Essays on Suspense

Gothic Literature Gothic novel originated in England, in the last quarter of the XVIII century. It opens up a world, freed from the everyday plausibility. This world is fantastic, with a gloomy color and plot, covered with historical and geographical romance and sinister atmosphere. Gothic novel is more than two hundred years; it has changed, has become modern, but have not lost its essential characteristics – pleasant horror, tension and excitement.

British Gothic Novel

Gothic novel in England has been very popular since the XVIII century. The “father” of this genre of literature is considered to be Horace Walpole, with the novel The ...

When attempting to influence an audience it is important for the speaker or writer to establish the relationship he or she has towards the audience from the beginning. Whether reading or listening, the receiver will establish the speaker’s virtue and goodwill towards the audience. Nevertheless, it is important to note that a messenger may also perverse this in order to use this in his or her favor. For example, Brent Staples, in his essay “Black Men and Public Spaces”, presents himself as a literate yet dangerous interlocutor. One can see this from his paragraph, due to his use ...

Children have been implemented in literature for a long time. Artists have used them in many different ways, from fantasies and folk tales, to myths and science fiction. The Others is a supernatural horror film, where a mother and her two children form part of the main characters of the story. It is based in an isolated, dark mansion. The children also form a very important part in the story, as they inspire both sympathy and fear throughout the movie, the first progressively decreasing as the movie develops. They also add a surge of gothic sensibility to the film, ...

Each and every single day people come across pictorial advertisements that endeavor to influence one’s opinions and activities in definite ways. Whether the purpose is to obtain a product or back a cause, many various corporations and organizations continuously solicit for the public’s consideration, and they recognize that the finest method of attaining it is through capturing advertising. However, in a culture surrounded by commercial advertisement, businesses have to be resourceful to stand out and stay ahead of the competition (Tag 120). Some creators use the suspense dynamic to create an impression to their audience, whereas others ...

Recently, the cable television station HBO aired the first season of a series called True Detective which was filled with uncanny, eerie, and weird imagery, symbols, and dialogue. The show became a major hit, and brought a great deal of attention to the various American literary traditions of horror and weird fiction. One of the major writers mentioned as an influence on the show was H.P. Lovecraft, one of the most famous of American horror writers. However, H.P. Lovecraft was himself part of a tradition that went back to nineteenth century American writers like Nathaniel Hawthorne, who wrote dark ...

Introduction

Ambrose Bierce is a prominent author known for his many works one of which is An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge. This is the story of Peyton Farquhar a planter from the South. The story is set during the civil war. Peyton has been sentenced to hang by the Union Army for his failed attempt at destroying the Owl Creek railroad bridge. The author leads the reader to believe that Peyton escapes the hanging by falling into the river below and reunites with his wife and children at his farm. This is not the case since it is revealed ...

The issue of feminism in the film industry is a common topic for controversial discussions. Many writers are more popular than others because of the ways in which feminism surfaces as the driving force behind their presentations. Feminism can be classified as a social movement that has created an enormous impact on culture of film, the theories of films and the critical reviews of films. A number of films represent the myths that reveal ideas on women and their femininity. In addition, there are films that speak to men and their masculinity. The issues of representation and spectatorship form ...

Short stories are some of the literature read mostly by people because they are interesting and considered more educative to young and old generation (Gioia 7). Many scholars wrote short stories in the twentieth century, and one of them was Shirley Jackson, who wrote The Lottery. The Lottery is among the most favorite short stories in the History of American Literature. As narrated by Cummings (3) he explains that the function took place between 10 am and noon on June 27th in a small village with a population of only three hundred villagers. The event took place on a ...

David Sedaris’s Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk is a collection of short stories, which are thought-provoking, symbolic, interpretative and at times delusional. Through the world of animals, the author immerses the reader into the world of morals, contrasts and human-relatable relationship patterns. The main devices, used for this, are personification and irony. With personification it is more or less straightforward: animals represent people, which adds spice and expressiveness to the stories. Irony, however, is used in its full force, making each story somewhat grasping and multi-layer, adding deep surface meaning to it. Overall, the purpose of the book is to ...

