COMIC RELIEF
- What is the comic relief?
- Comic relief is the inclusion of a humorous character, scene, or witty dialogue in an otherwise serious work, often to relieve tension.
- Why is it often used in horror films?
- Do you remember laughing in horror films? Can you think of an example?
- No, but i haven't seen much horror films, I don't like them. In The Sleepy Hollow I laughed, but I am not sure to considerate it a horror film.
SUSPENSE
- Who's the director of this movie Psycho?
- What type of characters did he often use in horror films?
- Hitchcock's films sometimes feature characters struggling in their relationships with their mothers. Norman Bates has troubles with his mother in Psycho.
- What technique did he use with the camera?
- He used a subjective vision to reveal a character’s vision. This is the subjective camera technique.
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The Gothic Novel
- Who invented the G.N.?
- It was invented by Horace
Walpole.
- What was the first G.N.?
- The Castle of Otranto was the first, published in 1764.
- When was it first published?
- Wich basic elements of horror didn't you include on your list?
- Setting in a castle.
- An ancient prophecy.
- Omens, portents, visions.
- High, even overwrought emotion.
- Women in distress.
- Women threatened by a powerful, impulsive,
tyrannical male.
- Laughters.
- Characters
trapped in a room.
- Ruins of
buildings.
- Lights in
abandoned rooms.
- Bays of wolves.
- Choler.
- Uncertainty of reciprocation love.
- Rival lovers or multiple suitors.
- Unreturned love.
The trailer of the seventh Star Wars' film has been published online. The trailer has accomplished the expectative, it has been well recived by the public.
In this film have worked the main actors of the IV, V and VI Star Wars' films. The Star Wars company has been publishing some anticipations of the film in Twitter. It continues the history three decades after the facts of the VI film.
The exciting trailer has touched many viewers, and the film will be released on December 17th in the UK.
Zak Mayturn is a professional long rider. In this video, he get a velocity of 112 km/h racing in Colorado. He won a lot of success in YouTube: more than three milions of viewers just in the first three days. The organisation that helped Zak to do this stunt is Venom Bushings.
There are many reasons for wich we don't have to try to imitate Zak in the video, including good skaters:
- He wears padding clothes, even if we can not see them in the video.
- He wears a specific helmet and specialized shoes for high-speed riding.
- He is one of the top high-speed professionals.
- He has been riding for a decade.
