3. Generic Hybridity of Disturbia
Nightmare on Elm Street
What does this mean? Halloween
Friday 13th
• A mixture of genres
A slasher film is a type of horror
film typically involving a
Thriller psychopathic killer stalking and
killing a sequence of victims in a
graphically violent manner, often
Slash with a cutting tool such as a knife
Teen or axe.
Although the term "slasher" may
Suspense be used as a generic term for any
horror movie involving graphic
acts of murder, the slasher as a
genre has its own set of
characteristics
4. Generic Hybridity of Disturbia
Donnie Darko
What does this mean? Precious
A mixture of genres Wild Cherry/ Project X
• Teen films is a film genre targeted
at teenagers and young adults in
Thriller which the plot is based upon the
special interests of teenagers, such
Slash as coming of age, first love,
rebellion, conflict with parents,
teen angst, and alienation. Often
Teen these normally serious subject
matters are presented in a glossy,
Suspense stereotyped or trivialized way.
• Films in this genre are often set in
high schools, or contain characters
that are of high school age. Sexual
themes are also common, as are
crude forms of humour.
5. Some Teen Film Conventions
Codes and conventions of The classic codes and conventions of teen film
come from American films where one of the
the teen film genre vary most widely used conventions are the
depending on the cultural stereotypes and social groups. The wide range
stereotypes most commonly used include:
context of the film, but they • The Jock/Cheerleader
can include proms, alcohol, • The Princess
illegal substances, high • The Geek/ Nerd
school, parties and all- • The Rebel
night raves, losing one's • The Misfit, or The Outcast
• The Average Girl/Boy (the boy/girl next door)
virginity, relationships, • The New Girl/Boy
social groups and cliques, • The Loner
and American pop-culture. • The Band Geek
6. References to other Films
Rear Window (1954)
- whole set of spying on a neighbour and assuming he
could be a murderer
The Shining (1980)
- The scene where Turner busts a hole in the door with
the baseball bat and looks through is an homage to
Kubrick's The Shining
Poltergeist(1982)
- The underground skeletal remains surfacing out of the
muddy water is an homage to 1982's "Poltergeist“
Full Metal Jacket (1987)
- "Me so horny" ringtone, taken from the 2 Live Crew
song that samples the film.
Total Recall (1990)
- poster seen on wall
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
- Kale says his mother is like the warden in "Shawshank".
7. Disturbia – product placement
who is this aimed at?????
Date: 13 Apr-3 May., 2007
Studio: Paramount
Weekend gross: US$53.7 M
Featured brands:
Apple, ASICS, Barnes & Noble, Bed, Bath & Beyond, BMW, Boost Mobile,
Cascade, Coca-Cola, Elmers, Energizer, FADER, Fila, Ford, Ford Mustang,
HDNet, Hefty, Hershey's, Lexus, Mayflower, Nike, Nokia, OxiClean,
Palmolive, Panasonic, Philips, Red Bull, Safari, Sentinel Offender Services,
Skippy, Sony PlayStation, Twinkies, Us magazine, Valspar, Volkswagen
Beetle, Wonder Bread, Xbox, YouTube
On house arrest, Kale entertains himself with junk food, household brands, and a
slew of electronics brands as he spies on a murderous neighbour in Disturbia.
Apple products stand out as the absolute teen necessities, with the iPod holding ''60
gigs of [Kale's] life.''
10. Definition of WEB 2
A Web 2.0 site allows users to interact and collaborate
with each other in a social media dialogue as creators of
user-generated content in a virtual community, in contrast
to websites where users are limited to the passive
viewing of content, that was created for them.
Examples of Web 2.0 include social networking sites,
blogs, wikis , video sharing sites, hosted services, web
applications, mashups and folksonomies
11. Audience Demographic
Rear Window Disturbia
When Rear Window was Disturbia, given that the
released in 1954, most of film's star was in his early
the actors (with the 20's when released, was
exception of Grace Kelly) geared toward a younger
were in their late 30's to audience group, probably
early 50's, perhaps high schoolers to young
suggesting that the adults.
movie's target audience
was more toward middle-
aged Americans.
