Thursday, 23 June 2011

Analyse why morals were used

The impact of using morals in the movies Halloween and Scream showed audiences right and wrong and it showed the fact that doing bad things will only result in bad consequences. The movies indicated that teenagers who have sex, take drugs or drink are the ones that are the victims of the killers, because they are the ones that have done wrong. Most of the morals come from the tales told to children by their parents to keep their children out of trouble, like sex, drinking or drugs. The convention of morals was effective because it taught viewers that doing bad things will only end badly and the movies teach us that if you keep innocent and say out of trouble is the right way to go there are underlying messages through the movies. The movies intended to teach the teenage audience this. Having morals in these movies made them more humane and gave some kind of reason for the killings, it showed that not everyone has to die, only the ones that do wrong and this was a successful technique as it created a moral. The director's use morals in their movies the reflect that teenagers in our society today are like the characters in the movies and this is wrong, the directors are showing that doing the wrong things never end well therefore teenagers today should learn from this. The possible effects on society watching the movies is that they learn from the morals. They see that the characters that do wrong and break the rules are the ones that are punished, in the movies case they are the ones that die. They have the ability to impact wisdom on a subconscious level through fear





1 comment:

  1. Great effort: some strong discussion of the convention and explanation of its importance. You have also started to analyse its implications for society and the genre, but should strengthen this aspect of your argument by including quotes from the readings.

    Merit.

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