Cabin in the Woods (2012) directed by Drew Goddard is a hybrid of the horror and the comedy genre, yet it also is a meta-commentary on the horror genre. I found it a very interesting, intelligent and self aware film. I found myself laughing and…
I feel this blog is a good place to write an opinion based piece on Action Cinema. This week’s film was Ronin (1998), directed by John Frankenheimer. My personal opinion of the film was that it was OK for an action film, especially as I…
The bottle drama! A central theme of the bottle drama is the idea that due to the lack of freedom/lack of interesting space and change, the director, writers, etc, have to come up with some really interesting emotional script to keep the viewer interested. The…
This weeks film, The Killers (1946) directed by Robert Soidmak, was probably the only “classic” film noir I have seen. I quite enjoyed the film, although many in our class found it flat, and felt despondent about it. As a class we discussed the illogical usage…
This week involved our class presentations and also some snippets/discussion of vampire flicks, as I was away for this discussion, and also focused on vampire flicks for my first exegesis, this weeks blog will focus on the class presentations/ideas for coming projects, with only a…
‘The musical refers to films that involve the performance of a song and/or dance by the main characters and also include singing and/or dancing as an important element’ (Grant, 2012). In 1986, Grant wrote an article ‘The Classical Hollywood Musical and the “Problem” of Rock n…
In this weeks class we watched Berberian Sound Studio (2012) directed by Peter Strickland. I found this film very interesting and unique. The film plays with the usage of sound in film. The film screwed with diegesis. Early on in the film, I assumed that…
The part if this weeks film Aliens by James Cameron that captivated me the most was the part when Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) in attempting to save the character of Newt (Carrie Henn), stumbled into the queen bee’s hive, or in other words the…
The genre of this week is the romanic comedy, more commonly referred to as the romcom. This week we watched a film that epitomises the romcom, Sleepless in Seattle (1993) directed by Nora Ephron. For this weeks blog I want to discuss the themes and tropes…
PB1 reflection exploding genre. I want to actively watch a diverse array of films and study them in a new light. I want to learn about genres, and learn to appreciate the filmic techniques that express/break the boundaries of a genre, as well as detect…