Assign 6

1. Media Research on Redneck and Backwoods Horror movies:
Movie No.1:Texas chainsawmassacre (2013 remake).
Things I learned:
 Teenagers are the victims.
 Its set out in the countryside away from urban areas and people.
 House is full of hiddensecrets, which makes the audience more involved
withthe movie.
 The victims donot know the area, indicating the audience that they can
feel insecure andunsafe.
 The main characters are on holiday
The Antagonistsinvestigate buildstensionandshowsdangertothe audience.

2. Thisshowshowisolatedthe charactersare reducingthe amountof hope of themescaping
Thisshowsthat the onlywaythe antagonistscanonlyhide andrun awayfrom the protagonistbecause
theyhaven'tgot anythingtofightback with.
2nd Movie: Hills have Eyes ( 1 and 2)

3. What I Have learnt:
 The scenes are abandoned
 There is only a small amount of people throughout the movie
 The creatures stay mostly in the shadows so where they cant be
seen
 they kidnap people slowly so its less noticeable and builds tention
in the plot.
Showing flashbacks of the past shows that in modern day that the mutated creatures could still be there.

4. Thisscene showshowisolatedthe people getstuckinandalsoshowsthe lonelinessof the setting.
havingone of the creaturesturnaroundto show theirface can give informationtothe audience about
whathappenedtothemand can alsoinformthemof the dangerthe people are inbythe sudden
reaction.
Movie 3: Dying Breed

5. What I learnt:
 the townsfolk don’t give a lot away to the tourists
 There are different settings that are abandoned or have people living there.
 The townsfolk don’t like people coming and exploring their 'territory'
the Close upof thiswomanshowsthatthingsaren't rightwhenthey're inthe town.

6. whenthe protagonistshowsthe shacklesitcanshow the audience thatthe touristsare not welome an
they're goingtobe takenas prisoners.
showingthisshortcut inthe trailercan show the audience thatthe townsfolkaren't'normal'andcan
indicate tothe audience thatthere isdangerand killinginthismovie.

7. Movie 4: EdenLake
What I have learntinthismovie:
 the youthis representednegativelyinthismovie
 Its abandonedwithonlyafewpeople closeby
 the victimsare people thatdon’tknow the area
The settingat nightcan alsoadd more dangerto the movie andcan adddanger toit.

8. havinga close upof the antagonistwitha fearsome facial expressioncanshow some retaliationtowards
the protagonists.

9. Withthe close upof the sat navsaying 'turn around' foreshadowsthatsomethingbadisgoingto
happen.
Movie 5: Deliverance
What I have learnt:
 the setting is abandoned apart from a small group of people
 The antagonists try to escape back to civilization
 they get hunted down by the protagonists.

10. The longshotshowsdangerandalsoshowsthat the two menare inthe middle of nowhere.

11. havinga man armedwitha weaponindicatestothe audience thatthere isdangerinthe movie.

12. showingthe antagonistscoveringupa bodyshowsthatthere is some secrecyinvolvedduringthe film.
Movie 6: southerncomfort
whatI've learnt:
 itsabout survival of the fittest
 happensdeepinside aforestawayfromcivilization
 violence buildsthroughoutmovie.

13. gunsare usedinthisfilmto showviolence anddanger

14. the man drawingbloodonhischestindicatessome religiousaspecttothe film.

15. the menrunningshowsthattheyare beingchasedbysome formof dangerand tryingto getaway from
harm.
Movie 7: Wolf creek
What I've learnt:
 itsset inthe middle of nowhere showsisolation
 there'sa small cast inthe filmshowshelplessness
 setat nighttoincrease the tensionandthe amountof danger
 havingan oldercharacterwithyoungerteenagersbalancesthe representationof bothages.

16. showingaparty full of teenagersshowshow naïve andjuvanile theyare.thiscanshow how defenceless
theyare.

17. showingthe scene fromthisangle showshow abandonedthe antagonistsare andshowshow far away
theyare fromsafety.

18. showingthe womanona longand emptyroad can give the audience the cluesof beingalone and
helpless.