Research: Representation and Stereotypes

Research: Sigmund Frued "The Uncanny" and Sadistic Voyeurism

"Uncanny":

Mysterious; arousing suspicious fear or dead; uncomfortably strange: "uncanny sounds filled the house."

The psychological concept of the Uncanny was developed by Sigmund Freud in his 1919 essay The Uncanny where he describes the concept as something is familiar to us becomes foreign and frightening. Freud specifically relates an aspect of the Uncanny derived from German etymology, the adjective “unheimlich”with its base word “Heimlich” which means secret or hidden.  According to Freud, the Uncanny is what unconsciously reminds us of ourselves, of our repressed impulses for example uncanny monsters. 

Sadistic Voyerism:

Voyeurism is the sexual interest in or practice of spying on people engaged in intimate behaviours such as undressing. The act of voyeurism may include the voyeur to take pictures or videos of his participant. Sadistic voyeurism however is when the voyeur gains pleasure by inflicting pain on the participant which they have been on looking. 

Research: Three Waves of Feminism

• First Wave: 1830's-early 1900's: Women during this time were taken for granted however  within the late 19th and early 20th century women decided that they must gain political power to bring about change in order to be more equal to men such as gaining the right to vote.

•  Second Wave: 1960's-1980's: Just after WWII, the second wave of feminism was based around the workplace, sexuality and reproductive rights. This was the era of the sexual revolution where women raised consciousness about sexism, were able to legalise abortion and birth control and lastly gain sexual liberation.

• Third Wave: 1990's-present: The third wave of attempts to expand the topic of feminism to include a diverse group of women with a diverse set of identities. It incorporates elements of anti-racism and women of colour as well as sex-positvity, a celebration of sexuality as a positive aspect of life.

Research: What is a Trailer?

Introduction

This year for our A2 media coursework, we were set to create a promotional package of our very own horror film which consists of us creating a teaser trailer, a front magazine cover and also film poster. During the making of our horror promotional package we are required to frequently complete research and demonstrate our findings onto our blogs in order to translate our understanding of the horror genre. We decided to choose horror as the genre of our film as it follows a basic structure and incorporates key conventions which are easy to replicate within our own horror film. There also are many examples of horror films and a variety of different sub-genres of horror which we are able to explore, enabling us to gain inspiration which can help us when deciding on the plot of our film. 

Down bellow I have created a mind map in order to convey what the common conventions of the horror genre are and what we will be aspiring to incorporate within our own horror.