Dissertation Preparation: Benjamin Sitton by

Dissertation Preparation: Benjamin Sitton by https://padlet.com/benjamin482/rc06s8y14mdygbyt Collected research and ideas for my dissertation. en-us 2022-05-30 10:35:38 UTC 2022-05-30 11:26:12 UTC hello@padlet.com Week 1 benjamin482 https://padlet.com/benjamin482/rc06s8y14mdygbyt/wish/2204513791 Possible topics of interest that I am passionate about:

Horror - Impact of horror sequels, gender and class, horror representation?

Oversaturation in the market - Disney's monopoly, negative effects of franchise movies.

Weimar Cinema - technical innovations, did it aid the rise of fascism?

]]> 2022-05-30 10:40:26 UTC https://padlet.com/benjamin482/rc06s8y14mdygbyt/wish/2204513791 Research of Interest: benjamin482 https://padlet.com/benjamin482/rc06s8y14mdygbyt/wish/2204517577 A list of interesting critical debates in horror films: upon reading, Robin Wood seems of interest!

Robin Wood was an English film critic who wrote about the horror of the 1970's; including influential young directors like Tobe Hooper, George A. Romero, Wes Craven.]]> 2022-05-30 10:44:50 UTC https://padlet.com/benjamin482/rc06s8y14mdygbyt/wish/2204517577 benjamin482 https://padlet.com/benjamin482/rc06s8y14mdygbyt/wish/2204520252 Found this article about capitalism and horror - interesting!

https://medium.com/@jaredcharles/american-capitalism-the-implications-of-class-and-race-in-horror-9c990639b32f]]> 2022-05-30 10:47:56 UTC https://padlet.com/benjamin482/rc06s8y14mdygbyt/wish/2204520252 Oversaturation in the market benjamin482 https://padlet.com/benjamin482/rc06s8y14mdygbyt/wish/2204524750 Saw on social media that one cinema in the states had 70 showings of Dr. Strange yesterday in one day... that's not right. Would like to explore negative effects of Disney's entertainment monopoly and how they are killing mid level budget filmmaking...

Difficulty would be maintaining balance, difficult to weigh up positives for the mouse monopoly, perhaps examine effect of straight to streaming? Everything everywhere all at once not getting a theatrical release despite big word of mouth...

The Northman to streaming after a month... disappointing.

Possible articles to support this topic.

https://www.pajiba.com/film_reviews/box-office-report-multiverse-of-madness-becomes-biggest-debut-of-2022-so-far.php

https://variety.com/2022/film/news/roland-emmerich-marvel-stars-ruining-film-industry-1235170497/

https://prospect.org/power/time-to-break-up-disney-monopoly/

https://dailybruin.com/2021/04/12/opinion-disneys-growing-monopoly-breeds-uniformity-in-animation

]]> 2022-05-30 10:53:38 UTC https://padlet.com/benjamin482/rc06s8y14mdygbyt/wish/2204524750 Week 2 - Possible Questions benjamin482 https://padlet.com/benjamin482/rc06s8y14mdygbyt/wish/2204528189 Possible question ideas for topics of Horror, Disney, Weimar Cinema.

New question idea - what happened to musicals? Why did they fade away, etc etc something about the changing landscape in the 70's, vietnam.]]> 2022-05-30 10:57:29 UTC https://padlet.com/benjamin482/rc06s8y14mdygbyt/wish/2204528189 Horror Questions benjamin482 https://padlet.com/benjamin482/rc06s8y14mdygbyt/wish/2204529209

To what extent is the horror genre about the struggle for recognition of all that our civilization oppresses and represses?

To what extent were giallo films successful in expanding the horror genre market?

How useful are the theories of Sigmund Freud in interpreting mainstream horror cinema?
How did the horror sequels of the 1980’s influence the tastes of audiences?

I like the repression question, has a lot of potential for different examination of various elements, wrestles with societal taboo and conflict..

