London to Brighton - useful review for exam revision

Click on the 'Sight and Sound' link for a useful overview of London to Brighton, which focuses on the plot, and also areas of character representation.

http://www.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound/review/3550

Halloween - Opening sequence

Here is the full 6.45 opening sequence to John Carpenter's Halloween.

Compare this to the opening to Scream, also uploaded on this blog from the point of view of mise-en-scene (setting, location, lighting, props, costume and character placement, cinematography (camera angles, movement, positioning), editing and sound (dialogue, music, effects)

How does this differ to Wes Craven's Scream and where might there be similarities?

Scream - Opening sequence

Here is the full 12.26 of the opening to Scream

It should be watched in comparison to the opening to Halloween, which will be uploaded later.

I want you to note the mise-en-scene (setting , loaction, lighting, props, costume and character placement), together with the use of cinematography (camera angles, movement, positioning), editing and sound (dialogue, music and effects). What links can you spot to Halloween and other slasher/horror films?

Why is the character of Casey (and the actress, Drew Barrymore), important to the audience and the narrative?

Get Carter - parts 7 and 8

Carter kills Brumby, calls Kinnear about Paice, kills Margaret and plants her body in Kinnear's grounds

Kinnear is arrested, Carter chases Paice on the beach and kills him, Carter is shot by hitman, 'J', end credits

Get Carter - part 5 and part 6

Set up by Margaret, meets Brumby at car park, goes back to Glenda's apartment, starts watching the film

Jack sees Doreen in film, locks Glenda in boot of car, kills Albert, shoot-out at the ferry dock

Get Carter - part 4 of 8

 Meets Brumby, arrival of Pete and Con from London

Get Carter - part 3 of 8

The phone call to Anna, threatened by Thorpe

Get Carter - part 2 of 8

Part 2 - the funeral, Jack meets Margaret, the race track, Kinnear's house, meets Glenda

Get Carter - Part 1 of 8

MP4 file of Get Carter (1 of 8)

Opening titles, Jack arrives in Newcastle, meets Doreen, prepares for funeral

The Long Good Friday - full movie upload

Link to the full movie of The Long Good Friday on YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGfglWeUOP8

Unfortunately this link no longer exists, but I will try to find an alternative link when one becomes available...

Halloween - Full Movie

Here is a link to a You Tube upload for the entire Halloween film:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrSUiH0x5Fc

Why we watch Slasher films - on-line article

Short, but useful insight into possible reasons for the audience attraction for slasher films (and probably horror films generally)...

 http://voices.yahoo.com/why-we-watch-slasher-films-642488.html?cat=40

WJEC AS Film - past papers

http://www.wjec.co.uk/index.php?subject=54&level=21&list=paper

Take a look at some of the past questions in the above link, which have come up for British Crime, the American Comparative films (Halloween and Scream, in our case), and materials for Producers and Audiences (Paul's unit).

We shall go over some of these in the revision classes, as well.