Media Films I Have Seen

8/13/2019 Media Films I Have Seen

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Thriller texts that I am

familiar withThe 4 texts that I will be collecting information on will

vary from films, TV dramas and video games.

Films: The Shawshank edem!tion and" #erfect $etaway

TV dramas: %exter

Video games: $rand Theft "&to V


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The Shawshank edem!tion Director of this film: Frank %arabont Release date:'(rdSe!tember )**4 in

"merica. The + official release datewas )-thFebr&ary )**. It was re/releasein the + )-thSe!tember '004 as a )0year anniversary release. 1ertificate / )

Plot:"ndy %&fresne is a yo&ng and s&ccessf&l banker whose life changesdrastically when he is convicted and sentenced to life in !rison for the m&rder ofhis wife and her lover. This film was set in the )*402s. "n "merican film.

3ver ),000,000 &sers on imdb have s&bmitted a rating on this film ),0-),*) to beexact5 and it2s overall rating is *.( which in my o!inion is a very high and deservedrating.

" &ser commented and said this 63ne of my all time favo&rites. Shawshankedem!tion is a very moving story abo&t ho!e and the !ower of friendshi!7 which Itotally agree with. It was ama8ingly made and is a great ada!tation from theSte!hen ing book. #eo!le who see this film realise was an ins!irational film thisreally is and how it can really show !eo!les emotions.


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eview from oger 9bert: The film was reviewed twice by oger 9bert and hedecided to rate a 4 star film review of this. "t the beginning of his review he says 6TheShawshank edem!tion is a movie abo&t time, !atience and loyalty7 which I agreewith beca&se the two men in !rison "ndy %&fresne Tim obbins5 and ed organFreeman5 have life long !rison sentences to their names and the films begins with thesentence of "ndy and his life from then on. The ;&ote relates to the !risoners servingtheir time as they need time, !atience and loyalty with each other to s&rvive and theviewers of the film need to stick with them film thro&gho&t so that yo& &nderstandexactly what ha!!ens in the lead &! to the esca!e. The film has exactly these ( thingsin it and the a&diences can relate to it. It2s a s&!erb film which in my o!inion sho&ld be4 and a half or even stars. " classic film which will always be memorable. Ies!ecially love the way he had !lanned the esca!e over years and no one had anycl&e abo&t it &ntil he was gone. It was mesmerising and st&nned me when I saw it andeverything then clicked into !lace is was so intrig&ing.

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This is my favo&rite !art of the film beca&se the !eo!le at Shawshank realise what2s

going on when they find the hole behind the !oster and how long it took "ndy toesca!e with the most canny and witty !lan that worked !erfectly.

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"ndy is !ortrayed as a normal !risoner who is ;&iet and D&st gettingthro&gh his time in !rison. Ee is wearing the same clothes as the other!risoners beca&se he is one of them. Ee blends in with the crowd anddoesn2t raise any attention. The director made his character this waybeca&se all along, "ndy had a !lan to esca!e Shawshank and neededto be a clever by not raising awareness to his esca!e. It shows how

intelligent his character is which relates to a criminals c&nningness. ed was the same sort of character as "ndy, ;&iet,

!eacef&l and D&st living o&t his !rison sentence. "s "ndyhas friends with ed, there were no abnormalities abo&t

"ndy2s behavio&r so wasn2t s&s!ected of anything.

The esca!e took "ndy )* years to esca!e which relates tothe generic as!ect of the s&s!ense beca&se the film goesalong and as the !lan &nveils and yo& see each ste!, yo&come to realise how ama8ing the !lan t&rned o&t to be.There is antici!ation that something is going to ha!!en inthe end.


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" #erfect $etaway Director: %avid Twohy

Release date: )4th"&g&st '00* in the +. "merican Thriller.

Storyline: 1liff and 1ydney go to Eawaii for their honeymoon. hile Do&rneying theco&!le enco&nters ale and 1leo, two hitch hikers and =ick and $ina, two s!iritswho hel! g&ide them thro&gh the D&ngles. This honeymoon ;&ickly t&rns way to

terror when 1liff and 1ydney learn abo&t a grisly m&rder that occ&rred nearby andreali8e that they2re being followed by others that fit the descri!tion of the killers.

