Theorists associated with our horror
CAROL CLOVER
Clover is associated in our horror because she is a theorist focused upon the horror genre. As the quote says, from her popular book, Men, Women, and Chainsaws, she says how there is a "usual feminist approach" which involves "male monsters against passive women victims." This is associated with our horror because we have a male monster/killer in which does target women. In our case, Clover is correct in saying how most slasher horrors have the same structure to them. However, she does believe in the 'final girl' concept in which the final girl victim survives and in the end kills the killer that has been attempting to kill her all the way through the film.
Clover is associated in our horror because she is a theorist focused upon the horror genre. As the quote says, from her popular book, Men, Women, and Chainsaws, she says how there is a "usual feminist approach" which involves "male monsters against passive women victims." This is associated with our horror because we have a male monster/killer in which does target women. In our case, Clover is correct in saying how most slasher horrors have the same structure to them. However, she does believe in the 'final girl' concept in which the final girl victim survives and in the end kills the killer that has been attempting to kill her all the way through the film.
Saul Bass
Saul Bass was an American graphic designer and is best known for his designs of motion picture title sequences, film posters and corporate logos.
During his 40 year career, he had worked some of Hollywood's most well known filmmakers, such as Alfred Hitchcock and Otto Preminger. One of Bass' most famous title sequences was the animated paper cut out of a Heroin addict's arm for Preminger's 'The Man with the Golden Arm'.
Bass was also responsible for designing some of the most iconic logos in America, such as Quaker Oats and Continental Airlines. Logos like these were used until the companies merged with similar companies, such as when Continental Airlines merged with United Airlines. The average lifespan of a Bass logo was 34 years, which was unusually long lifespan for.
Saul Bass also designed movie posters for films such as 'The Shining' (1980), 'Anatomy of a Murder' (1959) and an undistributed poster for 'Schindler's List' (1993). These posters show an artistic talent which doesn't contain much detail, it's all very generic, with only 'The Shining' containing any real detail.
Other horror movie theories.
Horror movies are a metaphor for absence of parents. - In our trailer we focussed more on the adult age group more than youth to show that no matter what age the victims are, they are still subject to danger.
Wes Craven
Murders are seen more frightening when targeting the victim in a safe place, e.g. their homes or work. (Our trailer involves both being targeted at home and work).
Craven left the academic world for the more lucrative role of pornographic film director. In the documentary Inside Deep Throat, Craven says on camera he made "many hard core X-rated films" under pseudonyms. While his role in Deep throat is undisclosed, most of his early known work involved writing, film editing or both. In 1972 Wes Craven directed his first feature film The Last House on The Left.
Craven's works tend to share a common exploration of the nature of reality. A Nightmare On Elm Straight, for example, dealt with the consequences of dreams in real life. New Nightmare "brushes against" (but does not quite break) the fourth wall by having actress Heather Langenkamp play herself as she is haunted by the villain of the film in which she once starred. At one point in the film, we see on Wes Craven's word processor a script he has written, which includes the exact conversation he just had with Heather — as if the script was being written as the action unfolded. The Serpent and the Rainbow portrays a man who cannot distinguish between nightmarish visions and reality. In Scream, the characters frequently reference horror films similar to their situations, and at one point Billy Loomis tells his girlfriend that life is just a big movie. This concept was emphasised in the sequels, as copycat stalkers reenact the events of a new film about the Woodsboro killings occurring in Scream. Scream included a scene mentioning the well-known Richard Gere urban legend. Craven stated in interviews that he received calls from agents telling him that if he left that scene in, he would never work again. He directed Scream 4.
Craven also frequently collaborates with Sean S. Cunningham. In Craven's debut feature, The Last House on The Left, Cunningham served as producer. Later, in Craven's most famous film, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Cunningham directed one of the chase scenes, although uncredited. Their infamous characters, Freddy Kruger and Jason Voorhies, appeared together in the 2003 slasher film Freddy vs Jason with Cunningham acting as producer, while screenwriter Victor Miller is credited as "Character Creator". Later, in The Last House on The Left remake, both Cunningham and Craven share production credits.
Although known for directing horror/thriller films, he has worked on two that were outside this genre: the 1999 film Music of the Heart, and as one of the 22 directors in the 2006 collaboration Paris, je t'aime.
Recently Craven has created Coming of Rage, a graphic novel, with 30 Days of Night comic book writer Steve Niles. The comic will be released by Liquid Comics in 2013 with a possible film adaption directed by Craven and produced by Live Free or Die Hard producer Arnold Rifkin and Liquid Comics CEO Sharad Devarajan.
Craven left the academic world for the more lucrative role of pornographic film director. In the documentary Inside Deep Throat, Craven says on camera he made "many hard core X-rated films" under pseudonyms. While his role in Deep throat is undisclosed, most of his early known work involved writing, film editing or both. In 1972 Wes Craven directed his first feature film The Last House on The Left.
Craven's works tend to share a common exploration of the nature of reality. A Nightmare On Elm Straight, for example, dealt with the consequences of dreams in real life. New Nightmare "brushes against" (but does not quite break) the fourth wall by having actress Heather Langenkamp play herself as she is haunted by the villain of the film in which she once starred. At one point in the film, we see on Wes Craven's word processor a script he has written, which includes the exact conversation he just had with Heather — as if the script was being written as the action unfolded. The Serpent and the Rainbow portrays a man who cannot distinguish between nightmarish visions and reality. In Scream, the characters frequently reference horror films similar to their situations, and at one point Billy Loomis tells his girlfriend that life is just a big movie. This concept was emphasised in the sequels, as copycat stalkers reenact the events of a new film about the Woodsboro killings occurring in Scream. Scream included a scene mentioning the well-known Richard Gere urban legend. Craven stated in interviews that he received calls from agents telling him that if he left that scene in, he would never work again. He directed Scream 4.
Craven also frequently collaborates with Sean S. Cunningham. In Craven's debut feature, The Last House on The Left, Cunningham served as producer. Later, in Craven's most famous film, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Cunningham directed one of the chase scenes, although uncredited. Their infamous characters, Freddy Kruger and Jason Voorhies, appeared together in the 2003 slasher film Freddy vs Jason with Cunningham acting as producer, while screenwriter Victor Miller is credited as "Character Creator". Later, in The Last House on The Left remake, both Cunningham and Craven share production credits.
Although known for directing horror/thriller films, he has worked on two that were outside this genre: the 1999 film Music of the Heart, and as one of the 22 directors in the 2006 collaboration Paris, je t'aime.
Recently Craven has created Coming of Rage, a graphic novel, with 30 Days of Night comic book writer Steve Niles. The comic will be released by Liquid Comics in 2013 with a possible film adaption directed by Craven and produced by Live Free or Die Hard producer Arnold Rifkin and Liquid Comics CEO Sharad Devarajan.