"Let The Right One In" Homework

1) I wouldnt realy watch horror films as it isn't my favourite genre of film but when I do watch horrors the language of the film doesn't make any difference to my viewing experience because what makes a horror scary to me is mainly the music, fast camera shots, many extreme close up angles and weather it has gore.  So the language doesn't change the effects of a Horror to me.

2) Trailers encourage you to watch a film by showing the highlights of the film, for example; "Let The Right One In" trailer sets the story by showing you that it is the 'boy meets girl' type of film, with a twist.  It shows clips of the two main characters, for example It would show the two different personalities of Oscar and Eli, the good sides of Eli's personality and the bad sides. They would also show a point in the film where there was blood or gore or violence, and then suddenly stop the whole trailer leaving you wondering what happens next, this makes you go and pay for a ticket at the cinema when the film is releaced or to buy the DVD when it's on sale.  Depending on the genre of the Trailer there would usually be music played throughout the clip, for example;  "Let The Right One In" used dramatic music throughout the trailer to suit the mood of the film.

4) "Let The Right One In" presents "outsiders" to be weird unsociable outcasts to the average person.  For example Oscar gets bullied at school for being different to the other boys at his school.  Eli is also shown as an outsider because she stops herself from getting involved with other children because of her problem of being a risk to others, and not being able to go out during the day because of her condition of being a vampire. the outsiders from this film are shown to be lonely and to stand out from a crowd.

5)I personally liked the characters Eli and Oscar in this film as they were very different to the rest of the characters in the film, and their connection with each other was clear to the audience and it made you feel sorry for them throughout the film.  Although the characters were similar to the characters in Twilight, I still like the characters as they are believable.  They are both outsiders in the film, so it draws your attention to them more, it makes me feel for them a bit more and like their character more than other characters in the film.

6) Personally, i enjoyed the romance twist in the film.  I thought it was different like most other horrors I've watched in the past, i found it different and somewhat original to the typical horror.  I thought the fact that the monster in Eli wasn't wanted because she hadto stay away from people in day to day life 'normal' people, but she couldn't bring herself to stay away from Oscar because she had fallen for him, as he had fallen for her.  I also liked how each was an outsider in the film but both were an outsider for very different reasons, he was just the boy with no friends in their neighbor hood and she was the monster who no one noticed because she hadto lead a secret, isolated life to prevent harm to others. I also like how they both look after each other, for example when Eli told Oscar to stick up for himself by hitting back.  Although it showed care and love between the two, it still had it's horror signs.

7) Eli and Oscar's relationship was unusual for this genre but it made sense.  Eli was seen to be the villian with a good side, who was also looked at as a hero when she saved Oscar from the bullies at the end of the film.  Where there was a lot of romance throughout the film, if Eli wasn't a Vampire, the film genre would change to a romance. The only twist on this romance would be that boy meets girl, they both fall for each other and instead of boy saving girl, it would be girl saving boy.

8)The film showed the stereo typical vampire throughout the film, with some differences.  For example; the stereo typical vampire would feed on blood (preferably human blood), would bite at the neck and leave two bite marks on the neck, turns into a bat at some points and hides away from sunlight to stop danger of burning alive.  "Let The Right One In" uses some of the stereotypical points of a vampire, but they make it more realistic.  This makes us feel more scared of the figure of the vampire in the film as it is seen to be more realistic, and also the fact that Eli is seen to be somewhat normal when she's around Oscar, she laughs, plays and enjoys puzzles. But when she changes and sees/smells blood, the drastic change shocks the viewer making us feel on edge or scared.

9) Eli's father seems to be like any other childs father, he shows that he would do anything for his daughter even if it puts himself in danger.  Although, he shows signs of fear when dealing with his daughter Eli, for example when he went out into the night to try and find food for his daughter, he failed to get the blood because he was close to getting caught, when he got back to their flat and told her he looked scared of her when she was shouting at him.  But it also showed that he would die, literally for her, for example when he hadto pour acid on his face to hide his identity from the police when he got caught when attempting to kill a young boy to bring home blood for Eli, this didn't kill him but Eli went to the hospital he was in and he gave her his blood and died.  This shows that even though Eli's fathers life was a very different lifestyle from the average father, he still showed love and affection towards his daughter like any other father would.

10) I thought that Eli's father was being controlled by Eli because of her reactions when he failed to bring back blood.  He looked very intimidated when Eli was shouting at him and scared.  I thought it was very unfamiliar for a father to feel intimidated by his own child.  But when it was clear of what Eli was, it all made sense of why he would seem so threatened.
In another scene I spotted some strengths in the relationship between himself and his daughter was when he gave his life for her. Like any other father would be fought to his death for his daughter and it showed that he did, and would do anything for her and showed his love for her

Moral Panics and the Mass Media

The news paper article i looked at was about the economic crisis in Britain today.  The article told us about how the energy bills have increased this year, and how some people, especially the working class or under class will suffer with the issue and will have to 'ration heating' or just turn it off completely.

"Families 'will ration heating' this winter - some are set to turn it off all together" Daily Mail Online - 6th October 2011