In Fear - British Production Context

The movie In Fear is a film in horror genre, this is because of all the narrow roads which might make the viewer seem uncomfortable and even claustrophobic, not only because of the narrow roads but also because the main characters are stuck in their car, which might not be a safe place, as anyone can easily brake the window and get to them. Also, the unexplainable situations that happen show the horror genre. This is because the main characters appear to be in some kind of a labyrinth from which there isn't any way to escape, which scares the viewer as they imagine how they would feel if they were in such a situation. The last aspect that represents the horror genre of the movie is the darkness and the night that finally crosses the path of the characters. The darkness is a classical theme that appears in horror movies, as it hides the unseen terrors from the viewers and that's what scares them the most.

The production context into which the film In Fear fit into is the British context, this is because it stars  mostly UK actors and the action is happening within the UK. Also, most of the action is happening within one place, which is visited over and over by the characters, and most of the action is shown in the car, they barely get out of it. And most of all there aren't that many characters used in this movie when comparing it to the Hollywood or Bollywood productions. Talking about the characters, the 3 stars that were presented in the movie are quite popular Iain De Caestecher, Alice Englert and Allen Leech have played in many productions before, this means that the British production context does use popular people, unlike the Bollywood context which uses the local people which aren't really known around the world.

The film In Fear represents the British production context by different aspects, like by the narrative, characters, dialogues and locations used. The dialogue is reflects the British context by the strong use of British accent by the actors, which instantly communicates the production context to the audience. Also, they use slang language sometimes in the movie and there is slight bad language, which is quite common in British films. Another aspect is the location; the whole movie was filmed in the UK which is not only shown by the classic UK countryside but also, by the weather. It starts to rain during the movie and it does so for quite a long time, I suppose that this was made on purpose to represent the British production context, much clearer, to the viewer. Furthermore, the characters show that the audience are watching a British production context movie, as two of the actors originate from UK, so having a UK cast only strengthens the idea of a British context. The British style narrative is reflected by the use of effects, which weren’t as spectacular as Hollywood production context uses, without massive explosions or incredible CGI effects, but the narrative in this situation is much more important than the SFX, which shows the British production context as they try to make the narrative of the film more effective than the effects that are shown in it.

 

The technology that was used in this film relates to the production context as there was no CGI used or any special make-up apart from the blood. It relates because British production context is much different from the other contexts, it doesn’t use SFX as often as Hollywood for example but puts more work into the quality of the movie, rather than the quantity of special effects or CGI. This film was much different from the other ones which I have looked at, because of many aspects; some of them include the use of CGI, or SFX make-up. For example This film is different from World War Z because they, massively used CGI to create the zombies, or various explosions, which isn’t really seen in the film In Fear, that’s why it is completely different from the Hollywood context. Also, in In Fear they didn’t use any SFX make-up to make a person look like someone else, just like in the film Rise of the Zombie where they placed a lot of make-up on the actor to make him look like a zombie. In film In Fear they have only used some blood to show wounds, whereas in the Bollywood production context they have used much more make-up.

Rise Of The Zombie - Bollywood Production Context

The film Rise of the Zombie was a horror genre this is because of the brutality, gore and inhumane behaviour shown in the movie. And all of these actions are committed by a zombie who eats human flesh and insects. But the whole horror genre starts from the idea that the main character travels to a forest far from the civilization meaning that it is very desolate so no-one would be able to help him if something happens and that is what happens, he gets bitten and there is no way he could get any help, as he thinks that he is alright and no-one else saw what happened to him so no-one is worried about it and they won’t put him in hospital. Furthermore, there is one more aspect which makes this film a horror genre, it is the parts of the bodies which the main character finds everywhere, like hands, eyes and other parts, it is really scary to find something like that in the place where you are, especially if you have no idea what is happening to you; you don’t expect it, and even don’t remember what happened to the owner of these body parts.

The production context that this film related to is Bollywood, this is because of the place where all the action is happening, in India. This is shown not only through the location but also by the language in which they speak in mostly, Hindi, and by the food which is brought to the main character by one of the villagers, which is probably one of their traditional foods. Also, the production context is represented by the effects that they use, because of their small budget they aren’t using any SFX but to make the main character look like a zombie they put a lot of make-up on him to lighten his face, make wounds on him and apply the fake blood. Another aspect is the music, which is just classical in all the Bollywood movies. Furthermore, the action is taking really long to develop, and the viewer is waiting really long to see if there would be any action that would define the climax of the movie, but there is barely any. Also, the star in this movie is Luke Kenny, which isn’t a really famous person in our regions of the world, but I can guess that he might be famous in India and some regions around it, because he not only directed the movie but also, played the role of the main character.

The production context relates to the film by the narrative, dialogue, characters and locations used. The dialogues are mostly in Hindi but there are some English words used which I think is just pathetic, as it is shown in this movie how much they want to drive to the Hollywood style of films. But even though they try to do so, the dialogue that they use is all said in nice language, there is no swearing or other bad language so they still keep to the Bollywoods’ standards, but drive into the Hollywood direction. Also, the locations used in the film, they seem like India’s shanty town and forest. They show completely different standards of filming compared to Hollywood. Furthermore, the narrative of the film is concentrated around the feelings of the main characters which are the typical course of action that is taken by the Bollywood. And even though they broke up at the beginning of the movie, the main character keeps on calling the girl, and then she tries to find him after his disappearance, so this means that even though they argued their relationship, might still develop throughout the movie, which is really weird but I guess that they might feel bad about what happened between them. The production context is also, represented by the characters that play in the movie. All of them are from India, but the main character and his uncle have English surnames which is another move towards the Hollywood context. But, because there was a much smaller budget for this production than for the Hollywood one, there were far less characters playing in it, which didn't even fill out the 7 spheres of action. So, this shows that this production context is way different from the Hollywood context which usually tries to put many characters in the film, to fill out all the 7 spheres.

