Monday 20 June 2016

Enrichment Horror Screenings - Media Students only The Uncanny & Psychoanalysis (Freud and Lacan)


6/9/16 @ 2pm S025






Understanding the Horror from David Sridharan on Vimeo.

http://theoryonwheels.blogspot.co.uk/2009/02/horror-movies-use-of-uncanny.html http://drjackseward.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/an-important-feature-of-cultural.html

Wednesday 8 June 2016

1.3 ICONIC HORROR FILMS - find out why?

Starter: Recall Quiz - Name the Films in Order



Objective
To examine the history of Horror Films, referring to significant films and understand why these were iconic
Contextualise
The social changes influencing the film
Analyse
4-stage development of Genre (Metz) examples for specific iconic intertextual moments
Apply
Prior Knowledge of sub-genre and conventions
Identify and describe
Genre Conventions and Key Facts/dates/Directors


Prep work needed to be completed: http://filmmakeriq.com/lessons/a-brief-history-of-horror/

Find out why these films are Iconic and Historically Important/Critically acclaimed


1960's & 1970's - 1980's & 1990's - 2000's & 2010's


http://www.ctklms.com/coursework-g324.html

Supplement the research using www.imdb.com

In your groups of 3 make notes using your booklets from the class lecture and the additional resources you have found online.

Plenary:  http://filmmakeriq.com/quizzes/history-of-horror-quiz/

Key Aspects from your notes - 
EGP: What are the 'Trends' from each of the 6 decades?
AGP: What social factors have influenced Horror Films







New Info (D)
What was going on in the 1980s in UK
What were Video Nasties
How did this influence the content of these films?