Horror through Imagination: How do Stephen King, Edgar Allan Poe, and Shirley Jackson create suspense in their stories “Harvey’s Dream,” “The Cask of Amontillado,” and “The Lottery”

Introduction

Suspense is a literary style that is adopted by most authors to invoke the creative minds of the audience. Therefore, the authors intentionally fail to draw a conclusion to an event in a story, but instead live it upon the audience to think. On the other hand, mystery is an occurrence that is beyond human understanding, and in most cases it is associated with murder. This essay is anchored on these ...

Recommendation

Historically settled links between two giant leaders can resist the spreading western expansion along with inequality impact that the majority of emerging economies suffer from the developed world. The observed global instability and geopolitical suspense make all countries think about the diversification their foreign relations as well as search new economic partners and market niches. Thus, the recommendation paper concerning the Chinese-Russian international relations is targeted at investment companies, looking for new infrastructure projects and other investment directions; multinational companies, interested in exploring new market areas; as well as at small and medium enterprises, entering the market and facing ...

We Can Remember It for You Wholesale (Phillip K. Dick) – Air Raid (John Varley). ‘We Can Remember It for You Wholesale’ is a futuristic short story written by Phillip K. Dick, centered on the concept of memory manipulation. It takes on the undiscovered fields of new age science. The concepts involved in the short story are so complex and underdeveloped even in this age and time. But still the author immaculately and ostentatiously nails his narrative. In the same sense, ‘Air Raid’ written by John Varley, seems to be the perfect match for the pairing. Both these short stories ...

“The Tell-tale Heart” is a story that shows what a slight difference is there between the reality and perception. In it Poe reveals a narrator who clearly suffered from insanity and could hardly understand what he was doing. All in all, it is possible to say that with the help of the narrator’s character Poe makes suspense in a story and tries to explain the readers that in certain cases they shouldn't always trust their minds. It is possible to say that the first person point of view narration gives the readers a deeper understanding of the narrator's ...

I. Introduction

In 1960, Alfred Hitchcock released the iconic film, Psycho, to an unsuspecting audience.

The film broke with narrative and cinematographic techniques that had been the Hollywood standard for decades. Produced and directed on a shoestring budget, the film garnered few positive reviews. However, it still stands as the most powerful influence on the suspense, and even horror, genre. Because Psycho debuted in 1960 (when theaters were much more popular), the film is best analyzed through the lens of mass communication theory. In James Kendrick's "Psycho and the Priming of the Audience", it is argued that the mass communication model is most effective at informing an astute analysis of the film. ...

Edgar Allan Poe’s short story “The Tell-Tale Heart” comprises, in only 2200 words, so much cleverly built suspense, that it has become one of his most renowned works. In the story, an unreliable narrator, a mad murderer, tells the story of his murder in order to convince the audience that he is not mad. The story is rich in symbolism and in clues which allow the readers to make sense of the events, to anticipate the murder and to understand the reasons for the narrator’s crime. However, one of the most important elements of fiction in this ...

The landlady is a short story written by Roald Dahl. The story tells about a young businessman, Billy Weaver, who pays a visit to Bath. The protagonist searches for a place to stay and finds the landlady’s house which hypnotizes him. At first, he is attracted by the lady’s hospitality and cheap price for the room. Billy feels himself lucky. But quite soon he realizes that there is something wrong with the house as well as with its owner. The more he learns about the lady the more he gets frightened and finally realizes that the house ...

Essay on Auerbach and Everything is Illuminated

Auerbach’s book Mimesis: The Representation of Reality in Western Literature discusses the manner in which Homeric story telling is leisurely and digressive. To Auerbach, the Homeric technique illuminates through relating detailed past events and easy discussions. As such, there is no rush to create suspense. This aspect is typified by the long digression in the center of a significant moment from which the essay draws its title. That is moments before the nurse is on the point of recognizing Odysseus. What matters at this point is the outer description rather than the psychological aspect, narrative suspense, or historical development. ...

Rear Window is one of the greatest work of Alfred Hitchcock and an excellent part of his experimental period. It has a very challenging concept - the audience watches almost the entire movie from the main character's rear window and that technique made Hitchcock's Rear Window a legend. The movie is focused on viewer's reaction to tension and suspense. It is persuasive, because the director puts the audience into main character's shoes.