The technology which was used in this film was much more limited than the one used for Hollywood production, this is because Hollywood used CGI to make their zombies, which made them look very realistic, and really scary. But just because Bollywood didn't have the same technology it doesn't mean that the zombie looked worse, it was just a smaller scale apocalypse than in the World War Z. The Bollywood context used mostly SFX make-up to make the zombie look realistic and with the various lightning techniques, it looked pretty scary at points. At other points, the zombie looked very gruesome, especially, when he was ripping his skin from his arm to show how he is changing and along with him his body. But apart from the visual techniques, the film was lacking in soundtrack, the jumpy bits should have such soundtrack that would scare the viewer, just like in World War Z when the family was running up the stairs to the helicopter, there was a lot of soundtrack there which made the viewer jump each time the zombies came out. Whereas, in Rise of the Zombie, there is a lot of that missing, as when the main character attacks the people, it's not even scary because of the lack of the soundtrack. Also, there was one mistake which I spotted in that movie, when the main character rips out the heart from a man chest he puts his hand in the part of the body where stomach would be or even the start of intestines, but still rips the heart out, I think that it would look more realistic if he would put the hand a bit higher, at the height of the sternum.

World War Z - Hollywood Production Context

The movie World War Z is a horror genre this is because the whole film is filled with zombies running around and killing people. Because there are a lot of zombies, we can see very animalistic behaviour within the dead society, they are unscrupulous, driven by hunger which leads them into aggression against human kind and they are uncontrollable as it can be seen that they don’t even care if their bodies get damaged or totally broken down. Also, we can see that the action is taking place in many dark, desolate, secluded locations which bring the tension up as the viewers wonder what might happen next to the characters and if they would survive.

World War Z was filmed as a Hollywood production context, by the Paramount Pictures which are an American company. Most of the actors which were present in the film were American which responds to the Hollywood context. Also, there was a great amount of money put into the film as a budget because the main actor travelled the world a lot, visiting about four countries and he was also on a ship with his family. The budget corresponds to the production context as mostly Hollywood production have a large budget because it is the most popular context, and if it is known by many people then it is aimed at larger amount of audience and more money will be earned because of the film so they put a large budget into it. Also, the CGI that was used in the film making the zombies was very realistic which means that no amateur did it but it was a job for an expert, so this also means that more money was put in the film to make it look as realistic as it is possible.

The star that was involved in this movie was Brad Pitt, which is associated as a hard to kill, tuff guy, but also, as loyal man which will fight for his family. This is because he starred in movies like: Fight Club (1999) or The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008). Both of these films are extremely different, one showing aggression, fighting and hate and the other one showing love, care and sympathy for the other person. World War Z combines both of these ideas in one film, showing Brad Pitt as a dangerous but also a caring man.

The locations used in the film relate to the production context as there is a wide variety of places where the main character travels to, this must have involved a large budget so only big production contexts would be able to do it. But the action begins in America so it is just simple that the production context would be American. In the film World War Z the characters greatly refer to the production context as it uses the full 7 spheres of action. The hero, which is really obvious, is Brad Pitt. This is because he shows up throughout the whole movie and practically saves the day, just like all the heroes should. Also, this actor is quite famous and because of this his character refers to the Hollywood production context as they usually use very famous people and put them into the main roles. The villain is usually the person who opposes the hero, but this time, it is a disease, which by infecting people tries to stop the hero from succeeding. This means that the villains are the zombies. The false hero in this situation would be Thierry which is the person that brought all the main actors onto the ship. The reason that he is the false hero is that he promises the family to stay and be safe on the ship and then he sends them off to a different place, which looks like he would betray them when they weren't needed anymore. Heroes’ helper would be Segen, the woman that the main character saved from becoming a zombie by cutting her arm off. She helps the hero to travel to the W.H.O. research facility. The dispatcher in this film is the Naval Commander which sends the hero to Korea as he begins his quest around the world. Person that needs to be saved by the hero and at the same time the princess would be the main characters’ wife as, he is starting his journey because of her, he does it to protect her so that she would be able to stay in on the ship with the daughters and be safe. The last character in the 7 spheres would be the doctor from the research facility; he would be the donor as he gives the hero the opportunity to get viruses to save the healthy people. The dialogue used in World War Z is practically the English that we can hear from day to day basis, it is just, there aren’t any hard or uncommon words used in it, whereas in British the dialogue might be more complex or just stereotypic. And in Bollywood movies the dialogue might be done in their language, which would greatly reflect that production context. The narrative relates to the production context as it is mostly based on constant action, and the Hollywood production context is known for making films like this, with big explosions and dramatic actions, whereas other production contexts try to produce different kinds of narratives, not mostly action based only.

The technology used in the film relates to the production context because zombies were made using CGI, which was used very professionally as they looked realistic. This allowed the production context to put more money into CGI than actors, which surely need to be paid more than it is spent on people who would act. In these scenes there are no way that someone would act in a wrong way as the zombies were generated in there so fewer scenes had to be retaken. So if the production company didn’t have to pay so much for the actors then because of the saved money they could put more of them into CGI and produce much better quality images. Also, some scenes were probably, impossible to film with actors, like the climb of the zombies onto the wall in Jerusalem which meant that CGI was essential to use.