Hi, this is my AS Media blog. It contains research and planning for my coursework production (slasher opening) and media exam. I'm in a group with Kate and Poppy. The working title of our production is Camp Ivy. Our production is strongly influenced by films such as Friday the 13th, and its set in a rural location like in Eden Lake.

Monday, 26 November 2012

Slasher Franchise Vodcast: Friday the 13th


List of films in this franchise:

 Friday the 13th (1980)
Friday the 13th -  "A hugely influential film that contributed to the 1980s horror boom." Matt Ford
BBC

Friday the 13th Part 2 - "Not as good as the original, but still pretty fun, it serves up more of the same and continued to be fresh enough before its many other sequels got too silly." Kevin Carr
7M Pictures

Friday the 13th Part III - "Not since Psycho has a movie taken such advantage of the phallic nature of slasher horror." Peter Canavese
Groucho Reviews

Friday the 13th original VS. Friday the 13th remake

There are only a few differences in the plot, but the biggest difference between the films is that the attitude of the kids. In the original series, the kids were sometimes strange and quite annoying, but for the most part they were likeable. In the remake, the kids were shallow, self centered, and seemed to have never worked a day in their life. Most of them were there to party and nothing more, it became difficult to care what fate had in store for them. The main exception to this rule in the remake is Jared Padalecki’s character who is roaming the wooded area looking for his sister who is missing and who locals believe is already dead.


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