Jeff has broken his leg and is forced to stay home for more than 7 weeks already. He has nothing to do, so he starts to be Peeping ...

Name Instructor Course Date Is Money Tainting The Plasma Supply? Thesis Money has surely tainted the plasma supply in several reasons. The introduction of plasma donation for money has brought conflict and disagreement in the plasma supply industry. As opposed to blood donation that is voluntarily done without pay, payment has been introduced in the donation of plasma. Patients donate their plasma for certain amounts of money as indicated by particular donation centers. There has been doubt on whether plasma from Mexican donors is safe or might contain pathogens. Plasma companies are buying plasma from poor donors at a cheap cost then selling ...

The essays titled this old house and fish cheeks are very interesting in terms of the manner in which they convey the message intended by their respective authors to the audience. The essay this old house takes more of a rather detailed and vivid description in order to bring the author’s message home. In this particular essay, the author seems very interested in ensuring that the audience develops a clear mental picture of the house in question. The description is very vivid and comprehensive that it leaves little to imagination. The author focuses on the minute details of the house ...

Unlike many of his contemporaries in the realm of science fiction writing, H.G. Wells understood how to tell a story to an audience. Whereas many of the other writers of the era were fascinated by the many technological advances available to them and the implications of these advances, Wells used those advances to set up a story that would come to resonate in American culture for years to come.

Indeed, to this day, the trope of an “alien” is consistent with Wells’ original description of the Martians, which speaks to the timelessness of the novel that he created. One of ...

Genre: Suspense

Director: Alfred Hitchcock Stars: James Stewart, Kim Novak Objective Analysis: (give a few examples and provide text to support your examples) Visual component (such as the art direction, camera angles and movement, cinematography, lighting, visual style, etc.): Hitchcock’s visual style is tense and scary, with great use of focus and top-down shots to get the feeling of Jimmy Stewart’s “vertigo.” The visual style of the opening sequence is dreamlike and unsettling, as is the dream sequence he has halfway through the movie. It really gives the feeling of losing your grip on reality. ...

1. Maurice Sendak’s “Where the Wild Things Are” is one of the most-loved picture books of all time. It also won such accolades as the Caldecott Medal and the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, but it is also on the New York Public Library’s list of “One Hundred Titles for Reading and Sharing.”

Of all the elements of design that Giorgis lists in her discussion of picture book design, line is the one that stands out most vividly. When Max is sent to bed without supper, even when his room becomes a jungle, the closely packed group ...

My impression of the novel is a book capable of inducing the feeling of eroticism, sexual energy, danger, and suspense all at the same time. In my view, the genre of the novel can best be described as an erotic thriller. The novel present a strange intermixing of humans and other supernatural beings. Indeed, the writer follows the modern tradition of presenting vampires as a romantic, erotic and elegant species rather than some demonic creature. The character of Sookie Stackhouse is indeed a very intricate one the more I read about her and the more I become familiar with her personality the more ...

- The film genre expectations are subverted in the manner to which an expected judicial process for the Huntsville convicts at long run does not take place. In a high profile, the genre blends action, adventure, crime and faction types of genres. Action is through the Adventure, with a risky turn. Adventure is through an epic distant journey in escape of crime on the offense being committed by the convicts escaping. - In comparing and contrasting three cultural types, of criminal, legal and religious, Butch, Phillip and Red are of importance. Butch represents the true criminal culture through his actions ...

Plot and Story

Plot and story appear in different dimensions in narratives. In narrative films, story refers to the account that film narrates. It also refers to events that the audience infers and assumes to have taken place in the film. In narratives, the story appears in chronological order with a duration and frequency. The Story differs from the plot because the plot presents specific events in a narrative. The plot appears as the imaginary construction by the viewer regarding the events in the film. The Plot also involves a chronological order and duration. The narrative’s plot presents Richard Hannay as a visitor in ...

