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Deep Viewing:​Horror

1. What techniques do directors use to try to make you afraid?
2. What fears are targeted in these films?
3. Which one of these movies are slasher and which are horror? 
4. What is the difference? How can we start to define each genre?
5. What do all humans fear?
6. What do you fear?

Deep Viewing Definition 
Theme:  A polluted landscape damages a person’s life,  as a landscape is unavoidable.

  1.  0:09 faded face in sky (Camera Angle) shows self and land must merge. Connected. 
  2. 0:12 female silhouette (camera angle)  on landscape of machines/ gas/ polluted  looking down shows sad/ damage. Again, she is a part of land and it hurts her.
  3. 0:20 Gas Pipes (camera angle) - Person is polluted along with land.
  4. 0:31 Cross (symbol) — this man has no choice but be religious— see how the cross seems to stab him  in his gut (symbol/ camera angle). 
  5. 0:41 (camera angle) Again, eye/ person reflects what they see— this prostitute is a result of her setting. No focus on her to blame. Focus on setting as blame. 0:44 same as above— Deprived setting forced this woman to strip/ prostitute.
  6. 0:45  “When I touched her skin, my fingers ran with blood” (Lyric) Again, what I touch, where I am impacts me.  No idea if he was violent, but has blood on hands like a killer (Lady Macbeth).
  7. 0:55- Fire (symbol) shows maybe trying to escape, hurt landscape, but still a part of him
  8. 0:57 Road built into face (Camera) — inescapable trapped/ part of hmi. Goes with his face.
  9. 1:00 “rattle snakes unfold” (lyric)  snakes hide in landscape and hurt a person.
  10. 1:18 3rd face in a row that is sad. Shows emotional damage. (symbol)
  11. 1: 35 “The wind will be my hand” Landscape and person merge. (lyric) “towards the boiling sun” Continued focus on setting. 


Stephen King: Fear, Fame, and Fortune Documentary 
Media strand 


                                                                                                                                                                                                /20 points 




  1. Pre-reading Question: What do you already know about Stephen King (1 point) 
  2. Does an author’s early life specifically impact his writing? Explain with examples: 
    1.  Character trait/s and reason/s (2 point)
    2. Topics for his novels (2 points) 
  3. What might King’s greatest fear be? Provide a reason (2 points)
    1. What is your greatest fear? Why? (2 points)
  4. If Stephen King were to write 3 tips on how to be a success as a novelist, what might his three tips be? (3 points) 
  5. What might your parents, friends, or teachers say if you told them that you wanted to be an artist? Provide an explanation. (2 points)
  6. Was King’s early adult life successful? Argue one side and provide proof and explanation (3 points) 
  7. Did money change Stephen King? Explain your answer. (2 points)
  8. Describe King’s relationship with fame or the publishing world? (1 point)
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