When most people think of Tim Burton, the first thing that comes to mind is something of creepiness, or with a grim undertone to it. This is a widespread perception when taking into consideration the sense of wicked otherworldliness built up in his films. Many different stylistic characteristics contribute to this feeling through the use of different cinematic techniques. One common idea throughout Burton’s films is the misfit.…
The story plot in films such as “Edward Scissorhands” from well- known film director Tim Burton, have revolutionized over the years and have incorporated a large variety of visual and story line detail, in which viewers are far more intellectually challenged. There is no surprise that modern films have evolved an infinite amount of action compared to older cinematic films. Universal Horror films evolved between the 1920s through the 1950s. This involved incredible science fiction and horror films produced by Universal Studio Productions such as Frankenstein and Dracula to name a few. Over the years these gruesome fairy tales began to incorporate stronger detail and drama in their story plots.…
The directors in both The Golem and Nosferatu use multiple filmic tools to infuse each film with an atmosphere of horror. The Golem uses tinting in some of the scenes to invoke different emotions. For example, a red tinting is used during the scene in which the fire breaks out, this invokes a scense of emergency and heat like the fire is actually there and immediate danger is upon us. In Nosferatu, a major filmic tool that is employed is editing. In particular it the scene where both Nosferatu and Hutter are racing to Ellen.…
Berten suggests that feminist critics show how literary representations of women are often “familiar cultural stereotypes”. How far does you reading of ‘Dracula’ conform to this feminist view and what can be inferred through Stokers presentation of his female characters? From the opening chapters of Dracula, the reader is faced with under-developed female characters who often fit into the limited cultural stereotypes presented by Bertens. The clearest example of this is Jonathan’s encounter with the female vampires, who fit into the “dangerous and immoral seductress” stereotype.…
A. In this passage, Abilene is speaking to the reader about universals, or stereotypes. Abilene is in her bedroom with Lettie and Ruthanne when she is telling the reader this. She is speaking about universals because the thought of Lettie beaming when Ruthanne asked her to sing got her thinking about people. She thought she knew thing or two about people, but maybe she didn't even with her list of stereotypes.…
Does he Belong? Many Greasers think they might not belong in the community. The Socs are more dominated in the city and push Greasers out of the way. They are known as “bad” kids by most of the community, they walk like thugs and the might be assumed as “hoods” when they go out in public. Ponyboy is a really good person, he doesn't jump people or hurt them, but he will use self defense as we saw in chapter four.…
Directed by F.W. Murnau, Nosferatu: a Symphony of Horror, and Sunrise: A song of two humans, are silent films from the 1920's. Throughout Sunrise, two young lovers rekindle their romance while Nosferatu is a horror adaptation of Bram Stoker’s, Dracula. While they differ in genre, both are similar in that they consist of a young couple who encounter a threatening situation. The element of space becomes an interesting aspect relevant to both films as it helps to foresee the events of what is to come from the plot. In Noseferatu, enclosed spaces evoke feelings of uneasiness and provide a sense of no escape.…
A Time of Transition "Middle age is when your age starts to show around your middle (Lockwood-Huie). " This quote made by comedian Bob Hope, shows the levity some feel about the middle adulthood years. However, what exactly defines "middle age?"…
It is a German Expressionist horror film directed by F.W. Murnau. The film was an unauthorized adaptation of Dracula, thus the director had to change names and other details because the studio could not obtain the rights to the novel. “Vampire” became “nosferatu” and “Count Dracula” became “Count Orlok”. At first glance Nosferatu seems faithful to be a faithful adaptation of Stoker’s novel in plot and action, particularly with respect to the hero’s journey to the Carpathian Mountains. However the film marks a decided break from the novel with its relationship to modernity.…
Phenomenon of vampires is highly incorporated in today’s popular culture with a large number of books, films, and TV-series about them emerging every year. Still, many people cannot deny that Bram Stoker’s “Dracula” is an exceptional literary creation that stood at the origins of the cult of vampires. Not only did this Victorian novel, written in 1897, become a landmark piece of gothic literature, but also it defined the contemporary form and image of vampires and paved the way for multiple interpretations in modern culture. Nevertheless, “Dracula” is not just an outstanding horror fiction book. It is also a profound insight into Victorian age – a defining time in the history of the Western world, when so many cornerstones of society began…
Stereotypes in Lead Roles Often times in literature, the most notable characters are the ones who do not fit into set stereotypes because of how it is seen as unfavorable to use commonly held ideas to compensate for a lack of creativity and originality. However, in some cases, using them can be one of the best choices to make as an author. By nature, stereotypes take the most common aspects in a person’s understanding and uses them to generalize people belonging to a group. These preconceived notions can then be used to play upon what people think of as one way and demonstrate that it is the other.…
In William Shakespeare’s play “Othello,” Othello is respected for his status as military general for the Venetian army and his stance while he is discriminated for his looks and race -a commonality of the time. Similarly, because of the media portrayal and our looks, hispanic females in today’s American society are both dominating for the “spicy latina” and as a symbol of sex and “spiciness” for “spicy latina.” “Othello” tells the story of the fall and demise of a Venetian general who was also a Moor. He was respected for being a military general but was disparaged because of his skin color and for being a Moor. During the time when this play was written, Moors were discriminated and rejected by society so it was ironic that the lead…
Vampires have changed over the years and the depictions of vampires through the years give us an idea about the anxieties of that time period, the way the people viewed the pressing issues of that time period. I am going to discuss the similarities and the differences between Bram stoker’s Dracula and the film Nosferatu. Dracula was portrayed as a tall old man with a white moustache who appeared to be a human and he had a charm about him normally associated with aristocrats whereas in the film Nosferatu, Count Orlok’s appearance is nightmarish and closer to that of a monster than of a human. He is shown to have misshapen eyebrows, huge pointed ears, long claws which are sharp for nails, walks around in an abnormal way and does not have any of the charm of Dracula. While Count Dracula has shape shifting abilities where he can transform into a wolf, dog and a bat, Count Orlok does not transform or change into anything.…
Stereotypes are everywhere in the world. Today many major groups of people are still being stereotyped due to certain events that are being witnessed around the world. In The Outsiders, there are two groups of people. They are socs and greasers. They are groups of people that stereotype each other.…
Nerd, geek, emo, gothic? How many of you have heard someone use these phrases or said them yourself? The sad truth is, stereotypes are very common in society. Hello everyone, today I will be talking to you about the negative effects of stereotyping. I will be mentioning what stereotypes are, their impact on people and society and the media’s influence.…