Some parents prohibit their children to watch TV. They say it makes them dumber, or there is much cruelty in the world of television. However, I cannot agree with this point of view. There are many educational programs on modern tv. Besides, there are much more dangrers in the modern world around us than they show on tv. This essay is aimed at analyzing different opinions regarding this topic. In the essay I will claim that television can be useful. The essay I will divide into three parts: positive impact of television; counterarguments and the part devoted to analyzing ...

- Original Concept “Last Man” was inspired by Frederic Brown’s (1948) “Knock”, which Brown based on the three-sentence short-short story written by Thomas Bailey Aldrich and is about the last man on Earth following the Zan’s annihilation of living things in the planet. The “Last Man” follows Isaac as the last man on earth who refuses to forget about his family that was since long gone. Brown’s work was an inspiration because the plot narrative, although brief, offered an opportunity to create a different take of the story. Film, as a medium, works best in the project ...

EXPLORE 'THE LANGUAGE OF CLOTHES AND BODILY ADORNMENT' IN AT LEAST TWO EXAMPLES DRAWN FROM CULTURE (E.G. FICTION, FILM, MEDIA, DIGITAL MEDIA ETC). YOU MIGHT LIKE TO START BY FIRSTLY EXPLAINING YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF 'LANGUAGE' IN THIS CONTEXT Communication is the key and critical part of our daily lives and the activities that we engage in our lives. Entertainment industry in general that include fiction, media and film among others besides bringing fun to our lives it also communicates and pass on messages that educate, caution or inform its audience on the various themes that the particular piece ...

The scene I chose begins at 1:33:57. The men have just released a POW they have captured from the opposition. The men begin to disagree over the Captain’s orders. As Private Reiben says he quits the mission a fight begins amongst the men. Sergeant Horvath pulls a gun on Reiben. The escalating volume matches with this sight very well. It builds suspense and anxiety. There is a lot of shouting, everything sounds very chaotic. The volume in this scene increases very quickly as the men all begin to break out in separate arguments, yelling and screaming at one another. The only one ...

Description Claim

The part in question begins on a night when Nina sleepwalks and heads to the terrace where Lucy follows her. Nina points out to Lucy that somebody is coming and that she is obliged to go and meet him in person. We are then taken to another scene at the Bremen harbor where we are shown the Demeter sailing into the port. Reinfield is locked up in a cell at the Sanitorium where he attempts to escape by climbing out through the window. The film is in the form of silent film, and the narrations, and explanations reveal that he is ...

Essay

I agree with Johnson on the argument that watching television makes someone smarter. I agree with Johnson that people’s intelligence has improved by watching complex themes in the television. People today are better positioned than those of the ancient time are. Some of the current television shows are nutritional since they teach people to pay attention and make inferences as they interact with other people in the society. I disagree with the author’s comment that political events such as torture and racial profiling amount to social relationships. I disagree with the author’s claim that television ...

The Gothic genre of literature is a fascinating one, ostensibly drawing upon the fears of its era (mostly Victorian England) to tell tales of the grotesque and the supernatural. These tales in particular often focus on unconventional protagonists, the role of gender in relationships, and the violence that comes from crime, isolation, and alienation. There are many subgenres of Gothic fiction, one of the most prominent being Southern Gothic – Gothic tales that take place entirely in the American South. While both genres enjoy similar styles and concerns, their overall themes and applications deal with anxieties specific to their period; while ...

Some movies mark their history not because of their cast, acting elements, good direction but also because they portray good themes and amazing subject that leave good message and ever lasting impression upon the audience. Psycho is considered as leading movies that are complex, psychological, and powerful thriller and suspense film, revolutionizing the history of English black and white movies. Psycho was a horror movie with amazing graphics that one had not even seen before and with shocking killings (Sterritt, 1993). It highlighted various themes and subjects such as vulnerability, corruptibility, past histories, murders, human victimization, dangerous impacts of money, ...

Psycho Movie Analysis

Psycho is a great and complex psychological thriller film from the 1960 by Alfred Hitchcock. It is known as the supreme of all modern horror suspense films, and ushered in a new kind of horror that the audiences had never seen or experienced before. It is not very well known, but this was Hitchcock's first real horror film, and he got labeled as a horror film director ever since. The film is centered on the encounter between a secretary who embezzles money from her employer and ends up at a secluded motel. She becomes the victim of Norman Bates, the motel's disturbed owner-manager, and ...

