How does the director build suspense and scare the audience in the film jaws
How does the director build suspense and scare the audience in the film jaws The film is called "Jaws", which is about a very large shark, that's attacking people in the town of Amity. The film is set in 1975 and is building up to the 4th of July, Independence Day in America. With Amity being a seaside town with a large beach and it coming up to Independence Day, it is going to be more heavily populated for the holidays, which is good news for a hungry shark. I think Spielberg uses music very well to build suspense in this film, the theme music is very good because the pace can be sped up or slowed down to give the desired effect . In the opening sequence music is used to build suspense the theme music starts off slowly and you don't even see the shark, but the music immediately makes you think the shark is there and about to attack. Then the music gets faster and faster and it makes you almost certain you are going to see something like an attack or even a glimpse of the shark. It really builds tension, but, then there is a jump shot to a party on the beach where you can hear a mouth organ being played, this makes the audience feel more relaxed after expecting to see a shark attack. There is also a bonfire on the beach which together with the mouth organ creates a scene where people are really happy and enjoying themselves. The next scene is a girl swimming in the sea and
The sixth sense review
The sixth sense review 05 minutes Certificate 12 Director: M. Night Shyamalan Rating: Bruce Willis and Haley Joel Osment are just a few of the names in this clever and unsettling super natural thriller. M. Night Shyamalans' (signs, unbreakable and the village) latest masterpiece uses clever symbols and imagery to make the ultimate super natural thriller. We meet Cole in his home in modern day Philadelphia filled with a red brick past and dieing autumn leaves. Things from the beginning are clearly not right; Cole has no friends and suffers from panic attacks. The film makes several references to religion although more as something of safety than a faith. His mother is desperately worried and frustrated, you genuinely feel her and her son's love for one another but also the tension caused by lies. It is up to Dr Crow (Bruce Willis- in a predictable but still interesting character) to sort him out. Crow is haunted by memories of the past and a more recent encounter with a former patient that seems to have ended his marriage. Crow has to look deeper than his more usual cases and see what is really there. As the film goes on Dr Crow and Cole grow to trust each other until after a frightening encounter at chucky cheese he learns Cole's secret. The grey air of a hospital ward is filled by the frightened child's steamy breath as he utters the now clichéd words -'I see dead
Explore how the elements of the horrorgenre are shaped to make the opening extract grip and scare the audience
Explore how the elements of the horror genre are shaped to make the opening extract grip and scare the audience Horror films are made to grip and scare the audience in many different ways in the opening extract. I am going to be using two examples of classic horror movies and how they have scared their audiences. My first example of a horror movie is a film called 'I know what you did last summer' it was released in 1998. It starts with two couples talking about a rumour but they begin to argue about the rumours being true, that they actually happened. This makes the audience feel uncomfortable, they believe whatever happens in the so-called rumours could happen to them. They begin to talk about the gruesome ways in which people are killed after having sex, dieing after having sex in horror films is a typical convention. At this point mysterious and creepy music starts, which make the atmosphere very tense making the audience feel like something is going to happen. Therefore this grips the audience, as they know that something is going to happen but do not know exactly when it is going to happen. Each couple then has sex, breaking all of the rules of horror films, and it seems a stupid thing to do after they were all talking about horror stories and what happens after having sex. Even though the audience feel very tense and worry because something might happen to them,
Does Clark present arguments for and against 'assisted suicide' without prejudicing the audience in 'Whose Life Is It Anyway?'
Does Clark present arguments for and against 'assisted suicide' without prejudicing the audience in 'Whose Life Is It Anyway?' The play 'Whose Life is it Anyway' is about a man called Ken and his struggle for the right to decide his own future, after a tragic car accident leaves him paralysed from the neck down. This play was written in the 1970's, and the audiences of then and today are completely different. I can imagine the audience being extremely shocked by the topic of the play, when first watching it in the 70's, because euthanasia was not discussed openly in those times, and the fact that Ken wins his case must have been upsetting for some. However modern thoughts on euthanasia are not so discreet. For example, over the last year, there have been about three cases where people have gone to the high courts to fight for the right to die! People are more aware of their rights, the Patients Charter. So most of the modern audience are not shocked by the topic or the outcome of the play. The language was quite strong in parts of the play, and the audience of the 70's might have felt uncomfortable, also with the sexual content, for instance Ken says, "From where I'm lying, if you can make it at all - even with your right hand - it would be heaven." Whereas nearly every film released today contains swearing or sexual content! Brian Clark wanted to show the audience
The performance in question was a performance of
Review of An Inspector Calls... The performance in question was a performance of "An Inspector Calls", by J B Priestley, at the Playhouse Theatre, Northumberland Avenue, London. It was watched on the 24th October 2001. One noticeably unique idea behind this particular performance was how the set was arranged. The scenery on the stage was well made and there had obviously been much effort put in. The Birlings' house on the stage was quite extraordinary. It was small and detailed, displaying the Birling family's affluence and wealth. Inside the house, the rooms were elaborately furnished and fitted. The wallpaper was rich and colourful, with a jungle or plant pattern on it - a great sign of wealth around those times. There was a beautiful, imposing grand father clock in the room, intricately decorated. The table was decorated and laid lavishly, with silver cutlery and golden candlesticks. The room looked comfortable and a place where people would feel contented. This could be used to great contrast with its surroundings. The house, although small, had at least three floors: the floor on which the dining room was an upstairs and a cellar - a grand house, illustrating the class of the Birling family. The house had a balcony, and even had a golden doorknocker, showing how much attention the Birling family had paid to making their house stand out. The house was elevated above
Theatre of the Oppressed Theorised: Who, How, and What Comprises Forum Theatre's capacity to liberate?
