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Kubrick and the Color Red

Hamlet Soliloquy Reshoot Calendar

11/3-11/5

Our horror unit is over.

We Watched Night of the Living Dead, 28 Days Later, Carrie, The Amityville Horror, Psycho, and Se7en.

Here comes the work!

Danse Macabre

• Read Chapter VI of Danse Macabre and compose typed responses to the accompanying questions. Your typed responses are due by Wednesday (11/5)

• Pick two horror films we viewed in this unit. Create a PowerPoint explaining the text and the subtext of each. 
• A minimum of 4 slides is required.
• Be prepared to present on Wednesday (11/5).

• Read this article from Slate. 
• King wrote this about The Thing and America in the 1950's: “The hawkish ones, like The Thing, usually extol the virtues of preparedness and deplore the vices of laxness, and achieve a goodly amount of their horror by positing a society which is politically antithetical to ours…”
• Does this subtext inform modern horror? Explain.
• Can you relate this concept to 28 Days Later?
• Post your response as a comment to this blog post. Comments must be posted by Wednesday (11/5).

David Fincher

• Watch this video from The Atlantic.
• Respond to the following questions:
• What is Fincher's approach regarding information and exposition?
• When does drama occur in a Fincher film?
• Explain Fincher's 3 rules.
• What does Fincher think about people?
• Your typed responses must be submitted by Wednesday (11/5).

Basically, this work is all due by Wednesday (11/5).

This is also the time to complete your Hamlet soliloquies if you have not yet done so.

• If submitted before Wednesday, you may earn half credit for the assignment.
• Also, please submit your Kubrick essay if you have not yet done so.