PSYCHOLOGY IN THE NEWS

Introduction For the purpose of doing an analysis, an article, called “psychologists to review role in detainee interrogations” was chosen. The article is relevant because it was published on November 13th 2014. The article mainly talks about the role that the association of psychologists played in interrogating detainees during the Era of president Bush. The article acknowledges that the detained were exposed to torture during the interrogation and that critics stated that psychologists were involved. It states the demand for answers prompted the association to conduct an independent study that will show whether the psychologists were involved in ...

For any film director to be successful, he or she should be in a position to use the artistic styles in his movies appropriately. When a director uses his thematic and stylistic consistencies, established techniques as well as other established techniques in his films, he will be able to draw a great movie together. Alfred Hitchcock is deliberated on as one of the greatest film directors. He has been able to direct superb movies such as the Notorious. Therefore, this paper will discuss these elements based on the film, Notorious. Alfred has been able to intertwine the elements of espionage and romance ...

This paper discusses an episode (particularly episode 1 of season1) of the British TV series Downton Abbey. Downton Abbey is a period drama show which is set in the fictional Yorkshire country estate and follows the aristocratic lives of the residents living at Downton Abbey. Till date there are 5 seasons released in the UK each having 7 to 8 episodes. Each season can be viewed as a mini drama series. Structurally the series is quite similar to that of a drama presented in the theatre. There is a script (referred to as a screenplay as it is viewed on a TV screen) which ...

Edgar Allan Poe is a writer who dies in the gutter but left behind a rich legacy. He was born poor and he dies poor, but he filled the years of his life with literary richness. “Edgar Allan Poe has always been a paradox in American literary history. Although he is probably the most widely read of all American writers, he is commonly believed to have been no more than an alcoholic,” ( May, p ix, 1991). He had thousand of readers when he lived, but no friends. Poe was a writer who added value to English literature during his times by introducing mystery, suspense ...

Stravinsky was no stranger to pushing boundaries when he premiered the Rite of Spring in 1913. He had had immense success the previous year with his reimagining of the Russian folk tale of Petrushka. In that piece, as well, Stravinsky took liberties with his writing and the plot of the story. However, the liberties taken in the music for The Rite of Spring were far greater and more surprising than past compositions by him, or any other mainstream composer of the time. Coupled with the unusual choreography by Nijinsky, the event was understandably shocking to an audience unaccustomed to ...

Movies on War can be associated to the origin of the cinemas, and both are comparatively as old as each other. War has been a fundamental product in Hollywood, and such movies on war can be seen since decades, and they continue to be huge block-busters even in the contemporary world. The movies on war provide outline and structure to war, define war cultures, identify enemies, form objectives, and allow the audience to remotely get familiar with the danger and enthusiasm of the front line. In America, the movies on war were central to the global publicity campaigns waged during ...

Gojira is a science fiction movie based on Japanese culture that was produced and directed by Toho and Ishirō Honda respectively (Tsutsui and Michiko 25). With the help of special effects specialist Eiji Tsuburaya, the director, and the producer of this film were able to exemplify the themes and consequently the main objective of this film (Johnston et. Al 12). Apparently, issues that are epitomized in the film predominantly resonate with the subjects related to the post-war experiences the Japanese people underwent particularly after the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. In addition, this film makes apparent the role of America ...

Proppian analysis of the narrative of Perseus’ quest for the Gorgon’s head

Various elements of the Proppian analysis can be identified in the narrative. They happen at different sequences, yet show a clear picture of what Proppian describes. First, there is a need for love by Perseus. To get what he desired, he had to take an epic journey in serach of powers that will enable him get the love of his choice as well as authority. As he sets of, Perseus, who is the valiant realises that he needs some information that will enable him achieve his dreams. He could not get the needed information without tricking the daughters. He therefore took ...

