research on director

1. James Wan was born on the 27th of February
1977 and is an Australian film director,
producer and screen writer. He has directed
and produced many well known and
generally quite successful movies. He is most
known for his work in the horror genre as
many of the films he’s worked on are horror
based. These include the Insidious series,
The Conjuring, the original Saw and Dead
Silence. Although recently he has also
directed the 7th instalment of the fast and
furious franchise.

3. Overall he is quite a modern director with many different and
new ideas which link very well to the conventions of the horror
genre. Examples of his work include the iconic Clown Puppet
known as “Jigsaw” from the Saw Franchise, “Billy” the puppet in
Dead Silence, and the well known “Annabelle” Doll in the
Conjuring. All these uses of puppets and dolls are examples of
James Wan’s idea of using somewhat inanimate objects and
putting a twist on them making and giving them a deadly and
generally quite scary feel, very much like the “Chucky Doll” that
was used in the 1988 movie Childs Play. This is a rather unique
turn compared to the typical use of scary monsters or masked
serial killers that old horror films tend to use. Altogether the use
of these dolls are what makes much of his movies very
memorable as they are very unique in their style and really
evoke certain fears and ideas that weren’t as explored yet.

4. Across all his movies James Wan uses a whole range of techniques and
styles to really engage the audience into the film they’re watching.
Specially in his horror films he uses a wide range of camera shots and
cuts to really grab the audience and immerse them into the movie.
Examples of this are the constant close ups on character’s faces to
really get and see the emotion of the character at that current
moment. This really gets the audience to in many way empathise with
the character, making them feel their fright and fear. Also the use of
rapid sequencing in many of his films as tension builds up within the
narrative really makes the audience feel on edge.
Specifically in “The Conjuring” James really liked the idea of having a
horror movie be based on a true story with real life events that
happened to people that are still around today. This is why during the
Conjuring he set out to make it as scary but also as realistic as
possible so he worked alongside Lorraine Warren, a supernatural
investigator and the person who the film is based on. This really
helped him recreate the events of her story but also add the intensity
and conventions that the horror genre is known for. This ultimately
making a generally scary film and did very well in the box office in