The comic relief consists to incluide humorist characters (most of the time are funny sidekicks), scenes or dialogues.
Why is it often used in horror films?
The comic relief is often used in horror films to relieve tension from the frightening scenes.
Do you remember laughing in horror films? Can you think on an example?
Yes, I do. The horror film were I laughed a lot was called "Las brujas de Zugarramundi". This film made me laugh because there was a funny character, Tony, which was interpreted by Mario Casas. During the film, Tony was saying funny things and jokes in a scary or bad situacion.
A couple of weeks, I saw a video in twitter from an asian youtuber. This youtuber, Josh Paler Lin, is very famous and known in the United States for his pranks videos, such as the one I saw. In the video, Josh wanted to do a prank to people to prove that homeless people are not treated like rich people, or even like normal people. He also wanted to do this video because homeless people told him that when they go to different restaurants they are chased out.
Josh decided to dress up like a homeless guy and to go to luxurious restaurants. He started to ask for the menu to every waiter he found in each eating place. The waiters did not want to show him the menu because they did not want that a poor guy ate in one of the most popular restaurants. They felt ashamed to have a homeless man as a client because they were worried about what the rich people must think or even to lose rich clients.
After that, Josh went home. When he came back, he was dressed up diferently. He changed his clothes and he was driving a ferrari. Everyone in every restaurant were surprised. The waiters went to him very quickly to open his car's door, to offer him the menu,...
Josh was kind and he treated good the waiters. He started to ask them if they recognised him. Some waiters did, but, there were some that took a lot to finally remember him. The waiters began to treat him good, like a rich man. But, he did not pay them attencion. He did not want to stay there, so, he went away from there with his car.
This is Josh's video:
I think that this is a good video to see the diferences between how we treat people by the way they look. Sometimes we do not treat them good or we do not talk to them because we are afraid of what people may think. Sometimes we have to realise if the way we treat people is suitable.
Who is the director of this movie Psycho? The director of the movie Psycho was Alfred Hitchcock, an english film director and producer. What type of characters did he usually use in horror films? The type of characters that he used in horror films are between the line of sanity and insanity He also used serial killers What tecnique did he use with the camera? He used the subjective camera to reveal a character's visión.
The Pit and Pendulum is a horror story by Edgar Allan Poe. It is about a man who was condemned by the judges. When he was in his dark cell, he found a pit with water, and he started to think that in the cell there were people who died. Later, he woke up in a diferent room. He was lied in the floor and from the ceiling there was a sharpened pendulum hanging. He tried to scape, but he was tied with knots. He was not alone in this room, there were mice eating some meat. He thought that after they finished the meat, he is going to be the next meal. Luckly, he was not sliced in half. But, that was not the end. The walls were getting closer to him. He started to hear voices, thunders, etc, until an arm caught him to avoid the fall of the man, fainting, in to the abyass.
In this month, November, there will be the premier of the diferent successful films in Spain. One of them is the famous spanish film called Ocho apellidos catalanes. It is the second part of the film Ocho apellidos vascos, which it was released a year ago. It was one of the best films in the history of the spanish cinematography. The other film that is going to release in this month is the second part of the Hunger games: Mockingjay film. It is also a very famous film around the world where Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth are the protagonists.
Two months ago, the films' premier were going to be on 20th of November. But then, the Hunger games' dealer decided to change the day of the premier of the film to get more earnings. According to the El país'newspaper, he decided to change the date because he knew that the spanish film will triumph, considering that Ocho apellidos vascos broke the record for the most viewers in Spain.
Finally, the Hunger games' premier is going to be on 27th of November, meanwhile Ocho apellidos catalanes' premier is going to be the next Friday.
The story is about a man who was living with an old man. The old man was characterised for having an upside down eye. The man hated the eye, so one day, he decided to kill the old man. After, he decided to hide the cadavar underground. Then, the policemen came to the house because the neighbours heard a scream. The man told them that the old man was in the city for two weeks. But, when they were drinking tea, the man started to hear the beating of the old man's heart. He started to get nervious and finally, he confessed his crime. He went to the jail.
Who wrote the Tell - Tale Heart and invented the first macabre stories?
Edgar Allan Poe wrote the Tell - Tale Heart and he also invented the first macabre stories.
What was the first PHS?
The first pscichological horror story was Metzengerstein.
When was it first published?
It was published in 1832.
What other story types did the author also invented?
The autor also invented other types of stories, such as: detective stories, Science Fiction,...
The Gothic Novel was invented by a famous british author, Horace Walpole.
What was the first G.N.?
The first Gothic Novel was The Castle of Otranto.
When was it first published?
The novel was published in 1764.
Which basic elements of horror didn't you include on your list?
The elements of horror that I did not incluide on my list of scary elements in my last post (The scariest film for me ) are: clanking chains, giants, dogs or wolves baying, an old castle, the wind howling, etc.
One of the things that I really like to do is to watch series. I watch more than one series, such as Pretty Little Liars, Once Upon a Time,... But my favourite tv serie is Teen Wolf.