When it comes to representation through the mise en scene in film, there are a lot of different ways to show the tensions at work between past and present within the horror genre. In fact, it is these tensions that have stood at the core of the horror genre since its very beginning. In the first major work of horror, Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein, it is the tension between the time before the creation of the monster and the time after, when Dr. Frankenstein encounters so many vivid reasons to wish that he had never stitched those body parts ...

This paper discusses an episode (particularly episode 1 of season1) of the British TV series Downton Abbey. Downton Abbey is a period drama show which is set in the fictional Yorkshire country estate and follows the aristocratic lives of the residents living at Downton Abbey. Till date there are 5 seasons released in the UK each having 7 to 8 episodes. Each season can be viewed as a mini drama series. Structurally the series is quite similar to that of a drama presented in the theatre. There is a script (referred to as a screenplay as it is viewed on TV screen) which ...

When you watch Arrow, an American show based on DC Comics hero character, Green Arrow, you know you are going to enjoy hours of suspense and action. Arrow, ideally, captures the story of a rich youth Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell) who after five years of being stranded in a deserted island returns home as a secret vigilante with the core aim of fighting crime and corruption in his home city, Starling city. Just like any other Television Show, Arrow has its own share of highs and lows that may impact differently on different segments of the viewers. The show’s characters ...

When you watch Arrow, an American show based on DC Comics hero character, Green Arrow, you know you are going to enjoy hours of suspense and action. Arrow, ideally, captures the story of a rich youth Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell) who after five years of being stranded in a deserted island returns home as a secret vigilante with the core aim of fighting crime and corruption in his home city, Starling city. Just like any other Television Show, Arrow has its own share of highs and lows that may impact differently on different segments of the viewers. The show’s characters ...

Provide critical analysis of a film, specifically in relation to elements of the film’s style and other topics you consider relevant. Psycho (1960) The film Psycho, by the stalwart director, Alfred Hitchcock, is one of the most iconic films in the history of cinema. The film bears the testimony to the aesthetic excellence and usage of quintessential film techniques by the director. The film has left an everlasting mark on the minds of the audience across the globe, and enjoys immense popularity even on the present day. The director places the audience away from the movie’ ...

H20 MX is a very thought-provoking social documentary that explores the various problems people in the city of Mexico face in looking for access to clean water. The access to clean water is a very important and essential human right and which every person requires for adequate living. The over 22 million population in Mexico City is faced with many political, geographical, economic, and environmental problems that affect their access to a reliable clean water source. Some of these problems include the hazardous detergent increase in the clouds, farmers using wastewater for irrigation, and Chalco citizens who are affected by perennial floods. ...

The Hong Kong martial arts films have evolved over time in terms of theme, plot and style. While some transformations in terms of themes have occurred in response to historical events pitying China and other countries across the globe, other transformations have occurred as a result of development technology. There have been significant changes in the style, colour, and music among other film settings. This essay looks into the generic characteristics and historical evolution of Hong Kong martial arts, action, and/or gangster/crime-thriller films in terms of theme, plot, and style. Three movies used as illustrations for this discussion include: Enter ...

Paper/Assignment Due Date

The flow of the story is quicker in action films, and so the film needs to be reflective of that. The main antagonist in the film Unstoppable is Train 777, an unmanned train barreling down the track at eighty miles an hour. Not only is it destroying everything in its path, but it poses a serious risk -- it's carrying three carloads of an explosive, unstable liquid. It's a difficult task to make an inanimate object into a villain, but Scott does it through the use of combined real and filmed shots, close and quick cuts, and shaky camera usage. The scene ...

“Instructor’s name’

‘Subject’ “The Birth-Mark” and “The Cask of Amontillado” – A comparative study Edgar Allan Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne are two important contributors of the nineteenth-century American literature. Edgar Allan Poe was one of the most celebrated authors, posthumously though, of the past century. Some of his stories are almost autobiographical, and though he lived in a previous era, his ideas were far ahead of his time. Nathaniel Hawthorne is an author, whose works are even today cited for seeking ethical guidance. His stories urge the reader to analyze his moral confusions. This essay is an attempt to compare and ...

