dijous, 10 de desembre del 2015

COMIC RELIEF

What is the comic relief?
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.
 
 

dijous, 3 de desembre del 2015

WE ARE ALL HUMANS

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.

dissabte, 28 de novembre del 2015

SUSPENSE STORIES

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.




dijous, 19 de novembre del 2015

MACABRE STORIES

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.


THE HUNGER GAMES vs "OCHO APELLIDOS CATALANES"

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.



This news is from a spanish newspaper: El país

THE PSYCHOLOGICAL HORROR STORY

THE TELL - TALE HEART

What is the story of the Tell - Tale Heart about?
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,...
 
 


dissabte, 14 de novembre del 2015

THE GOTHIC NOVEL

Who invented the G.N.?
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.