There have been 4(,G)4 &sers who2ve rated this film and together the film has anaverage of H.4 stars o&t of )0. #ersonally I really like this film as it was set in anexotic !lace and ke!t yo& g&essing thro&gho&t the film. I wo&ld have given this filman G o&t of )0 as it was interesting and an overall s&ccessf&l film.

This film isn2t the most !o!&lar and I fo&nd a &ser who rated it G o&t of )0 andcommented 6From beginning to end, I was totally drawn in7 and this ha!!ened tome, I co&ldn2t take my eyes off of it. "t the beginning of this review the &ser said6%o not b&y into the negative comments7 I agree with this and tho&ght the same.


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There was a review of this film by oger 9bert and he gave it ( o&t of 4 stars. "she watched the film he tho&ght 6"t one !oint in the film, I wondered abo&tsomething, and then tho&ght, nahhh, co&ldnt be. 1o&ld be7 which !roves themystery towards the film and the 2kee! yo& g&essing2 !art of the film kee!s yo&involved with it. Ee like the film as it worked for him. Ee believed there were certain

as!ects that need im!rovement b&t overall it was a good film.

So there are ( co&!les, ' main and one odd, mysterio&s co&!le who yo&instinctively think it2s them b&t certain things that ha!!en in the film make yo&change yo&r mind. In the end, it2s the least likely !eo!le who are the killers whichcomes as a shock and then I was intrig&ed to know how they !lanned this and itwas certainly not what I had in my mind. I agree with obert 9bert beca&se it co&ld

be im!roved b&t the film as a whole was very enDoyable and well worth watching.

"wards / =ominated for TF1" "ward in '0)0

Eere is the official movie trailer for the film " #erfect $etaway

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This film has generic as!ects from character ty!es which shows the shock

factor with the tension and s&s!ense of the storyline trying to link the correctco&!le with the m&rders. It has the more significant as!ects in it

The main co&!le are on a honeymoon on an exotic island. The seem normalb&t the other two co&!les seem strange as they look a bit like !sycho!aths .

"ll characters are dressed as if they are on holiday, cam!ing so nothing abo&ttheir looks make them seem evil so it kee!s &! the g&essing game. They allseem sneaky and strange b&t the aim is to !ick o&t the correct m&rderers.

"s the film !rogresses, yo& kee! on changing yo&r mind abo&t who done it,kee!ing the s&s!ense going. It gives a sense of &ncertainty and antici!ation tofind o&t the details in f&ll.

"s the characters have their own !rofiles, the generic as!ect of a mystery is

that there is a case that needs to be solved which is in antici!ation to the thrillerwhich comes from the characters actions.

Co& find o&t in the end that it is in fact the main co&!le who are the criminalswhich is s&r!rising as the film seems to be abo&t them and their diffic&lties onholiday. That is therefore the work of criminal masterminds. hich shows awell tho&ght o&t thriller film with !lenty of tension and s&s!ense.


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%exter Creator: %evelo!ed by Kames anos Kr

Release date: It was released )0thK&ly'00- in the +. 1ertificate < )

Overall storyline of this Drama: It is all abo&t aman named %exter. Ly day he is a blood s!atter

!attern ex!ert for the iami etro #olice b&t bynight he has a totally different !ersonality, he2s aserial killer. Ee only kills !eo!le who fit a !rolific

moral code. "n "merican TV drama.

There have been a total of ()),(-4 &ser ratings on imdb and the overall rating of *stars which shows how !o!&lar and s&ccessf&l this !rogramme is. I think that thisrating is a!!ro!riate as I really like this drama and I2m really into it.

" &ser on imdb commented 6I2m ready to !roclaim this the best show c&rrently on

TV7 and 6%exter is a socio !ath, someone with no h&man feelings and hence nonat&ral, inner moral com!ass, and he has an &n;&enchable blood l&st that driveshim to kill7 this is why %exter is s&ch a !o!&lar !rogramme beca&se yo& get thesefeelings abo&t him and the story lines are interesting. "ltho&gh as yo& get thro&ghsome e!isodes, yo& start the &nderstand that %exter starts getting these feelingand he is a good g&y who is D&st doing what he knows and that is killing the bad!eo!le in society.


