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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuE8DXDTYag&feature=related
THE CLIP ABOVE IS FROM THE 1990's PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER FILM JACOB'S LADDER. THROUGHOUT THE FILM THE MAIN CHARACTER HAS HALLUCINATIONS OVER HIS PAST, THIS RELATES TO THE IDEAS BROUGHT ACROSS IN REFLECTIONS. THE CLIP SHOWS JACOB IN A PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL, AND CREATES TENSION, FEAR AND ANTICIPATION THROUGH THE SOUNDS AND CAMERA MOVEMENT ETC. TENSION, FEAR AND ANTICIPATION IS KEY WITHIN A HORROR FILM AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I WILL TRY TO PRESENT. WATCHING JACOBS LADDER HAS GIVEN ME IDEAS FOR SHOOTING THE HOSPITAL SCENE AND TO GIVE IT A SENSE OF HORROR.

FIRST GROUP MEETING AND SYNOPSIS

MY HORROR FILM PRESENTATION WAS PICKED TO BE PRODUCED, AND I WAS PUT INTO A GROUP WITH GEORGE AND BRETT. WE DISCUSSED MY ORIGINAL IDEAS AND BUILT A STORY AROUND THE EVENTS.

SYNOPSIS
REFLECTIONS IS A STORY OF A YOUNG GIRL NAMED EMILY (18) WHO HAS ENDED UP IN A PSYCHIATRIC WARD OF A HOSPITAL AND REVOLVES AROUND THE RELATIONSHIP OF HER AND HER PSYCHIATRIST, DR HEMINGWAY (50S). WE BELIEVE HE IS TRYING TO SAVE HER FROM HER LIFE OF SELF ABUSE. WHICH SHE BELIEVES IS DUE TO THE IMPACT OF MIRRORS, WHICH INSTRUCT HER TO SELF MUTILATE.THE SCENE REVOLVES AROUND A CONVERSATION BETWEEN DR HEMINGWAY AND ELIZABETH CONTAINING FLASHBACKS OF INCIDENT WITHIN HER PAST UNDER THE CONTROL OF MIRRORS. WE LEARN THAT THE VOICE OF THE REFLECTION IS THE VOICE OF DR HEMINGWAY, WHO WE BELIEVE TO BE HELPING HER.ONE EVENING ELIZABETH HEAR THE VOICE OF WHAT SHE BELIEVES TO BE THE MIRRORS ORDERING HER TO FINALLY KILL HERSELF, SHE FOLLOWS HER INSTRUCTIONS AND WALKS TOWARD THE BATHROOM IN WHICH SHE WALKS TO A MIRROR… WHEN SUDDENLY DR HEMINGWAY WALKS TOWARD HER AND BRUTALLY KILLS HER. THIS SYNOPSIS IS A WORKING PROGRESS AND WE HIGHLY SUSPECT THAT THERE MAY BE CHANGES TO THE PLOT.

MY HORROR FILM PRESENTATION

REFLECTIONS IS MOSTLY AIMED AT AGES 18-25, I WOULD CHOOSE TO HAVE AN INDEPENDENT BRITISH FILM COMPANY MAKING THE FILM AS I WANT IN TO BE REALISTIC AND AS TRUTHFULL AS POSSIBLE TO THE SETTING, (ENGLAND) IN MY NEXT BLOG POST YOU WILL SEE THE SIGNIFICANCE OF VOICES WITHIN THE PLOT.

HORROR POSTER

THIS IMAGE IS A POSTER FOR THE HORROR FILM, 28 WEEKS LATER. THE DARK COLOURS OF THE BACKGROUND SET THE OMINOUS MOOD OF THE FILM, DUE TO THE DARK BACKGROUND THE TITLE STANDS OUT CLEARLY AND ALSO LINKS STRONGLY TO THE IDEA OF BLOOD AND HORROR. THE CELTIC SYMBOL ALSO REPRESENTS POWER.

THRILLER POSTER

THIS IS THE MOVIE POSTER FOR THE THRILLER FILM, BRING ME TO HELL. THE POSTER CLEARLY ILLUSTRATES THE IDEAS AND PLOT OF THE FILM, AS THE IMAGE RELATES TO THE TITLE. THE WAY IN WHICH THE HAND ARE PULLING THE WOMEN FROM TH FLAMES IS A VERY POWERFUL IMAGE, LIKEWISE HER EMOTION IS TO.

WHAT IS A THRILLER?

THE MAIN AIM OF A THRILLER IS TO EMOTE FEAR AND MAKE THE VIEWER FEEL AS UNCOMFORTABLE AS POSSIBLE.
A THRILLER RELIES ON THE INTRICACY OF THE PLOT TO CREATE FEAR, APPREHENSION AND SUSPENSE. IT DOES THIS BY PLAYING ON OUR EVERYDAY FEARS MAKING US RELATE WITH THE CONTENT.THIS IS DONE BY DRAWING ON OUR OWN FEARS, THESE FEARS CAN BE VOYEURISTIC, SEXUAL OR VIOLENT.
A THRILLER CREATES TENSION BY RAISING ENIGMA CODES AND THROUGH THE SENSE OF DELAY CAPTURE THE AUDIENCE’S ATTENTION.
MOST THRILLERS HAVE UNIVERSAL THEMES, SUCH AS.
LOVE, DEATH OR MONEY
A SENSE OF DELAY WORKS WELL IN THRILLER, AS IT CREATES TENSION AND A CLIMAX OR AN ANTICLIMAX.
THRILLERS ARE SADOMASOCHISTIC- MEANING THAT THE AUDIENCE TAKES PLEASURE OUT OF SEEING PEOPLE IN PAIN, SUFFERING OR MISFORTUNE. OUR PLEASURE IS DERIVED FROM THEIR DISCOMFORT OF OTHERS.HOWEVER THE AUDIENCE CAN ALSO HAVE A SENSE OF PITY FOR THE VICTIM.