Media Group Work : Existing Product Conventions
The Orphanage
– This film was written by Claudio Carvalho in 1996 and finally debuted in 2004
with Jaun Antonio Bayona as the director. The film tells the story of a woman brings her family back to her childhood home, where she wishes
to open an orphanage for disabled children. But soon after, her son begins to
communicate with an invisible new friend.
The Shining(1980)- This film was adapted from a novel
written by Stephen King and by Stanley Kubrick in 1980. The film tells the
story of a family that have moved into an isolated hotel for the winter but are
tortured by the farther who becomes influenced by spiritual presences.
It (1990)- This was a two part film series which told
the story of seven outcast kids that fight against a demon in the form of a
children’s clown. The film was written by Stephen King et al and directed by
Tommy Lee Wallace in 1990.
This relates to our work because it is a
psychological thriller/horro
Identity (2003) – This film is about ten strangers
who are stranded at a deserted motel in Nevada during a rainstorm who befriend
each other after they realise they are being killed one by one. Written by
Michael Cooney and James Mangold in 2003.
The Ring ( 2002)- this is an American
psychological thriller that tells the story of a young journalist who has to
investigate a mysterious videotape that causes the death of anyone who watches
it a week later. Adapted from the Japanese novel written by Koji Suzuki,
American writer Erhen Kruger was able to recreate this novel into a film for a
wider range of audience, alongside Gore Verbinski as the director.