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There was a review on the $&ardian abo&t the finale of %exter and it wasn2treviewed in the same mood as from the first ever season of %exter. "fter eightseasons, %exter was finally ending b&t didn2t get the best review and was said tobe 6being !atchy, &nfoc&sed and, at times, slo!!y7 which disa!!ointed some!eo!le b&t thro&gho&t all of the e!isodes, I st&ck with it and still like it so I kind of

disagree with the comment. I for one still enDoy it b&t am yet to see the last season.I find it great how that at season ), %exter was D&st a man who was a !olice officerand a serial killer. "fter a while, yo& got to know his character and realised he isn2tas bad as yo& might think. Ee looks very innocent b&t very mysterio&s and yo& cantell when he2s &! to no good. The !lots work well and it conveys all the conventionsof a serial killer and a !olice officer in one !ersonality. " great !rogramme and wellworth watching.

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This is the season ) !romo for %exter. It doesn2t show too m&ch b&t that is all !artof the mystery behind this man called... %exter.

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The generic conventions for %exter come thro&gh his character. Eis Dob role isa Forensic Llood S!latter "nalyst. Lehind closed doors tho&gh, he is a serialkiller. =o one ex!ects him to do what he does which adds to the thrill of the!rogramme. There is a lot of tension and s&s!ense from his character beca&seyo& never know if he2ll be ca&ght or not or whether something will go wrong.

9ven tho&gh he is a mass killer, yo& &nderstand his feelings and emotions and

can connect with him which is im!ortant to a !rogramme as it connects thea&dience with the main character which the director has done a great Dob ofhere.

Ee is clothed like a blood analyst sho&ld be and is a very sneaky man. Eeblends into the crowd and beca&se of his Dob title, wo&ldn2t be ex!ected to dowhat he does.


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$rand Theft "&to V Director: od 9dge

Release date: )-thSe!tember '0)(

Storyline: 1haracters who travel aro&nd com!leting ;&ests and missions. Theare three ex criminals who do daring and dangero&s heists which can set them&! for life. "ltho&gh there is more to it than D&st com!leting heists. Co& can

walk or drive aro&nd ca&sing chaos aro&nd the neighbo&rhood which canevent&ally get the !olice involved and yo&2ll be fighting against the !olice. Co&can !&rchase g&ns, steal cars and do many &nnat&ral things which are )00Oillegal. 1ertificate < )G. "merican.

There have been G(4G ratings on imdb and have a combined total of *.* starso&t of )0. I think this game is definitely )0 o&t of )0 beca&se it2s really f&n and

addictive. Co& can do so many things on it which entertain me for ages. $rand Theft "&to games hadn2t been as good in the recently made ones so it

need im!rovement and has been s&ccessf&l and the following imdb &sercommented 6%riving cars, !lanes, boats, bikes and motorcycles is s&!er f&nagain7 which is agreeable as it2s more realistic and it m&ch more !o!&lar as theratings are showing.


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" review on $rand Theft "&to V by the $&ardian. The review goes on abo&t how ithas vis&alised the other Thriller games similar to this and !revio&s $T" games andhave &sed the !ositives and negatives of all of them and made the greatest $T"game ever. " ;&ote from the $&ardian review on this game is 6a da88ling b&tmonstro&s !arody of modern life7 this is showing the realisation of the game and

how violent the game is. It is by far one of my favo&rite games and even tho&gh it!ortrays a life of crime and !&nishment, it2s addictive and allows yo& to do thingsthat yo& wo&ld never do yo&rself, ever. I agree with this review as it tells &s howthey2ve made it better from other games and it isn2t D&st another normal Thrillergame, it2s the best.

$&inness orld ecords < 1&rrently hold - s&ch as the fastest entertainment

!ro!erty to gross P) billion and best selling video game in '4 ho&rs Eere is the trailer for $rand Theft "&to

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