Theatre of the Oppressed Theorised: Who, How, and What Comprises Forum Theatre's capacity to liberate? "I adored chemistry... [But] a chemist who doesn't like sulphur is like a doctor who doesn't like blood."1 On visiting Boal's home in Copacabana I was delighted by his theatrical surroundings of a sea view and colourful wall-to-wall shelving of literature. But never, in my (quite modest) imagination, did I envisage amidst his dramatic haven an open copy of 'The User's Guide to the Brain'. To my dismay, Boal's upbringing was of one bored by test tubes and examinations and rewarded with a place to study chemistry at university. He elaborated; "If you use images, words, and sounds it broadens the mind... The more you exercise your brain, the more you deepen your knowledge."2 Throughout this paper I have volunteered the conclusion that Boal's theatre practices freely manifest emotions from an actor's body. His ever-apparent commitment to science and theorising provides me with plentiful groundwork to suggest reasons why his sets of alliances develop within and profoundly affect a person, and how he creates this network of meaningful and mobilising activities. Throughout this chapter, I refer to the notable influence of Paulo Freire's 'Pedagogy of the Oppressed' and scientific researches into theories of social cognition that I believe are comparable to the Boalian
Evaluate the performances of Bouncers and Shakers with reference to the performance skills required and those that Godber as a playwright demands from his performers. Your essay should include reference to your own work and the work of others.
Evaluate the performances of Bouncers and Shakers with reference to the performance skills required and those that Godber as a playwright demands from his performers. Your essay should include reference to your own work and the work of others. John Godber writes the plays of Bouncers and Shakers. They are both similar to one another because they both have humour and a series of character transformations. I thought that all of the performances where very well done and where the best I had seen anyone do. I think all the groups used different styles, such as in Mac's group at the start they used musical mime and at the end they used a good piece of mime in their fight scene. A couple of the groups used chorus work in their pieces, like in Deria's group they used that style in the part when they sang happy birthday, it was funny because they sang "happy birthday" at the same time but sang to different names like "Zoë, Clare". Andrew's group used mime in their fight scene as well but they also had a monologue too, in which thought was well done, but Andrew could have been a bit more still he moved about too much during his monologue. Two groups had one or more actors missing one of them was Nicola's group, they had three actors missing but it was still good, Dean was at his best I thought but he should have had a bigger part seeing as he was only in it for a couple of minutes,
How Peter Shafer uses 'Equus' to portray religion
How Peter Shafer uses 'Equus' to portray religion The book Equus, gives its audience a deeper view on religion by relating it to a series of scenes in the play. Religion as a whole is mainly a person's belief and what they do in life depends on this belief. If, within a religion, a person is told that something is the right thing to do then that person will try in as many ways as possible to live up to this. Religion can mean anything anyone wants it to mean and be anything they make it. It does not have to be believed in by many people, it can be a personal belief of one person. 'Equus' proves that religion can be anything. Alan, one of the main characters of this play, finds belief in horses. He worships them, just as many people worship God, Allah and Buddha. He has strong feelings for them and spends as much time with them as possible. Much the same as strong Christians do when at church. But as the play goes on, he starts to feel more than a spiritual love for them and becomes sexually attracted to them as well. He has such an overwhelming passion for them that he spends all the time he can with them. We learn that the main causes of his actions in the play are caused by his parents. His mother is a strong Christian and his father an atheist. His mother had tried to educate him about sex but failed to tell it with the correct details. She tells him that when he
The Self-help Craze: Motivational Speakers And Solutions They Sell
The Self-help Craze: Motivational Speakers And Solutions They Sell "I'm good enough, I'm smart enough, and gosh darn it, people like me," says Guy Smiley as he looks at himself in the mirror. This is how each Guy Smiley skit opened on Saturday Night Live, with actor Mike Myers playing Smiley. The character is a comic interpretation of a motivational guru, who tried to use mantras like the one above to over come insecurities. Although Smiley is fictional, the self-help genre Myers was making fun of has been growing in the last few decades and it on the rise. The public is being bombarded on every medium by self proclaimed gurus who offer people solutions to every problem they could face. Through television, radio, audio tapes, and live seminars, motivational speakers promise to give audiences the keys to change their lives, for a price. In 1995 an article in Forbes revealed that the self-help industry was estimated to generate 1.6 billion (Gubernick, 1995). According to an article in Business Week the books, tapes, and videos alone generated seven billion dollars in sales in 1999 (Morris, 1999). The followers of self-help gurus will enthusiastically swear that the teachings in a particular program have changed their lives, while skeptics view the programs as overly simplistic propaganda. As Marlin describes propaganda as a "systematic, motivated attempt to
media bowling for columbine
Gareth Elahi How does Michael Moor create a view point in 'Bowling for Columbine'? Bowling for columbine is a film documentary created by Michael Moor to bring attention to the growing gun problems in America; he investigates the results of them falling into the wrong hands. He uses an extreme example of this in the film which is massacre at columbine high school, where two boys went into the school and opened fire on their class mates and then killed themselves. Two of the main questions the film asks is, why is America so violent? And who is responsible for the columbine massacre? The film starts with Michael Moor opening an account at a national bank after seeing an advert in the paper which said that you will receive a free gun if you open an account. After completing a form to confirm he doesn't have any mental illness he receives his free gun. I feel the Moor has carefully selected this scene to start his film with; it has been filmed using steadicam which follows Moor and enables the audience to see the expressions of Moor and the workers in the bank. The use of steadicam shows the people working at the bank are comfortable with what is happening and none of the people in the shot seem to be shocked by this. This opening scene shows the audience how guns are accepted in American culture and how easy it is to obtain one. I fell Moor has portrayed the bank workers as