Isabella AICE Media: A look through a lens

Exploring the Thriller Genre -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- INTRODUCTION For my project, I chose to explore the thriller genre . I was drawn to thrillers because they are some of the most suspenseful and thought-provoking films ever made. Unlike action or comedy, thrillers keep you on the edge of your seat by building tension, creating mystery, and exploring the psychological side of characters. I enjoy how thrillers constantly make you question what will happen next and often end with surprising twists. Through my research, I learned that thrillers have a long history. In the early 20th century, directors like Alfred Hitchcock shaped the genre with suspense classics such as Psycho (1960). Later, thrillers expanded into different forms like psychological thrillers ( Taxi Driver ), crime thrillers ( The French Connection ), and supernatural thrillers ( The Sixth Sense ). Today, films like Donnie Dark...

 WHAT GENRES DO I LIKE? --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Favorite Genre   The genre I like to watch the most is thriller . I think it's one of the most exciting genres because it combines mystery, suspense, and sometimes even horror or drama. Thrillers usually make you pay attention to all the little details, and I like how they can mess with your mind and make you question what's really going on. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Why? What I like most about thrillers is the suspense . I enjoy the feeling of not knowing what's going to happen next and trying to piece things together before the characters figure it out. Thrillers also usually have darker or more psychological themes, which make them feel more serious and intense than just a regular action movie. They usually have interesting characters too, because you never know wh...

ANALYZING MEDIA THROUGH MY FAVORITE MOVIE --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- https://youtu.be/cgmgZmTMxms?si=NQonPofkATEaI3W1 In this scene from the movie COCO released in 2017, shows and represents multiple aspects of identity. The Mise-en-scene in this clip, gives a warm and homely lighting a  round mama coco which shows a contrast with the vibrancy of the afterlife visuals from earlier in the movie, giving the scene a realism and memorial look.  Another example is the sound and dialogue used, the song "Remember Me" carries an emotional and narrative weight, and when Miguel sings it gives the scene a cultural bridge.  Theres multiple aspects of identity in this scene but I'm going to talk about 2 which are age and Race/Ethnicity. Age is represented by Miguels, he expresses this by his actions, his curiosity and self-expression, while mama coco is older, and she embodies memory, tradition, and genera...