I Am Legend is a movie directed by Francis Lawrence in 2007. The producers of the movie include Moritz, Goldsman, Lassiter, and Heyman. The movie bases on the horror fiction novel by Richard Matheson in 1954. The novel illustrates the development of the zombie genre to popularize a worldwide plague. The novel adapts the film The Omega Man in 1971, Last Man on Earth in 1964, and I Am Legend production in 2007. Some of the casts in the movie include Will Smith, who represents Dr. Robert Neville, Alice Braga who plays the role of Anna, and Willow who represent Marley ...

Define or describe the following terms and their importance to the history of the American science fiction and horror genre:

1) Expressionist film in Germany is a period of silent movies. The primary feature of Expressionist film is the theatrical appearance in the films. The actors used painted, dramatic scenery and exaggerated make-up. The changes in the German art were reflected in the sets, which had high contrast between white and black, different geometric shapes were used, all of which created exaggerated light and shadow. 2) Dracula of 1930 was inspired by the novel written by Bram Stoker and it is significant to the history of the American cinematography, as its main character, Dracula, set the bar for numerous ...

Define or describe the following terms and their importance to the history of the American science fiction and horror genre:

1) Expressionist film in Germany is a part of the Expressionism movement in the country of 1920ies. This was a period of the silent movies and their main feature was the theatrical look in the films. The actors used painted, dramatic scenery and exaggerated make-up, which is commonly used in the theater. The changes in the German art were reflected in the sets, which had high contrast between white and black, different geometric shapes were used, all of which created exaggerated light and shadow. Although this movement did not last for long, it had significant impact on film makers from different ...

Champagne for Celebration is a short movie of four and a half minutes whose main characters include a couple (Ashley and Shane) and a waiter named Steven. The setting of the movie is a calm restaurant, which is not at all crowded. The movie begins as Ashley and Shane enters the restaurant and orders their lunch to Steven. From the very beginning, Shane acts very suspiciously. First, he was shaking nervously at the table, continuously patting on his trousers. Then, in the bathroom, Shane was speaking to somebody on the phone saying unclear stuff. This attitude made Steven curious. He thought Shane was planning ...

The Review of the Melancholy Play

Recently, I experienced a humorous play by Sarah Ruhl namely Melancholy Play. The set was played in Erie, PA with cast member culturally-oriented attires. The play represents societal perceptions and outlooks along the line of personal identification. The inner-being of the actors is outwardly reflected trough emotions, which introduces societal-labelling and understanding of one’s behaviour. The Melancholy play is a creation of two major parts with fourteen break-up scenes. The play revolves around presenting the humorous inner-emotions of actors, which dictates their behaviour. The paper reviews the play in relation to character presentation, style and overall communication to the audience. ...

Analysis of Poe’s Short Stories

Reading Edgar Allan Poe’s short story - “The Cask of Amontillado”, “The Tell- Tale Heart” and “The Oval Portrait” – is indeed very gripping and thrilling. With every sentence that one reads more interest and curiosity builds up to know what will happen next in the story. Each of these stories is about horror, death and killing, with a great element of suspense. The Gothic element therefore is very strong in all the three short stories. Joanne Harris (Edgar Allan Poe, p.42) stated in The Telegraph that Poe is a master of horror and one of his strongholds is the detailed ...

‘Instructor’s name’

Short fiction is one of the oldest forms of literature and has been there throughout most part of the human civilization in the form of fairy tales, parables and myths. The current model of short literature took form sometimes during the early nineteenth century in North America, and was popularized by the periodical journals. All through the history of art many forms of literature were famous during a given era, like the drama in the sixteenth century and essays in the eighteenth century. But throughout most of the nineteenth century, novels and short stories were the most popular forms of ...

ABSTRACT

During the last decade, Asian horror cinema has seen a surge in popularity throughout the world, especially in western countries. Traditionally, Japan has dominated the Asian horror cinema, but recently Hong Kong and South Korea have emerged as major powerhouses in the genre. Majority of these movies have enjoyed international success. Moreover, many of these movies have been adapted and remade by Hollywood. As the genre continues to grow, there is a need to understand the social conditions, cultural values, and cinematic traditions which influence the horror movies from Japan, Hong Kong, South Korea, Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines, and Singapore. In particular, ...