Monday, May 14, 2007

Slasher Texts Online

To save you the trouble, Macguffin has trawled YouTube to track down key clips from the slasher films you studied as your case study for the Med 4 Genre module.

By clicking on this link (or on Eminem, alongside, sporting his Jason mask and carrying his chainsaw...thus appropriating slasher iconography in a different medium) you will come to a menu that includes most of the films' openings, key murder scenes (or 'narrative moments') and trailers.

These will help refresh your memories and, used in conjunction with your 'repertoire of elements' sheets and slasher pack, will help you illustrate your essays with detailed examples from the texts.




But don't forget...this is to be done in conjunction with learning about genre as a concept: genre theory, key quotes, etc., and planning and writing timed essays. You won't do well simply by watching the films again and again!

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