![]() You and I are talking about football, something very innocuous, but the audience are informed by a method unknown to us that there’s a bomb under the table and it’s going to go off in five minutes. Now we do the scene over again, it’s a five minute scene. ![]() What have the audience had while watching this scene? Five or ten seconds of shock. suddenly a bomb goes off and up we go, blown to smithereens. Hitchcock identified how audiences take pleasure in waiting first and best: The Final Destination movies are all about anticipation. Handled, and has effectively sustained five entries in the franchise, This grim premise is actually a very effective crowd pleaser when properly It’s just a matter of when, where and – most importantly for the entertainment factor of these movies – how. The rules are simple, without caveats: if you are a character in a Final Destination movie, you are going to die. It has everyone in its sights and no one – virgins and geeks are in just as much danger as cheerleaders. The Final Destination killer has no cumbersome backstory, no narcissistic mother waiting in the shadows, no daughters/sons unaware of their parentage.
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