1920- Evil Returns

1920 Evil Returns was an interesting film for me to watch as it had a whole different take on the classic Horror genre, the way that 1920 confronted love in the film is different to how other horrors confront horrors for example in "The Woman In Black" the main character has lost his wife so seeks out the ghost to prove to him self that there is a life after death. but in 1920 the connection of love seams to run deeper into the life blood of the film, and this is a key convention of Bollywood films and is one of the big contrasts between a Bollywood and Hollywood films, in 1920 the male and female are in a hotel room but rather than having sex the male character walks away, i don't want to say that Hollywood films are all about sex but i feel that if that if two characters in Hollywood film had ended up in a hotel room together the same level of restraint may not have been kept.

1920 is a Horror and keeps to the same conventions as you would expect from a horror; dark lighting, jumpy sounds and a stalking camera. but the film is also a romance and keeps to the conventions of a romance; damsel in distress and something keeping them apart, 1920 keeps to the conventions and narrative of a Bollywood film; love story, poetry and strong family bonds, 1920 also attracted some well known actors such as Aftab Shivdasani.

The technology used in the film is good but i feel that a little more resistant could be shown i have to say that in comparison to some other Bollywood films that they are starting to understand that a film is not merely measured  number of effects. and this shows that they are getting better but i still feel that 1920 did some times use effects in times that were just not needed.

Resident Evil

Resident Evil is a Si-Fi horror based around the Resident Evil video game series, three of the key ways to tell that this film is a Si-Fi Horror is to look at the way the production team have used sound, lighting and camera shots. Within Resident Evil you can find many cases where the production team have used the sound to build tension, for example when the team first encounter zombies they are not meet by the image of an undead person they and the audience first hear the sound of an axe being dragged along the ground.

Another key point about Resident Evil is the production context of the film, due to the success of the games Hollywood found and opportunity to turn the games into a film, and in 2002 the first Resident Evil film was released, the large budget and resources that Hollywood has allowed the Resident Evil franchise to evolve, the actors and writers of the film show just how powerful the influences of Hollywood are. The dialog and narrative of Resident Evil are extremely clever as they work well as a film but at the same time keep true story, locations and dialog of the games. 

One of the highlights of the film for me was seeing how the film used special effects, in a big holly wood block buster you expect to see lots of effects and Resident Evil is no exception, but one of the great things about Hollywood is there ability to know when an affect is effective and when it is over used, this for me is key to making a good film as even the best crew and biggest budget can destroy a film if the effects are used every two seconds.