Originally called "The Babysitter Murders," "Halloween" followed the story of Michael Myers in the small town of Haddonfield. ... This film is considered the first "slasher" film in the sub-genre of Horror. ... "Halloween" was different in many ways due to the fact that it did not follow the model of B movie horror films. ... Many slasher films follow this set of rules to produce a film that is frightening yet popular. ... The "final girl " is the film's last survivor. ...

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In film, the male gaze develops when the audience is put in place of the heterosexual male behind the lens and displays the female as a sexual object for both the characters in the film, as well as the audience watching the film. ... This is not apparent specifically in films alone, this is apparent in art, film, music, videos, and especially in advertising. ... Hitchcock's movies, particularly the ones described, scopophilia and voyeurism is always the main focus to the plot and follows these issues to pull us in as an audience. Hitchcock's characters usually follow a specific role ...

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Both these movements resulted in influential developments in film theory and a distinctive body of films that are still considered important by nowadays film makers. ... The film d'art movement in France dated from 1908. Film d'arte italiana followed quickly. ... Two genres that were especially influenced by Expressionism were the horror film and film noir. ... Pudovkin devoloped in his two major works Film Technique (1926) and Film Ac...

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Erin runs one way and Andy runs another but leatherface follows Andy and Erin gets away. ... She is the main character of the film. ... Irony plays a big part in this film. ... Suspense also plays a big part in this film. ... All four of these structural elements played major parts in the film and gave the story what it needed to be a great film. ...

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The idea of this can be seen in the film, Nosferatu by F. ... The film is a silent horror film in which one of the characters, Nosferatu, has the nature of a vampire and he is at harm to the main actress, Ellen. ... In the film Nosferatu, this is seen when the girl in the film begins to react oddly towards Nosferatu himself. It was seen that mostly at night she almost became possessed by Nosferatu and would follow his commands without knowing what she is doing. ... By doing this it helps to show when there is negative scenes in the film and changes the atmosphere of the film. ...

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