Media Coursework : Learning journey

1. TRADITIONAL HORROR MOVIE
ANTAGONISTS
BY JESSICA CRAWFORD

2. THE SERIAL KILLER
CONVENTIONAL CHARACTERISTICS
• PSYCHOPATH
• MALE
• TALL
• WEARS A MASK
• DARK CLOTHING
• DARK HAIR
• SCRUFFY
• DEEP VOICE
• UNEXPECTED
IN WHAT FILMS HAS HAD THIS ANTAGONIST
• HALLOWEEN
• HANNIBAL LECTURE
• FRIDAY THE 13TH
• SCREAM

3. POLTERGEIST/GHOST
CONVENTIONAL
CHARACTERISTICS
• POSSESS A HOUSE
• POSSESS A PERSON
• EVIL SPIRIT
• USED TO BE AN EVIL PERSON
• WISHES TO ACHIEVE SOMETHING
• LIKES WARDROBES, DOORS, STAIRS AND MIRRORS
• A DISTURBANCE IN THE NARRATIVE (TODOROV’S NARRATIVE
THEORY) CAUSES THE SPIRIT TO RESURFACE
IN WHAT FILMS HAS HAD THIS
ANTAGONIST
• POLTERGEIST
• OUIJA
• THE CONJURING
• THE CONJURING 2
• PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 1,2,3,4,5,6 & 7

4. THE CREEPY/ POSSESSED CHILD
CONVENTIONAL CHARACTERISTICS
CONVENTIONAL CHARACTERISTICS:
• GETS POSSESSED BY AN EVIL SPIRIT
• COMMUNICATES WITH THE GHOSTS (AS SEEN IN
PARANORMAL ACTIVITY AND THE CONJURING)
• POSES AS A WARNING TO THE MAIN CHARACTERS
IN WHAT FILMS HAS HAD THIS ANTAGONIST
• THE EXORCIST
• THE SHINING
• PARANORMAL ACTIVITY
• THE CONJURING 2

5. THE TOY
CONVENTIONAL
CHARACTERISTICS
• VERY OLD USUALLY VICTORIAN
• NORMALLY A DOLL
• MENACING EXPRESSION
• FOUND IN AN ATTIC
• OBJECT POSSESSED BY AN EVIL SPIRIT
• SCRATCHED AND/OR DECAYING
IN WHAT FILMS HAS HAD THIS
ANTAGONIST
• THE CONJURING
• ANABELLE
• THE BOY
• SAW
• CHUCKY
• FINDERS KEEPERS