The Innocents theories

        The Innocents is a movie that can be interpreted in many different ways depending on the person watching it. The characters also show emotions that can be depicted in multiple ways. The viewer has the opportunity to choose which path of the story they want to believe in. There are really two main ways that you can think about this movie's plot, although there may be others. The first way to think about this is that the governess is crazy or thinking crazy things that aren't actually happening. This can be backed up with the evidence that she is the only one throughout the movie that really truly admits to seeing the dead ghost man. The others, especially miles in the last scene, always act like she is crazy and they cannot see the ghost for themselves which proves that she is out of her mind. The second way you can think about this film is that the children are possessed by people that died before. This is backed up by Miles and the governess basically making out which is not something a 10 year old would do so that hints that Miles is taken over by a grown man. This would also mean that the children were lying when they said they couldn't see the ghost which would support that they are haunted and need to act like nothing's wrong. Which theory of this film do you support?

How movie genres change over time

     

       All movies have a genre wether it is horror, romance, comedy, adventure or others. Movies being in a certain genre mean that they have common themes and elements with one another. These elements can change over time based on what audiences in different time periods want to see. I wanted to write about this topic because of a film we watched in class and the new horror unit we have moved onto. We watched Nosferatu in class which is one of the very first horror movies made. I feel like this movie was based around something scary, but there wasn't as much suspense and fright associated with it as more modern horror films have. I feel like this has to do with the fact that it was one of the first horror films and people didn't have much experience with making movies that scare the audience. It was more of a movie explaining something scary than showing something scary. This was probably more liked by audiences back then. If you compare Nosferatu to a more modern film such as Paranormal Activity, you will see that movies now are much more frightening and suspenseful and have more gore and action. What is a film you have seen that is different from another film of the same genre?