Digital Technology, as we know it, is generally the means of which the creation of media is accomplished on. Digital technology covers a large spectrum of different types of technology, ranging from programs like Final Cut Pro and Photoshop CS6 to actual hardware such as the Macs we have been using to edit and develop, and the cameras that we use to record the actual footage. There is a noticeable relationship between the digital media technology and the idea of creativity in media. It's a well-known fact that creativity is enhanced by the access of greater digital technology, for an abundance of different reasons. My work has changed very noticeably over the 2 years due to a greater accessibility to digital technology and understanding of it. An example is my understanding of social network accessibility to promote my ideas and get a gauge of what the audience want to see with regards to my product. Moreover, My skills developed significantly across the two years because ...
"Repetition of these signs become horror genre convention, however, overuse results in taking away the signified meaning." In horror, it's been argued many times by many different theorists that conventions are formed by repetition in the genre. For example, a 'dumb blonde' is a typical convention of a horror movie because it's a method that's been used so many times in so many different horror texts that it's become associated and grown an attachment with the genre. This idea was first really wrapped up into a theory by Daniel Chandler, who argued that genres and sub-genres were identified by the tropes and conventions they possessed. However, many argue that overuse, over time, has de-valued these conventions and signs, making them redundant and actually damaged them. I will be discussing this argument throughout this essay. The first convention that I will be analysing is the 'Scream Queen' trope, that is very (in)famously associa...
CABIN IN THE WOODS Task 3 (30 mins) Using your notes from class on sub-genre and Horror conventions, write a 300 word summary of HOW the film made interesting use of the conventions of Horror and Subgenres you have studied. The film 'Cabin in the Woods' had plenty of tongue-in-cheek references to typical conventions of horror movies and how they usually tend to play out. These are largely used for comedic effect, but it's worth exploring them to see what they say about the genre as a whole. For example, the movie has string 'Slasher' themes throughout, comedically referred to when the sacrificial organisation all express collective disappointment at the group deciding to stay together rather than split up and get picked off one by one. In addition, they tease the use of a 'final girl' when she is seemingly the last one alive to fight the onslaught of monsters, but this concept is removed with the re-emergence of the unlikely hero and pothead, M...
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