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April 14, 2018

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Hypodermic Needle Theory

April 14, 2018

The hypodermic Needle Theory can be known as the syringe model of communication but it is commonly known as the 'Magic Bullet' The Bullet theory states that the message is a bullet fired from the media gun into the audiences head. The Hypodermic Needle model suggests that media messages are injected straight into a passive audience which is immediately influenced by the message. The mass media can have a very large influence on a big group of people directly and shooting and injecting them with appropriate messages to trigger a desired response. TWO STEP FLOW: Source→ Message→ Media→ Opinions→ Leaders→ Public (→) Direction of Flow How does this correlate with my short film? Audiences have always been very easily guided by different media outlets and still to this day have a big impact on peoples opinions. For my short horror film it will contain some sort of violence which will immediately catch peoples attention especially the younger generation as t...

Comedy Horror

July 14, 2017

SUB GENRE:COMEDY HORROR For a mini research project I was given the task of watching a film that is compatible to a specific sub genre of horror that I was given at random, the genre I was given was comedy horror. Comedy Horror - A film genre that combines elements of comedy and horror fiction. Comedy horror has three main types of film; Black comedy, parody and spoof. Scary Movie is a spoof of the Scream movies, which themselves lampoon traditional horror flicks. That would make Scary Movie a spoof of a spoof. The plot, such that it is, revolves around a bunch of stereotypical teens targeted by a crazy killer determined to dispatch the whole gang. The writers often go for the cheap laugh in this movie, frequently at the expense of minorities. And the scenes involving male organs and bodily fluids. While Scary Movie's thin plot mirrors scenes from Scream, the comparison ends there. All three Scream movies relied on witty dialogue...