Lenny Lavers

There is generally always a survivor. The survivor tends to be a girl that is less promiscuous and more masculine than the others. Also they are portrayed to be more motherly and caring. This is done to send a moral message to consumers. What message?

The Monster is a common convention in horror films. They are portrayed as very mainly to give the impression that they cannot be stopped. They are usually masked to hide their identity and make them scarier to the audience. The final girl usually kills the monster at the end.

In all slasher films there is a group of friends that slowly get killed off one by one, excluding the final girl. This is generally because they fail to resist their temptations. The common existing characters within this group is:

1. The Athlete2. The virgin3. The fool4. The Harlot

There is always a figure of responsibility, (mainly a man) that aids the final girl with the knowledge of how to defeat the monster. Morally this person reflects a parental figure.

The ineffective authority figure is meant to be ineffective. This makes the audience feel uneasy as not even the authorities, our most respected protection, cannot help these pupils. Also this leaves the audience questioning the safety of the real authorities, therefore scaring them after the film is shown.

In a slasher films there are generally two types of locations; suburban and isolated:•Suburban areas create fear as people see the events happening in a location similar to theirs which makes them feel un safe. •Isolated areas create fear as the victims in that location are isolated from help, making the chases scarier

German expressionism was created just after the German unification movement in 1871. It only started to get properly recognised until just before the first world war. The idea revolved around using the set to best describe characters psychological mind-set, for example they would use jagged shapes to show someone's broken psychological mind-set, and red backgrounds if they feel angry. Despite this in 1933 film directors fled to America due to World War two where they started making B movies. They still continued to use aspects of German expressionism and it can still be found in cinema today.

Film noir is a cinematic term to describe stylish Hollywood crime/detective movies. They all consist of dark and light contrasting colour to create a mysterious environment. The term film noir, French for "black film," first applied to Hollywood films by French critic Nino Frank in 1946, was not recognized by most American film industry professionals of that era.

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