Se7en

Directed: 1995 by David Fincher/ has directed (Aliens, the game, Benjamin Button, the girl with the dragon tattoo, gone girl, zodiac, fight club, social network and TV show House of Cards)

Se7en

Brad Pitt- Detective Mills

Morgan Freeman- Detective Somerset

Kevin Spacey- John Doe

Gwyneth Paltrow- Tracey

Where? In the streets of Manhattan, Brooklyn

Time? In 90’s

What is this world like? Full of crime with police trying to be in control

Mills

-violent

-aggressive

-angry

-mad

-impatient

-emotional

Aristotle

Believed in Catharsis- a release of suppressed emotion. We are attracted to what scares us to purge emotions.

Zolf Zillman- Excitation theory

Negative emotions gained from violent/scary imagery Intensify the positive. Physical response.

Glenn D Walters

What makes films scary?

1.       Tension- suspense built up with filming techniques.

2.       Relevance- the fear generated gas to be relevant and believe by the audience.

3.       Unrealism- we have to know there is not real threat. This is safe space to explore and experiment.