is Kevin bacon that started of his film career in this film

And went on to become a very successful star in the box office.

Friday The 13th Part 6 Jason Lives

This film was made in1986 and is the longest of the Friday the 13th series.

By now the Friday the 13th series had stormed across America and was hitting the United Kingdom by storm.

The producer of this film was Don Behrns and Tom McLoughlin who again written and directed the film.

The main character in this film is Thom Matthew’s (Tommy), Tommy has been around for the last two sequels, and just as he thought Jason was dead he is now back from the grave and Tommy has to deal with him one more time.

Another star in this film is C J Graham (Jason) who is the killer; Jason is there to kill anyone who steps into his territory.

There are lots of changes in this sequel; one is that unlike the first one Jason is the killer not his mother.

Unlike most film sequels, which have the same main character, Friday the 13 part 6 has a different character than the first one.

The reason I like this film best is because of the great slaughter scenes and as I said before this sequel is the longest out of all of them.

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Another star in this film is C J Graham (Jason) who is the killer; Jason is there to kill anyone who steps into his territory.

There are lots of changes in this sequel; one is that unlike the first one Jason is the killer not his mother.

Unlike most film sequels, which have the same main character, Friday the 13 part 6 has a different character than the first one.

The reason I like this film best is because of the great slaughter scenes and as I said before this sequel is the longest out of all of them.

This film also has lots of awesome special effects for the year it was made and has

Very suitable music, language and plot.

Story of the Film

The opining scene in this film is Tommy Jarvis and his friend Allen Hawes are driving through the forest road on their way to the Graveyard to dig up and cremate Jason’s corpse. But when Tommy pierces Jason’s corpse wit an iron fence post, a bolt of lightning hits it and resurrects Jason.

After climbing out of the grave he punches Allen through the chest and rips out his heart, after that Tommy flees and Jason returns to the camp for its grand opening.

Tommy goes to the Police station and asks the sheriff for help, but when he tries to grab a shotgun, the sheriff and his deputy throw him into a cell. When all this is happening camp counselors Lizabeth and Darren are murdered by Jason on their way to camp.

The next day Sheriff Garris’ daughter Megan and her friends Sissy, Paula and Cort go to the station. Tommy tries to warn them about Jason but the Sheriff shuts him up and escorts him to the town limits.

At the camp the counselors are getting ready for the new campers, when this is going on Jason kills five people who are playing paint ball in the Forrest and gets a new Machete. When the Sheriff is escorting Tommy to the Town limits they go past the Graveyard and Tommy turns of and heads for the Graveyard to prove Jason’s not there in his Grave, but the caretaker has covered it back up, the police then get Tommy and escort him out of the Town.

That night Cort goes to a girls RV and has sex, Jason pulls out the power cable to the RV

And goes on it while they are trying to fix it. They both hear a noise and go back onto the RV. While Cort is driving Jason pulls Nikki into the toilet and crushes her head through the RV wall. Cort is playing music very loud so he does not hear Jason approaching him he looks into the rear view mirror and sees Jason as he sticks a knife through Cort’s head and the RV spins out of control, when it stops Jason gets out unharmed.

Back at the camp Jason murders Sissy and Paula and uses their blood to paint the cabin walls.

Tommy returns to the Town with the Sheriff’s daughter Megan and the Sheriff find him and arrests him for the murder of Cort and Nikki. Later on when the deputy is minding Tommy and Megan she tricks him and busts him out.

All the Police get suspicious and go to the cam to investigate. Jason kills two of the police and the Sheriff has a one on one fight with Jason, Jason kills him and goes after Megan, he tries to crush her head but Tommy distracts him and lures him into the lake.

Jason heads for Tommy who is in a boat waiting for him, when he gets there he disappears under water, after a minute Jason jumps up and has a little battle with Tommy, Tommy manages to slip the chain over Jason which is attached to a stone block and Jason is pulls down to the bottom of the lake until next time.

Scene 1

The first scene I have chosen is the opening scene that is before the opening credits. In this scene Tommy Jarvis and his friend Allen Hawes escape from the mental institute and go to Jason’s grave to dig him up and then cremate him, because Tommy keeps having flashbacks from when his family is murdered. They dig him up and Tommy grabs an iron fence post and pierces Jason’s chest. A couple of seconds later a lightning bolt hits the iron fence post and the charge resurrects Jason’s corpse. Jason gets up out of his grave and while Tommy is throwing petrol on him Allen jumps out on him but Jason puts his fist through his chest and rips out his heart. Tommy then runs away and Jason goes back to the camp.

Analysis Scene 1

In scene 1 the camera work is very simple, it is mainly made up of close ups extreme close ups and high angle shots. There is also one long shot and a couple over the shoulder shots, and also one low angle shot where Jason is looking at Tommy. The film also has a little bit of tracking.

The sound in this is very simple too it is made up mostly of diegetic sounds like the background music and the talking of Tommy and Allen. There is also some Non diegetic sounds like the thunder and the car zooming past the screen.

The lighting in this film is quite hard because it is at night and there is authentic light from the lightning. This scene is made up entirely of key lighting and filler lighting, there are only one or two examples of back lighting.

The editing in this film is also very simple there is loads of simple cuts from Tommy to Allen; there are also some jump cuts like when Tommy is remembering when he was a child. There is also one example of a montage.

Scene 2

The second scene I have chosen is right at the end of the film when Tommy and Megan are arguing. Tommy wants to chain Jason to a rock and sink him in the lake, when Jason breaks into the dorms and the girls and boys scream. Megan runs to them while Tommy goes away in the boat. Megan gets there, and Jason jumps through the cabin wall and starts to crush her head, but Tommy keeps shouting at him “come on maggot head”, and distracts Jason and Jason goes after Tommy in the Lake. Jason heads to Tommy while Tommy waits anxiously, Jason disappears underneath the water and Tommy gets scared. Tommy looks all around him, suddenly Jason jumps up out of the water and tries to pull Tommy in, but Tommy puts up a fight and they wrestle for a bit. Eventually Tommy gets the chain over Jason’s body and Jason sinks to the bottom. On the way down Jason grabs Tommy’s foot and tries to take him with him, Tommy fights back and pulls the cord to the engine and after a couple of unsuccessful tugs he finally starts it and lures Jason’s head into the propeller, ad cuts open Jason’s head.

Scene Analysis 2

In scene 2 the camera work is very difficult, there are tons of close ups a few extreme close ups. There are also a lot of big extreme close ups from Tommy to Jason. There are on or two long shots like when Tommy is looking at Megan from the boat. There is one over shoulder shot and plenty of rolling.

There are lots of sound effects in this scene. There is a lot of Diegetic sounds like the shouting and the background music, but there is also lots of Non Diegetic son effects like burning and the water splashing.

The lighting in this scene is again very hard because it is dark. There are mostly key lights and filler lights, but there are some bits of back lighting like the cabin lights.

The editing is very simple because there is nothing but simple cuts from Tommy to Jason, and there are only a couple of jump cuts from Tommy to Megan.