Teen Wolf is an american and an action horror dramatic serie. It is about a teenager, Scott McCall, who one day a werewolf bites him. Since then, he has to struggle against different obstacles (most of them consisted of fighting against rare creatures) with his friends, which are: Stiles, Lydia, Liam, Kira, Malia,... All of them are werewolfs or were-coyote, except Lydia and Stiles. Lydia is a banshee and Stiles is a normal human.
The cast is not really big. The main characters are:
Tyler Posey as Scott McCall
Dylan O'Brien as Stiles Stilinsky
Holland Roden as Lydia Marin
Shelley Henning as Malia Tate
Arden Cho as Kira Yukimura
Dylan Sprayberry as Liam Dunbar
Cody Christian as Theo Raeken
The serie consists of five seasons. The last one is divided in two parts: season 5a and season 5b. The season 5b's premiere is on Tuesday 5th of January.
In this season, Scott and his friends are going to fight back against Theo (who was Scott's friend in the past) and his pack: the Dread doctors. The season is going to be full of adventures. This is the official trailer of the season 5b.
The orphanage is a horror spanish film produced by the famous director, Guillermo Del Toro. This film is about an orphan woman, Laura, that she and her husband decided to buy the orphanage where she was living when she was younger, to transform it into a facility for disabled children. Laura had a son called Simon. Simon always was playing with his invisible Friends in the orphanage. One day, Thomas, a Simon's invisible friend, told Simon that he was adopted. So, Simon get angry with his mother and he decided to hide from her. Laura started looking for him. The days pased by and Simon was still missing. Laura decided to talk with a medium. The medium told her that she has to believe in ghosts so, she will know where was Simon. Then, Laura started to see Thomas and the others, which they helped her to finally find Simon. He was dead in a secret room. Simon was hidding there, but Laura, accidentally, blocked the front door of that secret room. So, Simon, broke his neck when he was trying to escape from there.
I think that the best part of the film is when Laura found Simon. It is very sad this part, because she realised that the death of her son it was her fault and all the strange sounds and noise that she was hearing when she was sleeping it was Simon asking for help. I think that it is a good ending, although Laura, finally, killed herself to be with Simon.
The horror elements that make this film very scary are:
According to the "Multiple Intelligences" test, my strong points are intrapersonal, logical, visual or spacial and kinaesthetic. In general, I agree with that. I think I am myself Smart because I know about myself (my strengths and my weaknesses). I also think that I am number smart. I am good at maths (but I do not like it) and at solving problems. I am picture smart because I am good at art and I memorize different things (like numbers, maps, graphics,...) quickly. I am body Smart, too, because I like and I enjoy practising sports.
I agree that I am normal at linguistic, interpersonal and musical. I like to learn new languages but I hate to write things. I love being with my Friends, to meet new people and to share, but sometimes I also like being on my own.
Finally, my weak point is naturalistic. I totally agree with it. I don't really like animals or plants in general, although, I really like biology.
Accordingtothetest
"Animal inyou"thatItookinclass, I am ababoon.ThescientificnameofthebaboonisPapioursinus.
Thepersonalitythatthebaboonsreflectare:
·Averagesize
·Sociable
·Proud
·Inquisitive
·Respectful
·Unsettled
Practically, Iagreewiththispersonality. I amveryrespectful and
sociablewithpeople. I am soproudofmyselfand ofwhatI
amdoingand ofcourse, I amproudofmypeople. I aminquisitivetoo. Ilovetolearnnew anddifferentthingseveryday.But,
Idisagreewithoneadjective; I amnotunsettled.
Someofthecareersthatrecommendedme are:
·Investigator
·Journalist
·Artist
·Entertainer
·Comedian
In general, I agreewiththiscareers.
Ireallylikeart,
tomakelaughpeople, toinvestigatethings...butI think
that Iwouldn't liketostudythosecareers.
Thisarethehobbiesthatthetestalsorecommendedme:
·Massages
·FamilyTime
·Camping
·Talking
Itotallyagreewithallthishobbies.
Ireallylikemassagesand Ialsoliketomassagepeople. Ilovebeingwithmyfamilyand tohaveagoodtimetogether. InevercampedsomewherebutIwouldliketo
doit. I amverytalkativewhenIwanttoo.
One of my biggest dreams is to help poor people. I always had that dream, specially when I became aware of the unequal world where we live.
I think that this dream is very difficult to accomplish because there are a lot of poor people in the world and I can't help all of them alone. I also thing that I need a lot of money, time and help to do it.
But then, I realise that if every time I travel to different places and I give away something I don't use, or money, or food, I slowly help people who really needs aid. In this way, I will spend most of the time doing the two things that I dream of: to travel and to help.
To achieve this dream, I have to be generous, kind, humble, capable to do it and, obviously helpful.
So, this is my biggest dream and my future challenge. No matter where I will go, or if it is far o near, I hope I will accomplish it. I also encourage the people to do the same thing. If people do the same, little by little, this dream will became totally true. And remember that we can't help everyone, but everyone can help someone.