Further articles found to support these topics.

https://wpunj.edu/cohss/departments/english/wac/student-spotlight/elise-johnson.html

https://www.opportunityagenda.org/explore/insights/reclaiming-power-through-horror

https://medium.com/the-nocturnal-report/psychoanalysis-the-horror-movie-f82cc6f5aebf

]]> 2022-05-30 10:58:39 UTC https://padlet.com/benjamin482/rc06s8y14mdygbyt/wish/2204529209 Weimar Cinema benjamin482 https://padlet.com/benjamin482/rc06s8y14mdygbyt/wish/2204533642 Siegfreid Kracauer's name coming up a lot in reference to possible questions. German film theorist and writer. Argued that Weimar cinema aided the rise of the Nazi's.

Possible questions:

To what extent did the cinema of the Weimar Republic aid the rise of the Nazi Party? Siegfried Kracauer.
Was Weimar Cinema Pro Fascist?

Some articles of note.

https://monoskop.org/images/0/0f/Kracauer_Siegfried_The_Mass_Ornament_Weimar_Essays.pdf

https://film-history.org/issues/text/kracauers-theory-history-and-film

https://warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/studying/docs/german_film/

https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=IeXxDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA96&lpg=PA96&dq=are+weimar+movies+pro+fascist&source=bl&ots=U1wMN95SqO&sig=ACfU3U2Lp4LsHT9YOXs-HPIesILTe-1kTQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjat4e92df3AhWKX8AKHXv4DDYQ6AF6BAgpEAM#v=onepage&q=are%20weimar%20movies%20pro%20fascist&f=false

]]> 2022-05-30 11:03:34 UTC https://padlet.com/benjamin482/rc06s8y14mdygbyt/wish/2204533642 Week 3 - Further Reading benjamin482 https://padlet.com/benjamin482/rc06s8y14mdygbyt/wish/2204541159 Reading more of Robin Wood's ideas, read today an excerpt from his chapter The American Nightmare - Horror in the 70's. Wood speaks of two types of repression; basic and surplus. Basic is the internal ability to abide by societal customs to benefit the community, sacrificing the inner animal, and then surplus is the societal oppression of groups or individuals that challenged the status quo or civilisations notions about what is acceptable and what is not.

Many monster movies subscribe to this idea, with the monster being the fears of the bourgeois of society.

Wood also suggests that a horror movies ending reflects its politics; conservative films end with the monster or threat being repressed, nothing changes, progressive films end with a recognition of the repressed, and a change. I agree with this point. ]]> 2022-05-30 11:12:26 UTC https://padlet.com/benjamin482/rc06s8y14mdygbyt/wish/2204541159 Week 5 - Ethics Checklist benjamin482 https://padlet.com/benjamin482/rc06s8y14mdygbyt/wish/2204546679 Following on from my decision to focus my question on modern horror audience's identity, and how important class is in that identity, today we were taught about ethics checklists as part of our submission.

Today's session made me consider the methods I would undertake to acquire primary research for my dissertation. I would like to interview an academic; maybe Mark Jancovich of East Anglia University, as I have been reading some of his article writing.

Maybe I could also do a focus group, asking participants what they consider to be the most important part of their identity's.

Today's session made me consider the ethical side of conducting research, with some horror stories being told by our lecturers! ]]> 2022-05-30 11:18:29 UTC https://padlet.com/benjamin482/rc06s8y14mdygbyt/wish/2204546679 Week 4 - Question Decision benjamin482 https://padlet.com/benjamin482/rc06s8y14mdygbyt/wish/2204549051 I have decided to do a horror related question, something along the lines of this...

To what extent is the depiction of class struggle in horror relevant to a modern audience’s identity?

With this, I will examine the relationship and change overtime of class as part of an identity of horror enthusiasts from the 70's to now, marking how the dissolving of the lines between the working class and middle class means class is less of an important aspect of identity than before.

]]> 2022-05-30 11:21:33 UTC https://padlet.com/benjamin482/rc06s8y14mdygbyt/wish/2204549051 Week 6 and Beyond benjamin482 https://padlet.com/benjamin482/rc06s8y14mdygbyt/wish/2204553041 Over the summer I would like to read a couple books relating to my topic, such as Men, Women and Chainsaws by Carol Clover, and some of the works of Robin Wood.

I will try and get ahead over the summer month by already getting my interview arranged, and begin planning my survey / focus group for September/October time. ]]> 2022-05-30 11:26:12 UTC https://padlet.com/benjamin482/rc06s8y14mdygbyt/wish/2204553041