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There have been many social and psychological reasons why so many of us are interested in the horror genre. Below are some theories into why we are so attracted to watching them. Noel Carroll (The philosophy of horror) - This suggests that society is attracted to gore. It relates to the relationship between attraction and repulsion. One example I could give of this is vampires. We are initially scared and afraid of them, yet there is something about them that we find alluring and enticing. This is supported by the 'Twilight' franchise. Audiences tend to hate gore but can't seem to pull themselves away from it because we want to see POV shots of the killer. Also we can argue that FOMO is linked, proving that people only watch these to be able to say they did. Freud (The Uncanny) - This idea explores something that is secret and almost disturbingly strange. It makes the person uncomfortable because it takes control of peoples thoughts by force. (repression) The Un...

The approach of uses and gratification focusses on why people use particular media rather than on content. It looks at a main point of 'what people do with media?' which allows a variety of responses and interpretations. Some have argued that gratifications can be seen as effects e.g. thrillers are likely to generate similar responses across all audiences. Uses and gratification came about in the 1940's but underwent a revival in the 70's and 80's. U & G theorists argue that people's needs influence how they use and respond to a medium. Zillmann has shown the influence of mood on media choice: boredom encourages the choice of exciting content and stress encourages a choice of relaxing content. The same TV programme may gratify different needs for different individuals. Different needs are associated with individual personalities, stages of maturation, backgrounds and social roles. A study in the uses and gratification tradition would have involved an...

The  slasher film  (sometimes referred to as bodycount  films  and dead teenager movies) is a sub- genre  of horror  film  typically involving a psychopathic killer (sometimes wearing a mask) who stalks and graphically murders a series of adolescent victims in a typically random , unprovoked fashion.  Psycho is a seminal slasher because throughout the film there is frequent violent murders with use of knives and dangerous weapons. It set a new level of acceptability for violence, deviant behaviour and sexuality in American films. It was also an early example of a slasher film genre.

Charcaters - Short films uaually keep characters to a minimum of about 2/3 because they don't have time to create deep back story and history into their lifestyle, this allows the audience to relate to them easily in a short amount of time. Twist - These films are already very short and don't have the time to create any major storline so without a twist short films would be very dull and uninteresting. Budget - Short films typically have a low budget because they don't need many actors or use many locations. Also if the actors are particuarly interested in the film, they will work for little or no money making the directors have to pay even less to generate their ideas. Length - Short films usually last to a maximum of 35 minutes. If the films were any longer they would be named as feature length. Situation - They usually take an everyday situation and flip it on its head. This again makes the film interesting and intigues the audience. Todorov - Todorovs theory o...

Tim Burton Timothy Walter Burton (born August 25, 1958) is an American film director, producer, artist, writer, and animator. He is well known for producing dark, eccentric and quirky fantasy films such as Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands and A nightmare before christmas. As a preteen, Burton would make short films in his backyard on Evergreen Street using crude stop motion animation techniques or shoot them on 8 mm film without sound. One of Tim Burtons most famous works, Sweeney Todd: Demon Barber of Fleet street, blends explicit gore and Broadway tunes to create a bizarre and anomalous film which reflects his style when producing and directing. As well as his creations having a peculiar style he tries to show this through his characters. For example the mad hatter in Alice in Wonderland. The role is made for someone that can portray him as insane and fanatical.

Montage editing is the process of cutting up film and editing it into the already screened sequence. For example the editor will take two pieces of film of tape and combine them to emphasise their meaning. They usually use frequent cuts, close ups, dissolves, fades and jump cuts to represent actions;ideas and convey subjective messages. It is a way to mix two unrelated shots which gives a third shot for the audience to create a different idea. For instance, visualise shot a which is a computer screen and shot b which is a hammer. Mixing the two shots together and you get a meaning to shot c which insinuates that the computer will be smashed by the hammer. Kuleshov effect A film editing montage effect demonstrated by Russian filmmaker Lev Kuleshov in the 1910's and 1920's. He edited together a short film in which a shot of the expressionless face Tsarist matinee idol Ivan mozzhukhin was alternated with various other shots (a plate of soup, a girl and a little girls coffin)