Insituational Analysis
During film research, we also looked at where general films may be shown, mostly looking at amateur films as they would be likely shown...
Deviation Opening Sequence
I have researched the openings of various thriller films in order to find out some of the key title conventions for a thriller film and...
Binary Opposites in Horns - Levi Strauss
The film horns explores a variety on genre boundaries and pushes into different catagories. Within the trailer we can see the oppositions...
Binary Opposition - Levi Strauss
Binary opposition is the way a word has meaning, and how these meaning are associated with them, the positive and negative connotations...
Semiotics - Levi Strauss
Semiotics suggests how an idea or concept is portrayed through signs, symbols and motifs. A semantic field shows how many words are...
Aristotle
Aristotle claimed that ‘All drama is conflict’. Strausse said that all stories are propelled forward by conflict that is caused by...
Levi Strauss
Levi Strausse had the idea of binary opposites and how binary opposites such as good and bad can relate to films providing interesting...
Vladmir Propp
Vladmir Propp is a russian critic, he specialised in the structure of fairy tale. He wrote a book called Morphology of the folk tale in...
Seven - Opening Sequence
The film is directed by David Fincher, who is known for using low key lighting and silhouettes, which are both conventions of thriller...
I, Robot - Opening Sequence
The title is shown in a computer like font, showing the film involves technology. The title sequence then uses foreshadowing, as the...
