Assignment 2: Genre and NCIS

Ouija(2014)

Genre
Horror

Narrative
The story line for this film is that there is a girl named Debbie and she finds a ouija board mysteriously in her house. All of sudden she dies from the bad spirits that came out of the board. Then her friends find the same ouija board and they think they can communicate to Debbie through it but get a shock of their life when they find out its not calling Debbie its inviting bad spirits.

Character
The characters are close friends and they had a friend called Debbie and they are typical american teenagers,just hanging around with their friends and chilling. There are 3 girls and 2 boys.
In horror films there is usually a joker that never takes it seriously,there is always a heroin or hero who tries to be courageous and solve the problem, and the rest of them are usually curious,terrified and are depending on one of the friends to do most of the solving and figure out what has happened.

Iconography 
There are loads of iconography in this typical horror film with poltergeist,dark lighting, eerie sound effects, loud tension, gore,blood ,fire, dolls, a scary ghost, writing on the wall and tragic injuries. All these are typical sources you would normally see in a horror film and this will link to the narrative that its a typical teenage american horror film.

Setting 
Even though its a 3 minutes long trailer it shows the setting of a creepy,eerie and huge house to show that something obviously bad is going to happen. Also it being based in a huge house shows its a horror movie because horror movies are not usually based in a shopping mall. Normally in small quiet areas where no one will be there to see or hear what has happened.

Spring Breakers(2012)

Genre

Crime/Drama

Narrative

The story line for this film is there are 4 girls that are in college and Spring break is coming up. They want to do something different for spring break so they decide to rob stores,get money, party all night and take drugs. This shows its a american crime/drama film because its intense and a dramatic film.

Characters

The characters in this film are well known actresses that have featured in many movies. Also there is one girl in the group of friends that doesn't want to go through it because they think of the consequences but because they are all close friends ,that would do anything for each other she goes along with the girls. There will always be a very aggressive one that will do the dirty work in the group and the girls won't question what she does. 

Iconography

There is a majority of iconography of this film such as guns,knifes, robbery, parties,drugs, police, money, gangstas, arguments, strong language and sexual references. All of these make up for that its a crime/drama.

Setting

The trailer to this film is only 2 minutes long but I can see that the girls were in hotel because of them being poor then it went to a different location in Miami on a beach with loud music and loads of young teenagers dancing and having fun. Also it shows how they are on a tight budget by going to a open party where there a loads of people there.

Maleficent(2014)

Genre

Fantasy

Narrative

The story line to this film is that there is a iconic villain is living in forest with all her army and Sleeping beauty meets her in the forest and she becomes friends with her until Sleeping beauty's father finds outs and threatens her and her army to stay away but that then leads to a fight. This is a tense,fantasy movie.

Characters

In this movie there is obviously a villain because its based on a fairy tale but in a modern version. Maleficent is a strong,brave and cunning women who doesn't stand down. Then you have Sleeping beauty who is a beautiful ,pure heartened and oblivious young lady who has a over protected father who is the King of the kingdom and is a friendly girl.

Iconography

There is loads of iconography for example sound effects, special effects and  magical creatures. This shows how the genre is linked.

Setting

The setting is set in a medieval kingdom/forest to show how its very magical and mythical. Also its set in a whole big kingdom where there is creepy woods where it looks like no one goes. It stays in the same location because it shows how the story and the places are connected to each other.